Learn more about the neighborhood we want to save

The Exhibit was Co-sponsored by:

Park West Neighborhood History Group - 400 Central Park West, Apt. 5P, New
York, N.Y. 10025

West 98th and 99th Street Old Community - Jim Torain, Coordinator, 840 Grand
Concourse, Apt. 3B, Bronx, N. Y. 10451, tel: 718-292-9521

Columbus/Amsterdam BID- Peter Arndtsen, District Manager, 991 Amsterdam
Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10025.

____________________________________________________________

The 37 acres of land, buildings, businesses, and people cleared by
Robert Moses in the 1950's were viewed as slum clearance by those not living
there and urban renewal by those who came after. Park West Village and Douglass
Houses replaced the Old Community, and have since built their own character
and history.

The past and present communities have gotten together to bring you
this exhibit. Maps, photos and books show 97th-100th Street and environs as a
"blooming dale", "a special place" for the better part of two centuries.
Changes are again in the offing, and we want to build on what we value from the past
and present as we plan for the future. Please come help us do that.