BOOKS about New York City Blackmar, Elizabeth Manhattan for Rent 1785-1850. Ithaca New York, Cornell University Press, 1989
Burrows, Edwin G. and Mike Wallace Gotham: A History of New York to 1898. New York, Oxford University Press, 1999
Caro, Robert The Power Broker. New York, Vintage Books, 1974
Holloway, Margaret The Measure of Manhattan: The Tumultuous Career and Surprising Legacy of John Randel, Jr., Cartographer, Surveyor, Inventor. New York, Norton, 2013
Jackson, Kenneth T. (editor), Lisa Keller (editor), Nancy Flood (editor) The Encyclopedia of New York City. New Haven, CT., Yale University Press, 2010 (second edition)
Sanderson, Eric W. Manahatta: A Natural History of New York City. New York, Harry N. Abrams, 2009
Shorto, Russell The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America. New York, Doubleday, 2004
Spann, E. K. The New Metropolis: New York City 1840-1857. New York, Columbia University Press, 1981
Wallace, Mike Greater Gotham: A History of New York City from 1898 to 1919. New York, Oxford University Press, 2017
Books about Bloomingdale and Morningside Neighborhoods Azzarone, Stephanie Heaven on the Hudson: Mansions, Monuments, and Marvels of Riverside Park. New York, Fordham University Press, 2022.
Dolkart, Andrew Morningside Heights: A History of Its Architecture & Development. New York, Columbia University Press, 1998
Mackin, Jim Notable New Yorkers of Manhattan’s Upper West Side New York, Fordham University Press, 2021
Salwen, Peter Upper West Side Story: A History and Guide New York, Abbeville Press, 1989
OLD BOOKS that focus on our neighborhoods Mott, Hopper Striker The New York of Yesterday: Bloomingdale. New York, G.P. Putnam & Sons, 1908
Peters, John Punnett Annals of St. Michael’s: being the History of St. Michael’s Episcopal Protestant Church for One Hundred Years 1807-1907. New York G.P. Putnam’s Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1907
Riker, James Revised History of Harlem (City of New York), Its Origin and Early Annals. New York, New Harlem Publishing Company, 1904
JOURNALS Access JSTOR (academic journals) at home through NYPL, a temporary measure for cardholders during Covid
New York History Cornell University Press and The New York State Museum
GOVERNMENT RESEARCH Goodwin, Aaron New York City Municipal Archives: An Authorized Guide for Family Historians. New York, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 2016
HISTORY PROGRAMS PRESENTED ON ZOOM Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group, Landmark West, the Skyscraper Museum, Gotham Center at CUNY, New York Public Library, Friends of the Upper East Side, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
HISTORY THROUGH WALKING TOURS Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group – Jim Mackin, Tenement Museum, Untapped New York, Central Park Conservancy
