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BACK IN TIME: The Bergen Building
ENGLEWOOD, N.J.––This week in local history: Ground is broken on the Bergen Building, corner of Engle and Bergen streets in Englewood, on Aug. 24, 1900. The Bergen Building was constructed […]
Articles by Kristin Beuscher
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BACK IN TIME: The Summer Rest at Woodcliff
WOODCLIFF LAKE––In the 1890s and the early 20th century, the New York-based Summer Rest Society maintained a cottage at Woodcliff to provide a fresh-air country getaway for women from the […]
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BACK IN TIME: Cresskill’s commuter railroad era
Longtime Cresskill residents might remember when Cresskill’s train station stood at the corner of Union Avenue and Piermont Road, while newer residents might not realize the town ever had one! […]
Alpine
BACK IN TIME: A Palisades rockslide, 75 years ago
This week in local history: An Aug. 10, 1942 rockslide in the Palisades Interstate Park meant some quick cleanup was on the agenda in order to reopen Dyckman Hill Road […]
Hillsdale
BACK IN TIME: Yates Bridge, a crossing with history
WESTWOOD/HILLSDALE––Yates Bridge, as residents of older days called it and historians refer to it today, is the crossing over the Pascack Brook where Westwood Avenue in Westwood meets up with […]
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Back in Time: the Collignon Chair Factory
OLD TAPPAN—On April 16, 1857, Nicholas Collignon bought property on Westwood Avenue in Old Tappan that had previously been known as Stone Point Mill, a grist mill. On this land, […]