Upcoming Free Zoom Presentation:
A free Zoom link will appear on this site shortly before the event.
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at 630pm
"The 97th Street Greenmarket: Changes and Challenges"
About the program:
The first day of autumn is when the early fall harvest is at its height, when pumpkins and squashes and apples begin to show up at the city’s greenmarkets. We figured this was the perfect time for a program about the greenmarket movement. The program that the BNHG has organized begins with an overview of the movement, how it began and how it keeps growing and adapting to changing times. To give you an understanding of the upper west side’s place in the farmers market movement, we’ve invited Margaret Hoffman, Greenmarket regional coordinator, to tell the story of the West 97th Street market, one of the most popular and longest- running greenmarkets in thecity.
Hoffman will talk about how that market first came to the Bloomingdale neighborhood. She’ll fill us in on its history, how its present site was chosen and the role it has played in both creating and developing a long-standing connection between upper west siders and regional farms. We’ll hear the stories of some of the farmers who have stands at the market and their insights on how the Greenmarket movement has promoted local agriculture and helped save small family farms, how it has encouraged immigrants to run farms, while at the same time providing healthful and delicious produce to city dwellers.
The 97th Street greenmarket is part of the Grow NYC network that was inspired by the first Earth Day back in the 1970s. These days the network also includes youth markets, fresh food box pick-ups, food scrap drop offs and textile recycling. Join us on September 22nd to learn more.
About the presenter:
Margaret Hoffman has been with Greenmarket/Grown NYC for 15th seasons and oversees 16 markets in northern Manhattan and the Bronx, markets that range in size from 3 or 4 to over 20 farm stands. As she describes them, the neighborhoods she serves are “as different as can be.“ She is a familiar presence at the 97th Street market and for many years has guided it through its many changes and challenges.
A free Zoom link will appear on this site shortly before the event.
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at 630pm
"The 97th Street Greenmarket: Changes and Challenges"
About the program:
The first day of autumn is when the early fall harvest is at its height, when pumpkins and squashes and apples begin to show up at the city’s greenmarkets. We figured this was the perfect time for a program about the greenmarket movement. The program that the BNHG has organized begins with an overview of the movement, how it began and how it keeps growing and adapting to changing times. To give you an understanding of the upper west side’s place in the farmers market movement, we’ve invited Margaret Hoffman, Greenmarket regional coordinator, to tell the story of the West 97th Street market, one of the most popular and longest- running greenmarkets in thecity.
Hoffman will talk about how that market first came to the Bloomingdale neighborhood. She’ll fill us in on its history, how its present site was chosen and the role it has played in both creating and developing a long-standing connection between upper west siders and regional farms. We’ll hear the stories of some of the farmers who have stands at the market and their insights on how the Greenmarket movement has promoted local agriculture and helped save small family farms, how it has encouraged immigrants to run farms, while at the same time providing healthful and delicious produce to city dwellers.
The 97th Street greenmarket is part of the Grow NYC network that was inspired by the first Earth Day back in the 1970s. These days the network also includes youth markets, fresh food box pick-ups, food scrap drop offs and textile recycling. Join us on September 22nd to learn more.
About the presenter:
Margaret Hoffman has been with Greenmarket/Grown NYC for 15th seasons and oversees 16 markets in northern Manhattan and the Bronx, markets that range in size from 3 or 4 to over 20 farm stands. As she describes them, the neighborhoods she serves are “as different as can be.“ She is a familiar presence at the 97th Street market and for many years has guided it through its many changes and challenges.
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Upcoming Zoom Presention
Save the Date: Monday, October 18 at 630pm
Join us via Zoom for a talk on New York place names by Joshua Jelly-Schapiro. He is the author of Names of New York: Discovering the City’s Past, Present and Future Through Its Place-Names. Focusing on the Upper West Side, he will recount the fascinating history behind the naming of our streets, neighborhoods, parks and water bodies. More information to follow.
Save the Date: Monday, October 18 at 630pm
Join us via Zoom for a talk on New York place names by Joshua Jelly-Schapiro. He is the author of Names of New York: Discovering the City’s Past, Present and Future Through Its Place-Names. Focusing on the Upper West Side, he will recount the fascinating history behind the naming of our streets, neighborhoods, parks and water bodies. More information to follow.
Upcoming Zoom Presention
Save the Date: Wednesday, December 1 at 630pm
Join us via Zoom for a talk by Louis L. Picone, author of Grant’s Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of An American Pantheon. Learn about the General’s final years and the fascinating story of the creation of Grant’s Tomb right in our neighborhood. More information to follow.
Save the Date: Wednesday, December 1 at 630pm
Join us via Zoom for a talk by Louis L. Picone, author of Grant’s Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of An American Pantheon. Learn about the General’s final years and the fascinating story of the creation of Grant’s Tomb right in our neighborhood. More information to follow.
Jim Mackin
Free Monthly Walking Tours of Historic Bloomingdale
Sunday, October 3rd at 2pm from Straus Park.
W.106th Street and Broadway
Explore the History of the Upper West Side
between W. 96th and W. 110th Streets
Led by renowned local historian Jim Mackin
Jim Mackin’s terrific tours of the Upper West Side are beginning again after a long--much too long---pandemic-induced delay. Jim will once again lead a mixed group of both tourists and city residents on a one-of-a-kind, always interesting, walk around the historic Bloomingdale neighborhood. The walks are monthly and vary from month to month. And it’s 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 https://www.fordhampress.com/9780823289301/notable-new-yorkers-of-manhattans-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 some 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. Coming up in June are walks around Marcus Garvey Park and City Hall Park. https://www.weekdaywalks.com/
More info 212-666-9774
or info@columbusamsterdambid.org
sponsored by the Columbus/Amsterdam BID
and Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group
Sunday, October 3rd at 2pm from Straus Park.
W.106th Street and Broadway
Explore the History of the Upper West Side
between W. 96th and W. 110th Streets
Led by renowned local historian Jim Mackin
Jim Mackin’s terrific tours of the Upper West Side are beginning again after a long--much too long---pandemic-induced delay. Jim will once again lead a mixed group of both tourists and city residents on a one-of-a-kind, always interesting, walk around the historic Bloomingdale neighborhood. The walks are monthly and vary from month to month. And it’s 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 https://www.fordhampress.com/9780823289301/notable-new-yorkers-of-manhattans-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 some 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. Coming up in June are walks around Marcus Garvey Park and City Hall Park. https://www.weekdaywalks.com/
More info 212-666-9774
or info@columbusamsterdambid.org
sponsored by the Columbus/Amsterdam BID
and Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group