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Writings by Sandra Harrison including poetry, essays, fiction, non-fiction; children's literatire.
In February 2019, one of White Plains’ older homes was demolished. Former Rocco Briante house was built around 1914. Rocco Briante was a builder of homes and other structures. House at 40 Chatterton Parkway had become a “zombie” property. Neglect obviously caused severe deterioration… Continue Reading “White Plains Revitalization; Its Vanishing Past”
The book White Plains, New York: A City of Contrasts by Sandra Harrison was published in 2013. This website contains updated versions of the book broken into separate entries. In addition, other things about White Plains are included on the website but not in the book. A full preview of the… Continue Reading “Book, White Plains, New York: A City of Contrasts”
Copied here is information from handout given out at White Plains Local History Roundtable Feb 2018. NAACP in area covers Greenburgh & White Plains (WP). Housing in WP was segregated and Battle Hill was part of Greenburgh till 1916 when WP annexed the area… Continue Reading “Notable Afro-Americans of White Plains”
This a copy of the text from Ben Himmelfarb’s blog on Local History on Rosa Kittrell for which White Plains (WP) named one of its parks : Local History: Rosa Kittrell By Ben Himmelfarb October 10 has been designated World Mental Health Day by the… Continue Reading “Rosa Kittrell”
White Plains (WP) today is a “diverse” community but has not always been. Census reporting gives the best way to examine the changes. WP’s first settlers came from Rye in 1683 and were English Puritans. The first US census of 1790, recorded WP with… Continue Reading “White Plains Demographics”
Decided to post some stories shared by people on Facebook (FB): Mike Stinnett in responding to a picture posted of the former 1909 White Plains Public Library in the FB group of “White Plains, Remember when…” wrote the following: “I used to read the… Continue Reading “White Plains Anecdotes”
What can you do about a noisy neighbor and get results? Been dealing with a really bad neighbor about 12 years. Live in Co-op as a share holder. Offender is also share holder. Going through building management/Board, police or even approaching neighbor just did… Continue Reading “Dealing With A Noisy Neighbor”
White Plains (WP) Historic Society’s newsletter posted article below on the history behind the names of City’s parks: It should be noted that the City has other parks (see information posted below from City’s Park’s & Recreation Dept.), plazas and playgrounds (not in a… Continue Reading “Parks of White Plains: History Behind the Name”
Entry is from White Plains, NY: A City of Contrasts from chapter “North Broadway Area.” Both the Presbyterian Church & Cemetery and the White Plains (WP) Rural Cemetery on N Broadway contain graves from colonial times and veterans of the Battle of WP. As was once customary, people… Continue Reading “Buried in White Plains”
This entry is an updated version of a section from White Plains, New York: City of Contrasts in chapter “Houses:” Some of White Plains (WP) early farms would later became country estates for wealthy New Yorkers (later 1800’s to early 1900’s), private schools, hospitals, golf courses, and even… Continue Reading “White Plains’ Older Homes”
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