Cole Thompson runs a fantastic local blog titled My Inwood which is, you guessed it, all about Manhattan's Inwood Neighborhood. In this recent video, Thompson reads an article from 1933 in which a reporter visits the isolated neighborhood and reports back to their readers.

In 1933 writer Morris Markey visited Inwood for the "A Reporter at Large" column in the New Yorker. This narration of Markey's 1933 piece is accompanied by historic photos of the places and people described by the writer. While Markey takes a few artistic liberties, most of what he describes is accurate. The Inwood region is located on the northern end of of the island of Manhattan.

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“I Was There” tells personal stories highlighting a certain moment in history. In the premiere episode, we talk with Josh Alan Friedman, one of the only writers covering the beat of Times Square for Screw Magazine during the late 1970s and 1980s -- a mob run time in New York city’s past where peep shows and Burlesque were the main attractions lining 42nd street.

For more of Josh Alan Friedman and his stories of Old New York, check out Tales Of Times Square on Amazon.