Tag: Harlem River

  • Skating On The Harlem River

    Skating On The Harlem River

    The Museum of the City of New York has a great image of children lacing up their skates to skate on the Harlem River at McComb’s Dam (155th Street). The image is from 1904. Further South, The Triborough A great, 1937 photograph of the Triborough Bridge by Berenice Abbott as a part of the Federal…

  • Harlem Neighbors, Organizers, and Activists Celebrated

    Harlem Neighbors, Organizers, and Activists Celebrated

    Our neighbors, Eva Chan and Lilian Chow were recently celebrated and highlighted by Columbia University for their work and activism to support Harlem’s growing Asian community. https://neighbors.columbia.edu/news/how-eva-chan-and-lilian-chow-are-empowering-senior-asian-community-harlem In the summer of 2021, we started distributing meals to Asian seniors with the help of Heart of Dinner. We’re looking for ways to expand that service because…

  • Funds for the East Harlem Greenway Along the Harlem River

    Funds for the East Harlem Greenway Along the Harlem River

    New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that the city has received a $7.25 million federal grant to plan for a major expansion of the greenway network across the five boroughs, with a focus on historically underserved, lower-income communities that lack access to affordable transportation and job opportunities. The funding comes from a U.S. Department…

  • Estey Piano Company and the 3rd Avenue Bridge

    Estey Piano Company and the 3rd Avenue Bridge

    An Ebay posting of the 3rd Avenue Bridge in stereoscope: And while it’s hard to see in the photo above, there are horse-drawn wagons on the right, and pedestrians on the left, all waiting for the perpendicular center span to repivot back to allow passage for terrestrial forms of transportation (clearly a boat of some…

  • Rowing on The Harlem River

    Rowing on The Harlem River

    The Harlem River was (in the 18th and 19th Century) a popular destination for rowing or sculling. Remnants of this pastime were visible into mid 20th century. In the photo below, you can see 4 large boat houses on the Bronx side of the Harlem River (note the Highbridge water tower in the back-left corner):…

  • Metro-North Bridge Over The Harlem River

    Metro-North Bridge Over The Harlem River

    For an olde timey image of crossing from Harlem to The Bronx in 1870, this image from the Museum of the City of New York, can’t be beat. And, remember, at the time, that bridge, and especially that train, were state of the art – precisely why the photo was taken. Performance at Harlem Rose…

  • Winter Scenes of Upper Manhattan

    Winter Scenes of Upper Manhattan

    Ernest Lawson, a Canadian artist who came to New York at the turn of the 20th century to take classes at the Art Students League, was a beautiful painter of the Harlem River. In the painting above, you might be able to make out what is now Bronx Community College, but at the time, was…

  • 155th Street Bridge

    155th Street Bridge

    In the image below it’s hard to imagine that this bucolic scene is looking at what will become the 155th Street bridge between Harlem and Yankee’s Stadium. Note that the bridge in the background is the Croton aqueduct bridge – High Bridge – with it’s full complement of masonry arches (the central core of which,…

  • Bob Dylan

    Many Harlemites don’t know that Bob Dylan lived in Harlem, on Strivers Row, for many years. Bob Dylan owned the home for 14 years before selling it to its current owners in 2000. They purchased the house from the folk icon for just $560,000. The four-story townhouse at 265 West 139th Street Richard Avedon took…

  • 3rd Avenue Bridge

    A charming stereoview showing the 3rd Avenue Bridge is for sale on eBay for $10: https://www.ebay.com/itm/154176687581?ul_noapp=true Notice the clock-tower in the back-right, indicating that we are looking from Harlem, north, towards the bronx. The woman’s outfit, the horse wagon and the Belgian block paving all add to the charm. Join Your Community Board 2021 Community…