The Images
155th Street
Present day looking west towards the river
Viaduct in 1930s (Trinity Cemetery)
Postcard views (1920s)
Audubon's Home
circa 1850 (Valentine's Manual)
circa 1852 (Homes of American Authors)
circa 1864 (Valentine's Manual)
circa 1920 (from west)
circa 1920 (from north)
circa 1920 (from Riverside Drive)
Apartment Buildings
3750 Broadway (Audubon Park Apartments)600 West 157th Street (Audubon Hall)601 West 156th Street (Hispania Hall)602 West 157th Street (Hortense Arms)605 West 156th Street (Goya)611 West 156th Street (Velasquez)611 West 158th Street (Sutherland)614 West 157th Street (Kanawah Court)625 West 156th Street (Cortez)765 Riverside Drive (unnamed)
775 Riverside Drive (unnamed)
780 Riverside Drive (The Vauxhall)1935 Rental advertisement
788 Riverside Drive (Rhinecleff Court)789 Riverside Drive (Crillon Court)
790 Riverside Drive (Riviera)800 Riverside Drive (Grinnell)801 Riverside Drive (Cragmoor Dwellings)
807 Riverside Drive (Rio Rita)809/811 Riverside Drive (Berler Houses)Audubon Park Views
The Hemlocks (Grinnell home)
Broadway
1911 (circa) looking south
Charles and Murray Gordon Memorial Park (156th Street)
Church of the Intercession
Green-Wood Cemetery
Hispanic Society
Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza
Riverside Drive
1930 (circa) (View of two Riverside Drives)
Subway
Kiosk detail (circa 1911)
Trinity Cemetery
Washington Heights Presbyterian Church
Audubon Park Perspectives, a complement to Audubon Park: The Neighborhood Manhattan Forgot, comprises neighborhood news, musings on Audubon Park's colorful history, and reflections on the constant intersection of past and present in a vibrant neighborhood that proudly bears the Landmark Preservation Commission's official historic district designation.
The People
Family Trees
Grinnell Family Tree
Audubon
Audubon, John James
Audubon, LucyAudubon, John WoodhouseAudubon, Victor GiffordCarman, Richard
Clapp, Wellington
Foster, William
Grace, Charles
Grinnell
Griffin, Edward P.
Harris, Dennis
Hall, James
Jerome, Julia Gould (Mrs. Addison G.)
Kirtland, Frederick
Martin, Newell
Morgan, Edward M.
Moore, Clement Clarke
Moore, Jaundine (Geraldine)
Munkittrick, Alexander
Phelan, Catherine
Sensational Grinnell Murder (1933)
Randall, John Jr.
Sheridan, Douglas
Sensational Grinnell Murder (1933)
Smythe, Henry
Stein, Gila
Tynd, Stephen H., Jr.
Wheelock, William
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The Places
Apartment Buildings / Houses
3750 Broadway (Audubon Park Apartments)
Audubon Park Apartments : The World's
New York Apartment House Album600 West 157th Street (Audubon Hall)
Audubon Hall : Supplement to Apartment
Houses of the Metropolis601 West 156th Street (Hispania Hall)
Hispania Hall : Supplement to Apartment
Houses of the Metropolis602 West 157th Street (Hortense Arms)
605 West 156th Street (Goya)
611 West 156th Street (Velasquez)
611 West 158th Street (Sutherland)
614 West 157th Street (Kanawah Court)
625 West 156th Street (Cortez)
765 Riverside Drive (unnamed)
779/789 Riverside Drive (Crillon Court)
780 Riverside Drive (The Vauxhall)
788 Riverside Drive (Rhinecleff Court)
Rhinecleff Court : The World's
New York Apartment House Album790 Riverside Drive (Riviera)
Riviera : The World's
New York Apartment House Album800 Riverside Drive (Grinnell)
Grinnell : The World's
New York Apartment House Album801 Riverside Drive (Cragmoor Dwellings)
809/811 Riverside Drive (Berler Houses)
155th Street
157th Street Subway Station
Audubon Terrace Museum Complex
Hispanic Society (North Building)
Hispanic Society (original entrance)
Broadway
Church of the Intercession
Edward Morgan Place
Riverside Drive
Trinity Cemetery
Washington Heights Presbyterian Church
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Coming in September 2020!
The Neighborhood Manhattan Forgot: Audubon Park and the Families Who Shaped It
by Matthew Spady
"Audubon Park’s Journey from Farmland to Cityscape"
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