We’re reaching out to our Bloomingdale community for your support through a tax-deductible donation.
We are a group of neighbors who banded together 23 years ago to explore the history of our region of the Upper West Side, roughly 96th to 110th Streets --- an area historically known as Bloomingdale.
Our numerous public programs are free and open to all. Last year, both in-person and online, we gave presentations about our neighborhood buildings, how they were built, and even what happens when they are taken apart. We taught neighbors how to do local history research in general and then shared how two local historians researched their 100-year-old buildings. We spent an evening together with local residents looking at old maps of Manhattan.
At the Bloomingdale Library, we presented displays on the history of the West 100th Street police precinct, how the neighborhood looked in 1927, and local building projects planned but never built. We wrote about the history of our area before it was made accessible by Bloomingdale Road, taking you back to 1668, and then presented a “census picture” of who lived here in 1855.
Our plans for 2024 include a new Bloomingdale Library exhibit on what is known as the Old Community, on Central Park West, between West 98th and 100th Streets, new stories about notable New Yorkers who once lived here, and much more on the history of the groups who came to our neighborhood in the 20th century.
We are able to process donations through a GoFundMe site created in partnership with the non-profit Columbus-Amsterdam Business Improvement District.
Please click here to give your support. You will be asked to cover a tip to support the GoFundMe platform which is of course optional.
Thank you in advance for your donation. We know that there are many requests for your support and we appreciate that you consider ours.
Sincerely yours,
The Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group Planning Committee
Winifred Armstrong
Rob Garber
Batya Miller
Peter Arndsten
Michael Gonzalez
Angel Roman
Stephanie Azzarone
John Gorham
Gil Tauber
Dan Bernstein
Nancy Macagno
Pam Tice
Marjorie Cohen
Jim Mackin
Suzanne Wray
We are a group of neighbors who banded together 23 years ago to explore the history of our region of the Upper West Side, roughly 96th to 110th Streets --- an area historically known as Bloomingdale.
Our numerous public programs are free and open to all. Last year, both in-person and online, we gave presentations about our neighborhood buildings, how they were built, and even what happens when they are taken apart. We taught neighbors how to do local history research in general and then shared how two local historians researched their 100-year-old buildings. We spent an evening together with local residents looking at old maps of Manhattan.
At the Bloomingdale Library, we presented displays on the history of the West 100th Street police precinct, how the neighborhood looked in 1927, and local building projects planned but never built. We wrote about the history of our area before it was made accessible by Bloomingdale Road, taking you back to 1668, and then presented a “census picture” of who lived here in 1855.
Our plans for 2024 include a new Bloomingdale Library exhibit on what is known as the Old Community, on Central Park West, between West 98th and 100th Streets, new stories about notable New Yorkers who once lived here, and much more on the history of the groups who came to our neighborhood in the 20th century.
We are able to process donations through a GoFundMe site created in partnership with the non-profit Columbus-Amsterdam Business Improvement District.
Please click here to give your support. You will be asked to cover a tip to support the GoFundMe platform which is of course optional.
Thank you in advance for your donation. We know that there are many requests for your support and we appreciate that you consider ours.
Sincerely yours,
The Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group Planning Committee
Winifred Armstrong
Rob Garber
Batya Miller
Peter Arndsten
Michael Gonzalez
Angel Roman
Stephanie Azzarone
John Gorham
Gil Tauber
Dan Bernstein
Nancy Macagno
Pam Tice
Marjorie Cohen
Jim Mackin
Suzanne Wray