Erie Canal; New York (State); Land sale; Advertisement.
Advertisment for New York Canal Lands on Sale that appeared on March 6, 1824 in the New-York American. Two hundred thousand acres were offered for sale on or near the intended route of the Erie Canal, anticipating accessibility by water "as soon as...
Plan for P.S. 112 at 260 W. Kingsbridge Rd. & Bailey Ave. by architects Chapman, Evans & Delehanty. The school is known locally as the Marble Hill School. The ground breaking ceremony for the school was on June 12, 1951.
Plan for P.S. 22 by Eric Kebbon, Architect and Supt. Of School Buildings. The school opened in 1949 and is located at Morris Ave. & E. 167th St. The school is now Jordan L. Mott J.H.S.
View inside Riverdale Country School for Boys, on Fieldston Road. A student is shown with the model yacht he created and which won him a first prize in a hobby competition. John F. Kennedy completed the 4th - 6th grades at this school.
Plan for St. Philip Neri School on the Grand Concourse. Starrett & Van Vleck, Architects. Church and rectory buildings are to the left. The school opened in Sept., 1948.
View of William Howard Taft H.S. and surrounding streets on the day that dedication ceremonies were held at the school. The school is on Sheridan Ave. & E. 172nd St.
Street Scenes; Rivers; Transportation; Billboards; Stores; Schools; Buildings
Air view of the 149th St. Hub area looking toward the East River. Also shown are elevated subway lines; billboards, stores, and the top of the five-story P.S. 27 building at 519 E. 147th St.
Street Scenes; Transportation; Organizations; Colleges & Universities; Schools; Traffic
Vehicles are shown along Fordham Rd. near the Kingsbridge Rd. area. View is facing east toward Webster Ave. Fordham Univ. and the New York Botanical Garden are in the distance on the left; and the cupola of Theodore Roosevelt H.S. can be seen on...
Located at the junction of Lafayette Ave. & tiffany St., the apparel center is the former site of the American Bank Note Co. (The building is now used for artist studios and for a school.)
Plan for proposed playground adjacent to Lester Patterson Houses, and P.S. 18. The school ison E. 147th St. and the playground was at Morris Ave. & E. 148th St.
Cross Bronx Expwy., under construction at 176th St. & Southern Blvd., looking west toward the Prospect Ave. temporary bridge. Note the flag flying over P.S. 44 school building at the far left.
Bronx Board of Trade billboard, at Fordham Rd. near Bathgate Ave., promoting Bronx manufacturing and homes. Also shown is a billboard advertising the Clason Point Park pool. A partially obscured advertisement for pianos is on the building to the...
Bronx County Trust Co. gives students of St. Pius Commercial H.S. a portfolio of historical documents. The bank took on this project to encourage an understanding of American history and values and to promote loyalty to the county in the Cold War...
View of Unionport Bridge over Westchester Creek. The Bronx Board of Trade advocated that the bridge either be reconstructed or replaced to deal with the increased flow of traffic and congestion into the area especially as a result of the opening...
Schools; Art; Mural Painting; World War I; Landmarks
Dedication of a mural painting over the arch of the stage in the auditorium of Morris High School. The mural honors the 867 Morris men and women who served in World War I. In--Bronxboro, Vol. IV, No. 7, pp. cover, 7-8.
Cover features photographs of two Bronx private institutions-- the New York Institute for the Education of the Blind; and the Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Home for Children. In-- Bronxboro, Vol. XXIX, No. 6, pp. cover, 1.
Aerial view of the grounds of the New York Botanical Garden, the Bedford Park and Norwood neighborhoods. Also seen is the 52nd Police Precinct, the grounds of the Academy of Mount St. Ursula, and a Third Ave. El station at Bedford Park Blvd.
Schools; Parking; Peddling; Sex Offenders; Steel Shortage; Libraries
Minutes reflect issues of concern--school prayer, double parking, itinerant street peddling, allocation of steel for West Farms library construction; and the need for legislation to address the problem of sex offenders. In--Minutes of Directors...
