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AUDUBON PARK AND AUDUBON
TERRACE MUSEUM COMPLEX
WALKING TOUR
Sunday November 30, 2008 at noon
Audubon Park
and the Audubon Terrace Museum Complex were named for naturalist John James
Audubon who had his home on a 30-acre tract of land that extended from 155th Street
to 158th Street
Amsterdam Avenue to the Hudson
River in the Washington Heights community of Manhattan. The Audubon Terrace Museum
Complex was conceived by Archer M. Huntington in the first decade of the 20th
Century to act as a center for the cultural and literary world. Community
District 12 Historian James Renner will conduct a tour of the area describing
the local historical highlights and the apartment buildings of Audubon Park.
Mr. Renner is presently a member of the
following organizations; The Harlem and the Heights Historical Society, The
American Association of State and Local History, The Organization of American
Historians and the Association of Public Historians of New York State. Mr.
Renner is a licensed Sightseeing Guide in the City of New York and is a member of the Guides Association
of New York City.
Mr. Renner is also an accomplished author of
articles that represent a historical nature and are a written interpretation
that correspond to his photographic collection which combines historic and
contemporary subjects pertaining to Washington Heights,
Inwood and Marble Hill. These have appeared in community newspapers such as;
The Washington Heights Citizen and the Inwood News, The Manhattan Heights
Forum, the Washington Heights and Inwood Report and the Manhattan Times.
These historical articles also appear on the Internet at www.washington-heights.us/history.
Mr. Renner has also published a book in 2007 called “Washington Heights, Inwood and Marble Hill”
released by Arcadia Publishing.
The tour will begin at 12:00 Noon on Sunday
November 30, 2008. Meet at the Ilka
Tanya Payan Triangle at 157th
Street and Broadway. The cost of the tour will
be $15 per person, $10 for seniors and students.
Audubon Park and the Audubon Terrace Museum Complex
is accessible by mass transit. The #1 train stops at 157th and
Broadway. Buses to the area include the BX6, M4 and M5 stop on 157th Street
and Broadway and M100 and M101 buses stop on Amsterdam Avenue and 157th Street.
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PANYNJ Carpool discount plan
Save up to $6 per crossing!
for E-Z Pass users
at all Port Authority
Bridges and Tunnels
(George Washington
Bridge, Holland
and Lincoln Tunnels, Bayonne, Goethals and Outerbridge)
If you have three people in your car
and you use E-Z
Pass, the toll is only
$2 at all times.
To be eligible, you must call E-Z
Pass and enroll in the PACP plan.
Drive into a staffed lane, roll down the window, and say
“Carpool” to the attendant.
He or she will count heads and push a button that will charge you just $2 for
the crossing.
Babies count!
Call the telephone number listed on
your E-Z Pass statement to enroll.
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VENTURES is a new program for people
between the ages of 40 - 60. This exciting new program will feature activities
such as exercise classes, film discussion, book club, drama class, writing
class, jewelry design, cooking and more. Other offerings include day trips,
Life Planning, Torah discussion, career counseling, financial planning, and
support groups.
Activities and events will be held at
the YM & YWHA of Washington Heights & Inwood and other community
organizations on weekday evenings and Sundays. For further info or to get on
the mailing or email list please contact Linda at 212-569-6200 x233.
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NEIGHBORHOOD LINKS
Columbia
University Health Sciences
Government and Community Affairs
Henry Hudson Parkway
Scenic Byway Initiative
Metropolitan Transportation
Authority
Northern
Manhattan / The Heights Web Ring
The Pied Piper
Children’s Theatre of New York City
Riverdale-Inwood Neighborhood
Garden
Washington Heights and
Inwood Online
YM-YWHA of Washington Heights
The Jewish Museum
League of Women Voters (NYC)
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