Broadway: A Millionaires’ Playground

25 Mar 2010

Broadway: A Millionaires’ Playground

March 25, 2010
The Hastings Historical Society
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1890s, 1900s, Collection

The New York City Coaching Club’s road coach “Pioneer” stopping to change horses in Hastings on the way to the Ardlsey Country Club, ca. 1900. (This photograph is a detail of the photograph further down the page. Click either one to examine it more closely in Flickr.)
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18 Mar 2010

Mystery Photo: An Irish Field Day in 1949

March 18, 2010
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1940s, Collection, Mystery Photos

The picture you see below is 8 inches high and 29 inches long. It was taken in Draper Park on June 24th of 1949 and shows the Hastings Irish American Club’s second annual Field Day in Draper Park. Click on either the top or the bottom photograph to look at […]

11 Mar 2010

Tales of the Blizzard — of 1947

March 11, 2010
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1940s, Collection

Warburton Avenue looking north from Williams Street. (click on any image for more information about the photograph) You think we had a tough time a couple of weeks ago with 20.9 inches of snow? Well, the 26.4 inches that fell on December 26, 1947 hit New York much harder. “Metropolis […]

04 Mar 2010

Hudson River Maps at the New York Public Library

March 4, 2010
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Hastings History

The 2009 Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial has stirred an excitement in early New York history that lingers on into 2010, especially at institutions that have collections rich in that period. Such is the case with the New York Public Library. Their current exhibition entitled “Mapping New York’s Shoreline, 1609 – 2009” opened […]

26 Feb 2010

New York Has a Snow Day

February 26, 2010
The Hastings Historical Society
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News/Current Events

But the internet, like the U.S. Postal Service, just won’t quit!

The snow came down all day, and it is still falling. Parts of Hastings are without power. We timid folks of the Hastings Historical Society certainly did not make it to the Cottage today. And yet some dizzy New York […]

18 Feb 2010

Anaconda Demolition Videos

February 18, 2010
The Hastings Historical Society
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News/Current Events

We are delighted to report that James Dean’s video of the Anaconda building site demolition is back on YouTube! Click on the screen below to start the video rolling. And if you just can’t get enough waterfront clearance, James has also posted a sped-up compilation of all the demolition footage […]

11 Feb 2010

Happy Birthday Hastings Theater

February 11, 2010
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1920s, Collection, Reminiscences

The Hastings Theater in 1929 Today is the 90th birthday of the Hastings Theater, which opened amid great fanfare on February 11th, 1920. We are lucky enough to have an eye-witness account of this event written in 1967 by Steve Zebrock (also known by his stage name of Alan Brock). […]

04 Feb 2010

Out of the Blue

February 4, 2010
The Hastings Historical Society
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1940s, Collection, Mystery Photos

Draper Cottage must have been built on a field of four-leafed clovers. That is the only explanation of the incredible luck the Hastings Historical Society seems to have. We have a question, and miraculously, within two or three days, someone will call or e-mail with the answer. We start researching […]

02 Feb 2010

Anaconda Video Removed

February 2, 2010
The Hastings Historical Society
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1950s, Waterfront

We are sorry to relate that ARCO has asked James Dean to remove his YouTube video of the building demolition referred to in the last post. If we can get permission to show it on the internet, we will include it in a future post. Meanwhile, for those of you […]

28 Jan 2010

Good-bye Research Building

January 28, 2010
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1950s, Industry/Commerce, Waterfront

If there is a fascination in watching building construction, there is an equal fascination in watching demolition, especially of a building you have come to see as a permanent part of your village sky line. On January 27th, Southside Avenue resident James Dean recorded the final demise of Anaconda Wire […]