List of BNHG Blogs

Series on Bloomingdale Before the Road
Part 1  Creation of New Harlem and Nicholls Charter
Part 2 The Peopling of Bloomingdale: The Syndicate's and Bedlow Grants
Part 3 Further History of the Syndicate Lots and Bedlow Patent
Part 4 The Naming of Bloomingdale and the Northern Triangle
Part 5 Bloomingdale in the Census of 1703 and the Advent of the Bloomingdale Road
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Individual Blogs:
375 Riverside Drive is turning 100 this year!
One Hundred Years Ago: Bloomingdale Traffic
Orphan Houses of the Upper West Side
Bloomingdale Neighbor Augusta Stetson and the Church at 96th Street and Central Park West.
Prohibition in Bloomingdale
Spanish Flu in Bloomingdale: A Search for How Our Neighborhood Coped in 1918
​Our Bloomingdale Wall
1917 New York Military Census
The 10 Best Web Resources about New York City History
​The 25 best books about the history of New York City's boroughs and neighborhoods
Dr. William Seraile's BNHG Presentation: New York's Colored Orphan Asylum 
Park West Village: History of a Diverse Community
The 25 Best Books about New York City
Bloomingdale’s Finest Mansion: From Elmwood to Elm Park, 1764-1891 
Daniel Wakin's Presentation on The Man With the Sawed-off Leg 1/17/18
Northern Exposure: Sara Cedar Miller’s Presentation 11/24/17 
Bloomingdale's West 96th Street Was the Focus of the 1925 Solar Eclipse
​How to Uncover the History of Your NYC Apartment Building  
City of Tenants
¡Unidad Latina! — Political Activism on the UWS in the 1960s and 70s​
​Little Coney Island on West 110th Street     
Making Music in Bloomingdale
The Home for the Relief of the Destitute Blind​​
The Bloomingdale Insane Asylum​   ​
The New York Pasteur Institute on Central Park West at 97th Street  
​John Clendening, Esquire, and his Bloomingdale Estate 
Dining Out in Bloomingdale   
The Lion Brewery, the Lion Park, and the Lion Palace
Bloomingdale Area
Bloomingdale/Manhattan Valley Chronology​ /
Battle of Harlem Heights     
Measure of Manhattan
The Old Community on West 98th and 99th Streets
The Ninth Avenue El
The Story of 891 Amsterdam Avenue and How It Became a New York City Landmark
Neighborhood Nomenclature:  Bloomingdale, the West End and Manhattan Valley
Upper West Side History: the Rise and Tragic Fall  of a Model  Who Broke the Rules
Bloomingdale History Map
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Series on Bloomingdale in the 18th Century:
Post #1: Bloomingdale: Colonial Times and after the Revolutionary War
Post #2: 18th Century Bloomingdale residents before the American Revolution
Post #3: The Revolutionary War in Bloomingdale
Post #4:  Enslaved African Americans in Bloomingdale
Post #5: Bloomingdale Grows and Prospers 1790-1820
Post #6: Along the Bloomingdale Road After the Revolution: Taverns and Tavernkeepers
Post #7 Bloomingdale Goes to School 1790s and early 1800s

Series on Growing Old in Bloomingdale:
Nineteenth Century Homes for the Aged, Part 1 
Nineteenth Century Homes for the Aged, Part 2
Nineteenth Century Homes for the Aged, Part 3

Series on Bloomingdale Stores
Provisioning Bloomingdale: Stores that fed the residents of Bloomingdale
Bloomingdale Neighborhood Stores, Part Two