Landmarks; Buildings; Poe Cottage; Organizations; Edgar Allan Poe; Authors
Describes Poe Cottage, the home of the poet Edgar Allan Poe. Located at Kingsbridge Rd. & the Grand Concourse, the cottage was (then) under the care of the Bronx Society of Arts and Sciences. (It is now administered by The Bronx County Historical...
Calls for securing title to land to lay out the Grand Boulevard and Concourse, a plan endorsed by the Fordham Club. In--Minutes of Meetings, Vol. 1, pp. 80-82.
Buildings; Public Buildings; Street Scenes; Parks; Courthouses
View of the excavation site of the Bronx County Building amd Court on Mott Ave. (now Grand Concourse). Excavation started in July, 1930. Franz Siegel Pak is to the south. Also note neighborhood apartment buildings and use of window awnings.
Plan for a ten-story hospital to be erected at 166th St. and the Grand Concourse. Shown is the front elevation designed by B. H. Whinston. Drawing by Harold Goldman. The hospital fell victim to the Great Depression economy and was not built.
Hotel Concourse Plaza manager Frank W. Kridel presents Casey Stengel with a 'Good Luck' daffodil floral piece at home plate of Yankee Stadium during opening game ceremonies. A dinner for over a thousand people was held at the Grand Ballroom of the...
Hospitals; Nursing School; Streets and Avenues; Stadiums; Recreation; Baseball; Football; Incinerators; Garbage Disposal; South Bronx
Notes the selling of Lincoln Hospital to New York City and plans for a nursing school; Grand Concourse traverse road; Yankee Stadium expanded seating; the problem of refuse and the need for incinerators, land dumps and a plan for garbage...
Plan showing the Concourse Village development in relation to surrounding landmarks -- the County Building, and what should be Yankee Stadium but is actually the Polo Grounds.
Resolution on the death of Louis A. Risse, the engineer who prepared the plans for the Grand Boulevard and Concourse. Also, early information on a bridge to connect the boroughs. In--Minutes of Directors Meetings, Vol. 14, pp. 37-38.
A Bronx soldier, awarded a Bronze Star in the Korean War, is joined by his family at Defense Bond Square at the overpass of Fordham Rd. & the Grand Concourse. The occasion is the first U.S. Defense Bond drive in the Bronx. On the left is a Heroes...
Exterior view of Dollar Savings Bank at 2516 Grand Concourse. The smaller building was built in 1932 and the taller building (addition)was built in 1951 to handle executive, administrative and mortgage functions. The architects were Halsey,...
