Northwest BronxNorthwest Bronx is home to Wave Hill, Van Cortlandt Park, Woodlawn Cemetery, the New York Botanical Garden, and a variety of colleges and universities. Hunter College served as a training facility during World War II, and Mark Twain, Theodore Roosevelt's family, and Arturo Toscanini once lived at Wave Hill. Pres. John F. Kennedy's boyhood home is only steps from Wave Hill, and George Washington slept at the Van Cortlandt Mansion. Northwest Bronx features an array of vintage photographs of the borough's neighborhoods, from Spuyten Duyvil, Kingsbridge, Riverdale, and Woodlawn to the neighborhoods north of Fordham Road and west of the Bronx River. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 6 |
Bedford Park | 37 |
Woodlawn | 63 |
KingsbridgeSpuyten Duyvil | 79 |
Riverdale | 101 |
Van Cortlandt Park | 119 |
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AMALGAMATED COOPERATIVE APARTMENTS Bainbridge Avenue bears the number Bill Armstrong Bridge Brill Bronx River Buck postcard built campus Charles B.J. Snyder CHAS constructed convertible streetcar corner Courtesy of Bill Courtesy of Lou designed by architect East 233rd Street Episcopal Church five-story Fordham Road Fordham University Grand Concourse Gun Hill Road Harlem River Henry Hudson Parkway High School House Hudson River Hunter College Jerome Avenue Jerome Park Reservoir Jersey Palisades John McNamara collection Katonah Avenue Kings Kingsbridge Armory Kingsbridge Heights located Lorillard Lou Testa Manhattan College Mosholu Parkway Naval Training School Northwest Bronx opened Parade Ground photograph shows photographer was looking postcard view residence Riverdale Avenue Riverdale Country School section of Woodlawn Sedgwick Avenue Spuyten Duyvil station Street and Broadway subway terminus Third Avenue trolley Van Cortlandt Park Wave Hill Webster Avenue West 230th Street Woodlawn Cemetery Woodlawn Heights York City York City landmark