New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-08
Charms of InwOOd, in EX-
IRENE Northwestern
Part of Manhattan.
SUMMIT OF REGION
HIGH ABOVE THE SEA
Riverside Drive May Soon be
Extended Through the
District.

Bordering the Dyckman tract on the
vest is the Inwood section Of Man
haitian Island, a part of the city Just
As rural and as sparsely settled as
,nsnv distant sections Of the SUBURBAN
districts. Briefly. lnwood has escaped
he attention OF the speculative ouii0eI
II modern houses.
The ton of Inwood Hill IS many ieet
hove the sea level and TINS helehl
S one Of the most highly prized ieN'-
.res Of the property. On a-
.vrent the southerly the crest a. the
b1l n 80 s+eop that only the nlmole o.
1iwh and stanch Of heart cen ne-'-
tiate the winding foOtpaths over me
..orgb ridges The difficulty that one
encounters I'M reaching the top Of M
wood Hill from q point near the mar
EN- shin Canal or from any westerly
approach and the location OF the sec
-ion-the region beng The extreme
,orthwesterlv part Of the island are
probably the principal reasons WI!
-nu-ood is so little known.
In Prescott ave, just north OF 10y
nan e. D.. the eastcrIy approach To
Roiton Road. the only thoroughiafe
reversing The hin section itS cn'ilc
.encth. Nichols Place and Emerson
place are extensions Of the tnoF9uei
ares running sOutheriy from ihc D!t
nan section 20 the lnwood Hlil region
Jut these thoroughfarcs are SNORT ana
therefore serve only little ae''-oH
of the hill. ,,.r 5.-..;.t
yse almost exclusively noted ior ita
.,,bnrba0 horocs. among the prominent
residants there being James McCreefE'
no f,ur0.r OF the well known Dry
God. .a Of James McCrccry GO.
Time ras treated fairly well nearly 'ii
+ha mansions that were erected u.c-
.de or more ago on the nlii.
A. The present time luWcod DIS emery
snoVn for its institutional buildings.
Quite q number of well known persons,
roweyer. still occupy picturesque cot
ages which adorn the hill, and these
residents, although within easy reach
If nearly every section OF the clty, are
surrounded with as much rural gran
deur and enjoy as much privacy as u
thew were the sole occupants OF vast
acreage tract miles north OF TINS Io"n'
Few of the residents OF the mn walk
20 and from the nearby transit lines
They make the trip IN carriages over
old Bolton Road. Another distinctive
feature of life there IS that many resi-
dents get their milk supply from cows
kent or the premises. The grounds arc
generally large enough 70 proVlce goou
grazing land Tor cattle.
stems were taken some years AGO 70
bring the summit OF the Hill and a.
least many sections OF this beautiful
promontory within easy reach Of many
avenues Of travel on Manhattan Island
Plans were projected for the build
ING of viaduct over Dyckman 81.
,vbicb would ioin lnwOod Hill with
Fort Washington Hill. just south, and
would hermit of an extension Of RIVER
side Drive through the lnwood section.
Ii was also planned 10 erect IN inc near
future the Hendrick Hudson Memorial
bridge over the Spuyten DuyVll met
INTO which the Harlem snip ta a.! al
cmpties, and thus join the Marble mn
,ection Of The Bronx with the lnWoou
Hill part Of Manhattan Island. moneys
have been appropriated for tho carry
ing out Of those projects, and IL -
once again said 10 be only matter OF
= short time before the viaduct over
Dvckman st. and the memorial Drdgc
will have been built.
At the southerly slope Of lnwood
Hill il a residential settlement which
is already beginning 90 feel the bene~
fcisl effects of the vast changes M the
building line taking place in the Dyck-
man district. just east. In recent
years values have risen to new record
heights in this lnwood home centre,
and they are likely TO advance at the
same rate for many years yet.
OF late there has been considerable
ak Of the operation Of ferry across
- Hudson from Dyckman 81. to the
Interstate Park, on the Palisades
Wsnv residents Of the section seem 20
,n ~ favor Of taking the entire lnwood
gui and having L. converted into a
oublic park. Ex-Park Commissioner
Stover. during his term Of office as
cd Of the Park Department, strongly;
advocated the purchase OF lnwood mn