Remembering Ukrainian Easter Traditions

09 Apr 2022

Remembering Ukrainian Easter Traditions

April 9, 2022
Natalie Barry
4053 Views
2 Likes
1900s, Reminiscences

by Natalie Barry In the early part of the 20th century, Hastings experienced an influx of immigrants, who came here to work in the industries located on the waterfront. Many came from Eastern Europe and settled in the lower Washington/Warburton Avenue area of our village. The following is some history […]

23 Jan 2019

Telephone Booths and Numbers

January 23, 2019
The Hastings Historical Society
2890 Views
0 Likes
Hastings History, Reminiscences

In “On This Day in History,” featured in The New York Times, it mentioned that on January 7, 1951, the minimum price of a coin-box telephone call rose to 10 cents from 5 cents in the state of New York. This made me think about those coin-box telephone booths that were located around Hastings. […]

25 Jan 2018

Saving the Community Gardens

January 25, 2018
The Hastings Historical Society
3854 Views
0 Likes
1960s, 1970s, Hastings History, Reminiscences

Saving the Community Gardens by Mary Wallis Gutmann (was Whiting in 1968) I’m not very Web-savvy, but every now and then someone who is calls to say, “Mary, listen to what I read on Facebook. . .” This time it was my son, Paul, reporting that Wendy Waczek was writing about […]

16 Feb 2015

The Warburton Avenue Bridge: A Trip Down Memory Lane

February 16, 2015
The Hastings Historical Society
3017 Views
0 Likes
Hastings History, Reminiscences

In honor of the ongoing construction on the Warburton Avenue Bridge, and while we are awaiting the completion of that construction, we thought you might enjoy taking a trip down memory lane with us as we reminisce over the bridge’s evolution through time. Here are some photos of the bridge […]

08 Jul 2010

A Fourth of July Parade – 1910s style

July 8, 2010
The Hastings Historical Society
2944 Views
0 Likes
1910s, Collection, Hastings History, Reminiscences

In 1941, long-time Hastings resident Stephen Zebrock wrote a column for the Hastings News called “Main Street Through the Years.” In this column, he set down everything he could remember about his childhood in Hastings in the late 1910s. This week, we thought you might like to read what Stephen […]

06 May 2010

House Tour Preview: Kenneth Clark – Neighbors and Guests

Our May 22 & 23 house tour will include the home of African-American psychologists Kenneth and Mamie Clark. In 1950, the Clarks moved to Hastings’ Pinecrest neighborhood, the area west of the Andrus Memorial Home. They raised their children here and remained here until their deaths, Mamie in 1983 and […]

11 Feb 2010

Happy Birthday Hastings Theater

February 11, 2010
The Hastings Historical Society
2693 Views
1 Likes
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). […]

21 Jan 2010

A Moment of Glory for 25 Main Street

January 21, 2010
The Hastings Historical Society
2877 Views
0 Likes
1950s, Collection, Reminiscences

By Judy (Wemer) Chamberlain Movie crew in front of 25 Main Street, transformed with temporary tiling and potted plants into a Santa Barbara restaurant. (photo copyright Anne Marie Leone) Hastings was all a buzz this past summer with the news that a movie was being filmed on Main Street. It […]

14 Jan 2010

Mystery Photograph: Ferrera’s Meat Market

January 14, 2010
The Hastings Historical Society
2555 Views
0 Likes
1950s, Collection, Mystery Photos, Reminiscences

Back in 2008 when Carol Venuto Davis wrote her wonderful article for the Hastings Historian on her house at 4 Spring Street, she included this photograph of herself (right) and her sister Priscilla (peeking over her shoulder) in Fererra’s meat market, taken around 1953. We recently asked her to tell […]

24 Aug 2009

Ice Cream Memories

August 24, 2009
The Hastings Historical Society
3150 Views
0 Likes
1950s, Collection, Reminiscences

By Judy Chamberlain The soda fountain at Todd’s Drugstore ca. 1910 (for more information on any image, click on the photograph) Now that summer days are finally warming up, ice cream has become the snack of choice for children of all ages. Though many consider it an all-year-round treat, I […]