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Free Monthly Walking Tours of Historic Bloomingdale
 Jim Mackin
Explore the History of the Upper West Side between
W. 96th and W. 110th Streets Led by renowned local historian Jim Mackin |
 Straus Park,
Broadway at W106th
December 11, 2022, Sunday, at 2pm
January 8, 2023, Sunday at 2pm February 12, 2023, Sunday at 2pm Meet at south end of Straus Park Broadway at W106th Street |
After a long--much too long---pandemic-induced delay, Jim Mackin once again leads tours for both tourists and city residents on one-of-a-kind, always interesting, walks around the historic Bloomingdale neighborhood. The walks are monthly and vary from month to month. And they're free!
Jim is no ordinary tour guide--he is a New York City historian and author of the recently released book, Notable New Yorkers of Manhattan’s Upper West Side . Michael Miscione, former Manhattan Borough Historian describes Jim’s book as “an exhaustive and ofttimes surprising ‘Who’s Who’ of Upper West Siders who have shaped the worlds of art, culture, politics and science.”
Trust Jim to know where all the notables lived and to share fascinating, often little-known stories about them. Once you’ve completed this tour, you’ll understand what makes this rarified slice of Manhattan so renowned and so vital.
Jim is the founder of Weekday Walks, which offers tours every Wednesday morning, covering a different part of the city each time. For Jim's Wednesday tours, visit https://www.weekdaywalks.com.
More info 212-666-9774
or info@columbusamsterdambid.org
sponsored by the Columbus/Amsterdam BID
and Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group
Jim is no ordinary tour guide--he is a New York City historian and author of the recently released book, Notable New Yorkers of Manhattan’s Upper West Side . Michael Miscione, former Manhattan Borough Historian describes Jim’s book as “an exhaustive and ofttimes surprising ‘Who’s Who’ of Upper West Siders who have shaped the worlds of art, culture, politics and science.”
Trust Jim to know where all the notables lived and to share fascinating, often little-known stories about them. Once you’ve completed this tour, you’ll understand what makes this rarified slice of Manhattan so renowned and so vital.
Jim is the founder of Weekday Walks, which offers tours every Wednesday morning, covering a different part of the city each time. For Jim's Wednesday tours, visit https://www.weekdaywalks.com.
More info 212-666-9774
or info@columbusamsterdambid.org
sponsored by the Columbus/Amsterdam BID
and Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group
Free Zoom Presentation "Building the Metropolis"
with historian Alexander Wood
has been postponed
with historian Alexander Wood
has been postponed
In the late nineteenth century, New York’s rapid growth created a new urban landscape, turned construction into big business, and revitalized the building trades. Alexander Wood will turn the focus to building Bloomingdale as he covers technological changes that transformed construction, the importance of the building industry to the city’s economy, and the role played by contractors and construction workers in politics at the time.
Alexander Wood is an architectural and urban historian. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University and his B. Arch from Cooper Union. In 2021-22 he was the Helen and Robert Appel Fellow in History and Technology at the New-York Historical Society.
Zoom link and more information will be available when a new date is determined
Alexander Wood is an architectural and urban historian. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University and his B. Arch from Cooper Union. In 2021-22 he was the Helen and Robert Appel Fellow in History and Technology at the New-York Historical Society.
Zoom link and more information will be available when a new date is determined