Art Deco/ WPA design in Isham and Inwood Hill Parks

A slide lecture ending in a walking tour with Pat Courtney.  Take a look at the Art Deco/WPA era design and structures in both parks.  Learn of the designers discovered during the process of the study for potential historic districts in Inwood which was selected in 2011 as one of the inaugural “Six to Celebrate” […]

Isham Park Tour with Geologist: October 30th

  http://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2011/10/30/delving-into-isham-parks-rocky-past-with-sidney-horenstein Isham Park Tour with Geologist Sid Horenstein Sunday October 30th 10 am- 12 noon Meet at the northeast corner of Seaman Avenue and Isham Street. Join Sidney Horenstein, geologist and Educator Emeritus, American Museum of Natural History, as he leads his first geology, history and natural history walk through Isham Park.  Stroll through […]

"HISTORIC INWOOD FILMS": Tuesday, April 5 @ 7:30pm

 “HISTORIC INWOOD FILMS” TUESDAY APRIL 5th at 7:30 PM.    “[I’m] trying to picture the way it was. Just the trees and the river, before people came along and fouled it all up.” – Clint Eastwood, looking down at Inwood from Fort Tryon in the film “Coogan’s Bluff” (1968). This month Lost Inwood presents our […]

"HISTORIC INWOOD FILMS": Tuesday, April 5 @ 7:30pm

 “HISTORIC INWOOD FILMS” TUESDAY APRIL 5th at 7:30 PM.    “[I’m] trying to picture the way it was. Just the trees and the river, before people came along and fouled it all up.” – Clint Eastwood, looking down at Inwood from Fort Tryon in the film “Coogan’s Bluff” (1968). This month Lost Inwood presents our […]