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Engine Co. #73, Hook & Ladder #42
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FDNY Engine 73. During the 1970s and 80s, when many fire stations in the Bronx were disbanded and the borough suffered from neglect, Engine 73 responded to a huge number of calls, over 7000 in 1977.
Montefiore Hebrew Congregation Synagogue
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Montefiore Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, 1938. The Montefiore Hebrew Congregation was founded in 1901 and six years later moved into their brand new synagogue on Hewitt Place. The Romanesque building was modeled on eastern European synagogue styles but is also topped with a pair of—somewhat fanciful— onion domes, more common in the Eastern Orthodox Christian tradition. For two decades the congregation was led by an impassioned and dynamic leader named Rabbi Jacob Katz. Russian born, he arrived to New York City as toddler, later attending City College, Columbia, and Jewish Theological Seminary before getting a law degree from NYU. He began his career at a Flatbush synagogue before taking the leadership in 1920 of this Bronx community. He also served for 32 years as the chaplain at Sing-Sing Prison. As chaplain he attended to the spiritual needs of the general population and as well as more than 70 men executed for their crimes. Rabbi Katz moved on from Montefiore in the early 1940s. The religious building was designated a landmark in 1980 (as part of the Longwood Historic District) while serving as the home of the Hewitt Place United Church. The imposing structure still stands, with its eye-catching roofline, but sans its ornate stained glass (which is either lost or covered up).
Denison-White Mansion
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Denison-White Mansion, 1915. Erected in circa 1850, this former mansion is the oldest structure in the Longwood section of the Bronx. Constructed as the private residence of Charles Denison, a Manhattan merchant, the building was originally located just north of the junction of Southern Boulevard and Leggett Lane. Later owned by Denison's son-in-law, Samuel White, the house was likely moved at the end of the 19th century as the streets of Longwood were being laid out. According to the LPC designation report for the Longwood Historic District, very little of the original building remains. Extensive work on the home at the start of the 20th century removed the large, six-columned portico that fronted the building. The small porch entrance supported by Doric columns was created during these alterations. For most of the 20th century, the building housed a series of firms and community spaces, including a real estate office, quite a few social clubs, and a Police Athletic League center. By 2006 the property was long abandoned and derelict when a pair of Manhattan-based nonprofit developers of affordable housing planned a large development behind the old mansion. The development included the restoration of the mansion's facade as a community center and the construction of 93 units of affordable housing, with a portion reserved for grandparents (or other older relatives) raising grandchildren. The construction and restoration were completed in 2010.
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Southern Boulevard and Leggett Avenue, southeast corner
Cattle drinking from a spring near Southern Boulevard and Leggett's Lane, Bronx, New York City, October 19, 1897.
Southern Boulevard and Leggett Avenue, southeast corner
Spring at the southeast corner of Southern Boulevard and Leggett Avenue, Bronx, New York City, October 6, 1897.
Denison-White Mansion
588 Fox Street
588 Fox Street at the S.E. corner of St. John's Avenue. General exterior.
Engine Co. #73, Hook & Ladder #42
Bronx 22, Engine Co. \_73, Hook & Ladder \_42, 655 Prospect Ave; Jerry Spearman, Photographer
Engine Co. #73, Hook & Ladder #42
Engine Co. #73, Hook & Ladder #42
Bronx: Prospect Avenue - 152nd Street (East) Prospect Avenue, at, and adjoining the N.W. corner of E. 152nd Street, showing Fire Engine No. 73, and Hook and Ladder No. 42. April 26, 1938. P. L. Sperr
Engine Co. #73, Hook & Ladder #42
Engine Co. #73, Hook & Ladder #42
645 Prospect Avenue
Bronx: Prospect Avenue - 151st Street (East) Prospect Avenue, west side, north from E. 151st Street. April 26, 1938 P. L. Sperr
901 East 156th Street
Apartment building at E. 156th Street and Hewett Place, Bronx, undated (ca. October 1916).
699 Prospect Avenue
Bronx: Prospect Avenue - 155th Street (East) 699 to 719 Prospect Avenue, west side, at E. 155th Street. The view is northward. April 26, 1938. P.L. Sperr
811-827 Fox Street
5 frames: wide shot, street level views of abandoned 4-story attached apartment buildings, vacant lot in foreground.
Montefiore Hebrew Congregation Synagogue
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