☞ REMEMBER: Winter at the Claremont Inn

A reader sent in a link to the blog called Westside Rag which ran an in depth story on the Claremont Inn from materials drawn from the New York Historical Society.  The above photo shows the historic landmark circa 1930 at Riverside Drive at about 124th Street.  All of the intricate Victorian woodwork was still in place at the time but the inn's popularity dimmed in the 1940's and the city started to dismantle it within the next decade.  One of the watch crew accidentally set the entire place on fire with a lantern during that time and the rest is history.  More photos and details at the Westside Rag: LINK

Photo courtesy of the library at the New York Historical Society