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Throwback Thursday, Bloomingdale Edition

6/25/2015

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1930: Broadway and West 104th Street

By Caitlin Hawke
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In a prior post, a more recent depiction of this historic Horn & Hardart building may be seen. Here is the 1930 construction of the neighborhood jewel at W. 104th and Broadway.
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Throwback Thursday, Bloomingdale Edition

6/18/2015

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1886: Cycling on Riverside Drive by Thure de Thulstrup

By Caitlin Hawke
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BAiP's Force of Nature

6/17/2015

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The Board of Bloomingdale Aging in Place Pays Tribute to a Founder: David L. Reich

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David L. Reich, Founding Chair, Bloomingdale Aging in Place (Photo credit: Bob Lejeune)
By Caitlin Hawke

In the June 2015 issue of our newsletter, neighbor Lydia Dufour has a wonderful piece about a former leader of this block association and one of the primary founders of Bloomingdale Aging in Place: David L. Reich.

BAiP has been a dynamo of community building these last six years, and its backbone has been its technological structure and the administrative framework meticulously laid down by David Reich. It is fair to say that BAiP is absolutely soaring with over 1000 meet-ups each year, 100 volunteers to make all the activities and services available to neighborhood adults, and new blood and fresh ideas pulsing through the organization every day.  All this was accomplished under David's leadership -- at first with a dedicated steering committee and then alongside a very roll-up-your-sleeves board that is going strong today.

David is, quite simply, a force of nature when it comes to neighborliness and getting things done. He may find purpose and meaningful engagement in all that he has taken on over the years in our neck of the woods, first with this block association and now with BAiP.  But we are all the beneficiaries of his efforts.  The mark he continues to make on this neighborhood ought be proudly and loudly noted. 

And so it was, on April 9th, when all of BAiP's current and former board members gathered to thank David as he passed the presidency of BAiP over having come to the limit of his term.  Thankfully, for BAiP's sake, David will continue serving on the board AND leading BAiP's ping pong group.

To quote Lydia, all BAiP's board members including me "count our blessings that he so successfully transplanted to our corner of Manhattan and will continue to be a vital member of the BAiP board as well as an active community and activity volunteer with the organization."

In honor of his unparalleled work within the organization, the Board of Directors of BAiP presented him with the following commendation.


To learn more about BAiP's opportunities to get involved, please email: info@bloominplace.org or call (212) 842-8831.
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Applause!  [Sound of Many Hands Clapping]

6/15/2015

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A Bloomingdale Cheer to Our Neighborhood Businesses and Neighbor Bakers

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This is a heartfelt shout-it-from-the-rooftops word of thanks to our treasured local businesses who supported the Block Association's Spring Bazaar. You gave food, you discounted your products, you sent in gift certificates for our silent auction, you schlepped things, and you came out to show your 10025 allegiance proving your bona fides.

Community is laid down in many layers, and for the Spring Bazaar you were the layer of icing on the cake!  (Also, from our bakesale table organizers: a big word of thanks to our cake icers and cookie bakers, listed below).

With our appreciation for your investment in what we are doing, our thanks go to you all, big, small and hyper-local businesses of Bloomingdale!  And bakers of 10025!

Silent Auction & Spring Bazaar Donors
107 West Restaurant
A to Z .99 cent Store
Aangan Indian Restaurant
Bank Street Bookstore
BE FIT NYC
Blondi's Hair Salon
Book Culture
Broadway Pizza
Buchetta Brick Oven
Busters NYC
Café du Soleil
Camile Colon
Carol Bowen Studios
Dive Bar
Dog Days of New York
Festival Chamber Music Society
Grape Collective
Hedy Campbell
Liberty House
Long Teng II Massage & Spa
Martin Brothers
Metro Diner
MP Fitness NYC
Paris Frameworks
Patricia Moore
Petqua
Riverside Liquors
RoboFun Studio
Symphony Space
The Abbey Pub
The Ellington
The West End Lounge
Toast
Wang Chen Table Tennis Club


Bakesale Donors
Hedy Campbell
Susan Dessel
Cheryl Dresner
Carolyn Fitzpatrick
Kerstin Hasenpusch
Deborah Lott
Sue Maderer
Lisbeth Mark
David Reich
Nancy Wight


By Caitlin Hawke

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Throwback Thursday, Bloomingdale Edition

6/11/2015

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1930: West End Avenue at West 100th Street

By Caitlin Hawke
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Throwback Thursday, Bloomingdale Edition

6/3/2015

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Late 1880s: Riverside Drive and West 108th Street

By Caitlin Hawke
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These are two views of the Riverside Drive and W. 108th Street mansion of Samuel Gamble Bayne (1844-1924), founder of Seabord National Bank, a precursor of JP Morgan Chase. An original director of the Bankers' Trust Company and the Columbia Trust Company, the Irish-born Bayne was likely a billionaire by the turn of the century.
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