Drums Along the Hudson + Exploring Marble Hill & Kingsbridge
Details
RSVP's open up on Thursday. May 21st at 8:00pm. Space is set aside for new group members, first timers and 2nd timers who land on the waiting list. Email me at hankorenstein@gmail.com to request a spot once you are on the waiting list.
This tour and the festival are free with a welcome donation to your organizer/guide at the end via cash, venmo or zelle.
SCHEDULE/ITINERARY
1:30pm - 2:30pm
First Van Cortlandt Park
This unique tour starts at Van Cortlandt Park in the Northwest Bronx where the Lenape Indians established
Keskeskick Village, (meaning "sharp grass or sedge marsh" in the Unami language). The native people utilized the fertile land of the current-day Parade Ground to grow crops and used Tibbetts Brook and surrounding salt marshes for fishing and gathering shellfish.
In 1646, Dutch settler Adriaen van der Donck "purchased" the land from the local Native American leader, Tacharew. The Lenape continued to live in the area for over a hundred years after European arrival.
Kingsbridge:
After our visit to the relevant areas in the park we’ll stroll through a section of Kingsbridge, a historic Bronx neighborhood, named after the King's Bridge which was built in 1693 as tthe first bridge to connect Manhattan to the mainland. Originally part of Yonkers, the area was annexed to New York City in 1874 and has evolved from a rural colonial outpost into a bustling, diverse community, especially after the arrival of the #1 IRT subway line in the early 1900s which spurred a massive construction boom, quickly transforming rural farmland into a bustling residential hub.
Marble Hill
Marble Hill is a uniquely fascinating neighborhood: it was originally the northernmost tip of Manhattan, but was sliced off by the construction of the Harlem Ship Canal in 1895. Perhaps NYC's strangest geographic anolamy, though now physically attached to the Bronx, it legally remains part of Manhattan. This area features a fascinating mix of 19th-century Victorian homes, pre-war apartment buildings, and local shops, along with some winding hilly streets.
4:00pm - Estimated arrival time for Drums Along the Hudson in Inwood Hill Park in Manhattan.
Stay as long as you wish, at least an hour until 5pm. Convenient to both the #1 and A trains.
This is an annual Native American festival and multicultural celebration held in Upper Manhattan's Inwood Hill Park. This the 24th annual event features Manhattan's only open-air powwow alongside international music and dance performances, arts and crafts, an environmental tent, and global cuisine.
It began as a traditional Pow Wow to celebrate Native American heritage and culture, and also to commemorate the Lenape people who first inhabited Inwood Hill Park, or Shorakapok ("edge of the water"). The event has attracted attendees from 400 in the first year to over 8,000 in recent years.
https://drumsalongthehudson.org/