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October 8, 2023 at 2:33 pm in reply to: Indian Pokeweed – the Ink of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars #3721
In November 2016 I went on a walk with an urban ranger in Van Cortlandt Park. The focus of the walk was Native American uses of plants in the area. Pokeweed was mentioned as being used to make a dye that Native Americans used on their skin.
What is the location of the plaque, pictured above, that is about the Wading Place?
Irvington Historical Society is having a Zoom presentation about Untermeyer Gardens on March 6.
December 6, 2021 at 8:27 am in reply to: Burying Tibbetts Brook – Construction and Chaos in Kingsbridge ca. 1900 #2393NYT on 12/6/21 has an article about Tibbetts Brook, “Why New York Is Unearthing a Brook It Buried a Century Ago.” Nick is mentioned in the article.
The final paragraph from NYC parks website about Raoul Wallenberg Forest–
“The Douglas-U Thant site, bounded by Palisade and Douglas Avenues, between West 235th and 236th Streets, was purchased from a real estate developer by the City for $4.85 million on August 14, 1990. On November 28 of that year, Mayor David N. Dinkins signed a bill sponsored by Council Member June Eisland naming the property Raoul Wallenberg Park. After visiting the park’s dense shrubbery and thickly wooded areas in 1996, Commissioner Stern renamed the property Wallenberg Forest.”
Perhaps some study of the council member will give information about her reason for sponsoring the naming bill.
March 15, 2021 at 2:44 pm in reply to: Was the Albany Post Road earlier known as a “Mill Path?” #1900The 1674 deed appears to be typed. Is that unusual for that time?
NY Transit Museum website says 10/8/1908–
“Survey photograph looking south at the 242nd Street Station on the IRT West Side / Seventh Avenue Line, two months after the opening of the station. The photograph shows a carnival, including a ferris wheel and carousel, being either put up or taken down.”
https://nytm.pastperfectonline.com/photo/A209B96A-53BC-4279-BC14-748940256500
Dorothy Dewitz
Very interesting to read, and enjoyed the photos, too. Thanks!
Dott Dewitz
Thanks to both posters for the interesting information.
D. Dewitz
Very interesting; thanks for all the research. I will go walk past the house soon.
Dott Dewitz
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