The Apthorp Farm and Apartment that lay on Manhattan’s Upper West Side straddled the old Bloomingdale Road, laid out in 1728, which was re-surveyed as The “Boulevard” – now Upper Broadway just south of Harlem. Continue Reading →
Tag Archives: Central Park
Claremont Park And Sakura Park In Morningside Heights In Harlem, New York 1896
Claremont Park and Sakura Park is a public park located north of West 122nd Street between Riverside Drive and Claremont Avenue in Morningside Heights in Harlem, NY. Continue Reading →
McGowan’s Pass At 110th Street, Home Of The Black Horse Tavern, McGown’s Pass Tavern, Frederick Law Olmsted And More
McGowan’s Pass (sometimes spelled “McGown’s”) is a topographical feature of Central Park in New York City, just west of Fifth Avenue and north of 102nd Street in Harlem, NY. Continue Reading →
Enjoy Harlem’s Jazzmobile’s Jazz On The Great Jazz On The Great Hill
On Saturday, August 8, 2020, Harlem’s legendary Jazzmobile’s free Jazz on The Great Hill at 106th Street in Central Park in Harlem, New York. Continue Reading →
Monogram Your Summer With Burberry Athletic Swimwear
Here’s your summer wardrobe emboldened with our graphic Thomas Burberry Monogram print – created by Riccardo Tisci and graphic designer Peter Saville. Continue Reading →
NYC Commission On Human Rights Announces Investigation Into Central Park Race Incident
The NYC Commission on Human Rights is announcing an investigation on behalf of the City into an incident involving Amy Cooper, following video footage of Ms. Cooper calling the police on Christian Cooper (no relation to Ms. Cooper). Continue Reading →
A True Harlem Story, Catharine McGown And The Lost McGown’s Pass Tavern 1759-1917
On Wecksquaesgeek Indians’ land, nearly a century before the idea of a Central Park 
Senator Hoylman Puts Anti-LGBTQ Group Running COVID-19 Field Hospital On Notice
Today, Senator Brad Hoylman put notorious anti-LGBTQ pastor Franklin Graham on notice: treat all COVID-19 patients equally at the new medical tents his non-profit organization set up in Central Park. Continue Reading →
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