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.
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 Kingsbridge Ave. & W. 230th St., Automobile Warehouses, Inc. serviced up to 4,000 new cars which came in monthly before being sent to dealers and customers. The boundary line of the Bronx and Manhattan ran through the parking lot in...
The New York Telephone Co.'s new office opens at 3070 Albany Crescent south of W. 231st St.
(In 1965 a member of the Buddist 'Temple of Enlightenment' donated this building for its services and programs.)
Chief Crazy Horse, in traditional attire, had the honor of opening the first account at the bank on opening day. The Chief is a resident of the local Kingsbridge area and is the great grandson of Sitting Bull.
Landmarks; Buildings; Poe Cottage; Organizations; Edgar Allan Poe; Authors
Describes Poe Cottage, the home of the poet Edgar Allan Poe. Located at Kingsbridge Rd. & the Grand Concourse, the cottage was (then) under the care of the Bronx Society of Arts and Sciences. (It is now administered by The Bronx County Historical...