5051-5055 Broadway was once owned by Manuel Geovanny Rodriguez-Perez—Uptown’s “Dominican Chapo”— a/k/a “Shorty,” a/k/a “El Monstruo,” a/k/a “Manny.” The post Uptown Auction: A Property with a Past appeared first on | My Inwood.| | My Inwood
In 1909 a incredible group of radical minds gathered at a marble arch in northern Manhattan to discuss a woman's right to vote. The post Votes for Women: An Uptown History appeared first on | My Inwood.| | My Inwood
A history of former home of William H. Hurst. The three-story red-brick building is located on West 215th Street and Park Terrace East in the Inwood section of northern Manhattan. The home was built in 1912. The post Hurst House: A Video History appeared first on | My Inwood.| | My Inwood
A brief history of the Miramar Saltwater Pool. The pool was once located in the Inwood section of northern Manhattan. The post The Miramar Saltwater Pool: A Video Flashback appeared first on | My Inwood.| | My Inwood
As the rest of city slogged through the Great Depression, a young boy in the Inwood section of northern Manhattan dreamed of space travel and life on other worlds. This child, the Jewish son of a second-generation Polish-American tailor, would, alongside Isaac Asimov, and others, create the genre of modern Science Fiction. Cyril Kornbluth was […] The post Rocket Man: The Isham Street Futurian appeared first on | My Inwood.| | My Inwood