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Reopening of the Bloomingdale Branch Library
and availability of the BNHG Library Collection! 
We're happy to say that our public archive of documents related to the history of the neighborhood is back at the Bloomingdale branch of the New York Public Library, on West 100th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues. The files are easy to find now, near the circulation desk, and they are chock-full of interesting material. Whether you are researching a specific topic or just browsing, you're welcome to copy pages in the library or to take a folder to one of the tables to read through it in comfort. On top of the filing cabinets you'll find an eclectic selection of books about NYC history donated by historian Peter Salwen, which are also for reading and reference use in the library. The Bloomingdale Library's own webpage is here, and a few highlights of our collection are posted digitally here.
Digital Research Brochure Now Available Click here for BNHG’s new downloadable digital brochure How To Research the History of Buildings in Manhattan. Whether you’re a student, researcher or simply someone interested in finding out the history of any building in Manhattan, there’s now a free guide that will help you to get started. This just-released guide, How to Research the History of Buildings in Manhattan, includes links to free online sources of data on individual buildings, their physical characteristics, the date of their construction and the name of their designer. The guide’s text is by Gilbert Tauber, a retired urban planner, who headed BNHG’s database project. Nancy Macagno and Peter Arndsten, members of the BNHG, and graphic designer Jade McCall also contributed their talents to the preparation of the guide, which was sponsored by the Columbus Amsterdam BID.. When the BNHG provided Robert W. Snyder, Manhattan Borough Historian, with a description of the methodology and sources for its Building Database, he suggested that the information be reformatted as a stand-alone “how to” guide for other researchers to use. The BNHG Building Database is the product of more than three years of research and field work by BNHG members, led by Gilbert Tauber. The table lists all of the 1,056 buildings in the area from the north side of 96th Street to the south side of 110th Street between Central Park West and Riverside Drive. Explore this database by clicking BNHG Building Database. Free Walking Tour of Historic Bloomingdale
Sunday, December 26 at 2pm
Sunday, January 23 at 2pm Meet at Hostel International-NYC Amsterdam Ave and W.103rd  Jim Mackin
Explore the history of the Upper West Side
between W. 96th and W. 110th Streets Led by renowned local historian, Jim Mackin More Information at our UPCOMING EVENTS page |
The Latest Blog
Bloomingdale Neighbor Augusta Stetson and the Church at 96th Street and Central Park West Written by Pam Tice, Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group Planning Committee member. 
Read the entire blog:
Bloomingdale Neighbor Augusta Stetson and the Church at 96th Street and Central Park West See a complete list with links to all 48 BNHG Blogs at BNHG BLOGS 
A real estate brochure was created when the First Church of Christ Scientist was put on the market for sale. This piece has several photographs of the Beaux Arts interior of this beautiful building before it was gutted.
A copy of the 20-page brochure has been uploaded to the Digital Collections of the BNHG. View the entire brochure here. 
Here is the latest issue of our newsletter, which describes our ongoing work to highlight local history and culture. Click on the image above or click on our BULLETINS page. Happy reading!
DIGITAL COLLECTIONS OF THE BLOOMINGDALE NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORY GROUP
Select items from the BNHG Library Collection have been digitized https://bnhgdigitalcollections.omeka.net/ for more information about the library collection visit our BNHG LIBRARY COLLECTION page. The content of this website is offered for educational purposes; You may not reproduce, distribute, copy, sell or otherwise use any portion of this website for political or commercial purposes. If you know the identity of people depicted in historical photographs reproduced here, we’d love to hear from you.
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