tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048034911181517049.post7081173986347791476..comments2024-03-27T05:56:36.051-04:00Comments on H A R L E M + B E S P O K E: ☞ REMEMBER: 9 Mile Stone at St. Nicholas ParkUlysseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00817576268296958520noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048034911181517049.post-64524472078984627182011-08-25T22:25:12.671-04:002011-08-25T22:25:12.671-04:00There is also one intact, a ten-mile marker, altho...There is also one intact, a ten-mile marker, although the writing is worn off, on the grounds of the Morris-Jumel Mansion, just behind the Octagonal Room. Someone once told me that the one on 133rd and St. Nicholas was in place until sometime in the 90s when Mr. Guiliani had it removed.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06558758450413912484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048034911181517049.post-9280856043687938092011-08-25T18:34:22.213-04:002011-08-25T18:34:22.213-04:00That was a mile marker on the Albany Post Road tha...That was a mile marker on the Albany Post Road that ran from New York to Albany. It marks the distance from City Hall. There are remnants of a marker in that triangle park at 117th and St. Nicholas. What remains of the mile 12 marker is embedded in the stone wall of Isham Park on Broadway between 211th and 212th (the writing has worn off but look for the oblong red sandstone rock next to the entrance to the park). There are also a bunch of milestones still standing along Rt. 9 in Westchester County. The placement of these milestones was supervised by none other than Ben Franklin in the mid 1700s!Joehttp://jschumacher.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.com