University Avenue, west side, south from Fordham Road, ca 1913. In the late 1920s this streetscape would be replaced with St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church (near the corner) and brick apartment houses further south on the block.

St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church, 1937. The Roman Catholic parish of St. Nicholas of Tolentine was founded by Augustinian friars in 1906. After years of worship in smaller structures, work on the current Collegiate Gothic church, designed by Delaney, O'Connor & Schultz, began in 1927. The so-called “lower church” was completed in 1928, but work continued on the upper section of the building into the 1950s. The completed church was consecrated in 1957.

“West Fordham Road, west from Hampden Place, towards the University Heights Bridge across the Harlem River, linking the Bronx with West 207th Street, Manhattan. ln the center of the view is shown the University Heights (Fordham Heights) station of the New York and Putnam division of the New York Central Railroad, at the S.W. corner of Harlem River Terrace. Across the bridge, in the background, is the borough of Manhattan. About 1917.” The University Heights Station opened during the 1870s, when it served the Spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris Railroad. The street level station was removed in 1975, 19 years after the completion of the Major Deegan Expressway. Today, 262 West Fordham Road stands at the corner of Hampden Place.

Webb Institute and Home for Shipbuilders, 1914. Established by shipbuilder (and industrialist and philanthropist) William Henry Webb in 1889, the Webb Institute of Naval Architecture educated its students in structural and mechanical engineering and other scientific disciplines, with the goal of creating more efficient and advanced ship designers. Construction on the Bronx home for the school began in 1890 and was completed the year its first class graduated: 1893. The look of the school was intended to be "a romantic version of a medieval castle," with turrets, fanciful carving, and other decorative ornamentation. The building served its purpose for more than 50 years. During World War II the Navy trained officers here. In 1945 the Bronx building was deemed lacking in size and modern science facilities. It was sold, and the Institute moved to the former estate of Herbert L. Pratt in Glen Cove, Long Island. In 1950 the Fordham Hill Apartments were constructed on the hill that had once been home to the Webb Institute. These nine highrise apartment houses were initially rental properties but went co-op in 1982.