[A collection of printed and manuscript material pertaining to the New York Central Railroad Company's plans to redevelop the Hudson River waterfront on New York's Upper West Side and Riverside Park, with some other materials]. [1914-1920].

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[A collection of printed and manuscript material pertaining to the New York Central Railroad Company's plans to redevelop the Hudson River waterfront on New York's Upper West Side and Riverside Park, with some other materials]. [1914-1920].

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Letters, speeches, interviews, public statements, commencement addresses, minutes of hearings of special meetings of the New York City Board of Estimate and Apportionment, newspaper clippings, court documents, telegrams. Pertain to the attempts to improve the Hudson River waterfront in Manhattan, including property of the New York Central Railroad on the Upper West Side and Riverside Park. Includes material from the West End Association and other groups involved in the dispute.

2 boxes (0.7 linear feet)

New-York Historical Society

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Prendergast, William, 1868-1933

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West End Association (New York, N.Y.)

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New York (N.Y.). Board of Estimate and Apportionment

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Mathewson, Douglas, 1870?-1948.

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Douglas Mathewson, Bronx Borough President, 1914-1918. From the description of [A collection of printed and manuscript material pertaining to the New York Central Railroad Company's plans to redevelop the Hudson River waterfront on New York's Upper West Side and Riverside Park, with some other materials]. [1914-1920]. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58780217 ...

New York Central Railroad Company

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The New York Central Railroad first stationed business representatives in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1853, but it was not until 1870 that the railroad established a significant presence in the local railroad economy. During the 1880s-1890s, the New York Central purchased controlling interests in various railroads to secure routes into Cleveland. In the early twentieth century it built and bought lines through and around Cleveland. Yards that were key to New York Central's repair, maintenance, and stora...