The clubhouse for the Columbia Yacht Club, on the Hudson River at 86th Street since the 1870s, looks like a breezy little summertime spot for boating and dining by the water in this penny postcard from about 1910.
I especially like the old-timey bridge that goes over the railroad tracks to the clubhouse.
The club’s days were numbered though. In 1934, park commissioner Robert Moses abruptly notified members that they were getting the boot because the premises were in the way of “West Side improvement.”
They left after a legal battle, relocating first to Riverdale and then to a site off Long Island Sound.
Tags: Columbia Yacht Club, Hudson River 1910, Hudson River sunset, Riverside Drive 1910, Robert Moses 1930s New York, vintage New York postcards, yacht club Hudson River, yacht club north river
Ephemeral New York 
May 30, 2013 at 10:08 am |
Love everything you do! Have you ever run across any information on the Nonpareil Rowing Club (Upper West Side)?
May 30, 2013 at 6:32 pm |
“Mr. Shaoul,” eh? Is this an earlier generation of developer dominating the neighborhood?