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Writings by Sandra Harrison including poetry, essays, fiction, non-fiction; children's literatire.
Two Markers placed in 2012 for the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail can be found in Tibbits Park. Its near Main St outside fountain.
Hartsdale, NY shares not only a border with White Plains (WP) but its history. White Plains has a street named Hartsdale Ave located in Highlands neighborhood. Hartsdale during Colonial Days was part of Philipsburg Manor owned by the Frederick Philipse family and his descendants.… Continue Reading “What’s in a name? In Neighboring Hartsdale”
How did people get around White Plains before & during colonial days? How did new modes of transport transform WP from a “sleepy” small village into a modern city? Horses: Remember, that modern day horses did not come to America till Europeans brought them… Continue Reading “Transportation in White Plains”
Not until I joined Facebook did I find out how many people reminiscence about old White Plains (WP). Many were former residents who remember the City before Urban Renewal (1966-1980) when much of the Business District (BD) demolished for revitalization. Just a start for… Continue Reading “How Well Do You Know White Plains?”
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”
Sandy's Written Creations 