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https://www.6sqft.com/1924-cliffside-riverdale-castle-cottage-has-magical-river-views-a-broadway-pedigree-and-a-2-6m-ask/ Villa Rosa Bonheur article & images

Yes….Passengers are running for the train and everyone is cheering them on.
Peter was born 29 JUN 1853 • Palermo, Palermo, Sicilia, Italia. According to the 1930 Census, Peter ran his Barbershop at 2553 Sage Place and lived with his wife Victoria who was 65 in 1930. Next door at 2551 Sage Place ( aka Spuyten Duyvil Road ) was Jacob Hansen who
Peter Tarantino who lived at 2553 Sage Place, died June 26th 1935. and the photograph was taken at “Ye Olde Country Store”, Bronx, NY, October 11, 1935

It appears that 2553 Sage Place is located where Sage & Irwin meets.

On Jan 1, 1944 Documents were filed for the Estate of Peter Tarantino who lived at 2553 Sage Place. AKA Spuyten Duyvil Road.

Irwin Ave North from
of Sage Place 1927I am glad you got the postcard. I generally do not buy Bronx Postcards anymore, since I donated my 6,600 different postcards to the Huntington Free Library. A little more about the image. Berenice Abbott
OUTER BOROUGHS: Country Store: Interior, “Ye Olde Country Store”, 2553 Sage Place, Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx, NY, October 11, 1935
Silver gelatin print. Vintage
10 x 8 inches
Image: 9 1/2 x 7 9/16 inches
Paper: 9 15/16 x 8 inches
Titled, and dated with annotations in pencil, and Federal Arts Project ‘Changing New York’ photographs by Berenice Abbott stamp verso. The name “Sage Place” came from the Warren B. Sage estate. His mansion became the Edgehill Inn, which was near Fort #2
Francis H. Leggett & Company , a wholly – owned subsidiary of Seeman Brothers , Inc. , a New York corporation ( hereinafter called Seeman ) . Seeman and said subsidiary share an office at 40 West 225th … The directors of Seeman Brothers, Inc., and of the Seabrook Farms Company have approved an agreement providing for the merger of Seabrook into Seeman – NY Times 8/30/1960
The NYC tax photographs are a good start

Good to know exactly where the Velodrome was


4645 Delafield Ave

Always something new in our history !

We have made the trip and touched all the bases
Or the Hector Club of Spuyten Duyvil ! and Star Club of Riverdale

Not to forget the Kingsbridge Athletics !

Back at you. ( ps The Unions of Morrisania, Bronx NY were 1867 World Champions )
September 27, 1914
Civil war between Manhattan and Brooklyn is impending as a consequence of the baseball game played yesterday afternoon at Hedley Field, at the 242d Street end of the Subway, between the Car Shops team, champions of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company’s League, and a picked team from the league of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company.

Peter, many thanks for the details…. It is almost ready for a booklet to sell
March 4, 2024 at 6:09 pm in reply to: The Russian Mission under construction, from the top down, 50 years ago #3965
March 4, 2024 at 1:34 pm in reply to: The Russian Mission under construction, from the top down, 50 years ago #3964The Russians expected to spy on the US and the various UN embassies from this elevated location in Riverdale. What the Russians did not realize is that the FBI setup in an apartment at Skyview apartments on west 259th & Arlington Ave for a direct line to the Russian Mission to spy on them !

Ben Riley’s Arrowhead Inn

Just North of the Station you can still find remains of the JS Tower

One of my favorite stations is the Old Putnam Railroad station, still in Van Cortlandt Park
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