Paterson’s Hinchliffe Stadium
Hinchliffe Stadium, one of five still-standing Negro Leagues stadiums, is being updated and refurbished so it can be used again. In the 1930s and ’40s, the Paterson, N.J.-based stadium was the homefield ballpark for the New York Black Yankees, New York Cubans, and often the Newark Eagles baseball teams.
After a campaign of fundraising and $100 million in state tax credits, renovations began in April 2021 on what was once a deteriorating landmark.
Hinchliffe will be re-opened as the new home stadium for the New Jersey Jackals baseball team. The Paterson Public Schools will also be able to use the stadium for events and a museum commemorating the history of the Negro Leagues professional baseball league will be part of the new Hinchliffe Stadium.
The project, under the auspices of Baye Adofo-Wilson’s real estate development company, BAW Development, LLC, will also see to the opening of an affordable senior housing apartment complex dubbed the Hinchliffe Residences, a restaurant, and a 5,200-square-foot preschool.
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DWELL: 452 WEST 144TH STREET TOWNHOUSE
Harlem Bespoke: One of the majestic brownstones on West 144th and Convent Avenue returns to the market for new season and the grand 21 foot wide home is also a rare semi-detached townhouse. Number 452 West 144th Street is now available for $3.65 million $3 million and the 2-family home appears to be in turnkey condition with lots of original details within. We have been writing about this block for over a decade now and buyers who want to live on one of the most charming neighborhoods in Manhattan should definitely check out one of the open houses in the coming weeks. Restaurants, cafes, supermarkets and the express train stations are minutes away by the 145th Street corridor. More details and contact information can be found on Streeteasy: LINK
☞ REMEMBER: GIBB’S DINER OF MANHATTANVILLE
Harlem Bespoke: Another history post we did over 10 years ago at the start of blog was about West Market Diner (shuttered 2004) in the planned Manhattanville campus footprint. A blog reader mentioned that their family used to own the diner and shared amazing photos with some insight on the forgotten past of the neighborhood. The diner building has since been demolished to make way for the new Columbia University campus.
“Thank you for your blog on the West Market Diner. My grandfather, Isaac Gibbs, owned it before it was the West Market Diner. It was called the Gibb’s Diner. Family lore has it that he had the first free standing diner in NYC and this might have been it.(He owned several) The diner was built in 1921. The pictures I am enclosing are of the original diner. As you may know, an addition was built, parallel to, and in front of the original diner, in about 1948. The original diner became the kitchen of what later became the West Market Diner. The original diner with its tile floor and rounded wood ceiling, as seen in the attached interior photograph, reportedly still exists as the kitchen of the West Market diner. I think the dinner is a landmark. The man standing in the interior photograph is my grandfather. I do not know the exact date of this photograph, but it is of the original diner with an attached dining area that I assume my grandfather added.”
“I always had my grandfather’s pictures of the diner, but did not know until February, 2009 that it was, what is now called the West Market Diner. Ironically, I visited NYC this weekend and yesterday I went for the first time to the West Market Diner. I was excited but frustrated that I could not see into the old diner. I certainly hope they also preserve some part of the kitchen which is the original diner and is older and more historic than the 1948 addition. I am enclosing a picture of my grandfather in front of one of his diner’s which was on railroad property. This diner would also have been on the west side. This is obviously (judging by the car) a very early diner. Any further news on the diner?”
The last information that we found pertaining to the diner’s fate is on the Columbia Manhattanville Campus website, which states:
“Prentis Hall (632 W. 125th St.), the Studebaker building (615 W. 131st St.), the interior of the original West Market Diner, and the Nash building (3280 Broadway) will be preserved and restored.”
The original diner interior will apparently be relocated inside one of the storefronts of the new buildings to built after the diner at 659 West 131st Street is demolished. Read more of the plan here: LINK.
See our original post on the West Market Diner: LINK.
Photos courtesy of the Gibbs estate, no further copies without permission.
The Cold Blooded, Kenneth Cole Footwear Exclusively Available On Amazon
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Senate Majority Passes Legislation to Strengthen Judicial Accountability
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In a resolute display of commitment to upholding justice and fortifying public trust. The Senate Democratic Majority proudly announces the passage of groundbreaking legislation aimed at bolstering accountability and transparency within New York’s esteemed judicial system. Building upon the Majority Conference’s unwavering dedication to fortify ethical standards in state governance, this sweeping suite of reforms…
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