NYC Facades

Front view

Window detail

Although I wasn’t on a photo mission (it was a biking mission), I found this building quite interesting. The crucifix motif around each window is quite unusual, and almost certainly references the Church of the Good Shepherd one block away.

Of Dyckman Street fame

This farmhouse dates to about 1783. It is featured in Essential New York (see links on the right). According to that history, the farm on which it sat dates to the arrival of Jan Dyckman from Holland in 1661. The farm extended north (presumably from Dyckman Street) to the Harlem River, and comprised 300 acres. The original farmhouse was burnt down by the British as they retreated. This building survives today because the Dyckman descendants donated the site to the city to prevent its demolition in 1915.

Also according to Essential New York, part of the apple orchard from the farm was still on the farm as late as 1904 when the IRT was built here. I doubt it lasted long after that, though.

Shot from the train station beneath the Henry Hudson Bridge, facing south.

Henry Hudson Bridge from Inwood Hill Park

I admit my picture was not actually of the Bridge, but was in my narrative regarding Robert Moses (see the first trackback).

Front view

Detail

See the church website. I also recommend clicking the images to see a detailed view; you won’t be disappointed!

Also houses the Met's medieval collection

Note that I tagged this as “holy” although it is only an immitation; I felt that completeness in cross-referencing dicatated it.

The style, according to NYC Architecture is “french Cloisters”, which seems like a bit of a cop-out. What style are those in? Romanesque? Gothic?