Northwest Bronx

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Arcadia Publishing Library Editions, May 2, 2011 - History - 130 pages
Northwest 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.

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About the author (2011)

Authors and local historians Bill Twomey and John McNamara bring the past to life and offer new insight into the history of Throggs Neck-Pelham Bay. The author of History in Asphalt and McNamara's Old Bronx, John McNamara also collaborated with Bill Twomey on an earlier book, Throggs Neck Memories. In this delightful addition to the Images of America series, the two authors continue their exploration of the history of the community.

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