Morningside Heights looks like a country village in this 1895 photo, facing south from 114th Street.
“The Boulevard” referred to the main artery bridging 59th Street to Harlem. Eventually it was absorbed into the northern extension of Broadway; those wide roads and the tree-lined center mall are still recognizable. No more bicyclists riding leisurely though.
Tags: Bicycling in New York 1890s, broadway, Broadway on the Upper West Side, Morningside Heights, The Boulevard, Wheelmen of New York
Ephemeral New York 
March 7, 2009 at 7:58 pm |
Well, we will see bicyclists between 59th and 23rd by the end of this year, although I don’t know if their pace will be “leisurely.” But if we get another four years of Bloomberg, we may see bikes in Morningside Heights, too.
March 9, 2009 at 5:59 pm |
the low buildings, the wide street, the sky, it’s poignant to see what manhattan looked like once. of course, there was no air conditioning.
January 27, 2011 at 3:36 am |
[…] The Boulevard is on Lexington and 124th Street. “Boulevard” has such an upper-crust ring to it. Maybe Lexington Avenue was supposed to rival the tree-lined Boulevard on the West Side. […]