We frequently use historical photographs in our work. But of course, they weren't historical at the time they were taken. Rather they were pictures of contemporary people, places, events. So, we started a project to show how Briarcliff Manor looked in the early to mid 2020s. Of course it's still very much a work in progress. We still need to add many locations. Some of the existing locations have now gone (e.g. Moon Bean, the Bakery); some remain, but have moved (e.g. Janiello's). We will be periodically updating this video to address these issues.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
We are now considering our schedule of presentations for 2025. If there are any topics that you would particularly like to see us cover, please let us know. Please leave a comment on this post, drop by, give us a call at 914.941.4393, or send us an email at mail@briarcliffhistory.org with your ideas/suggestions. We’ll do our best to incorporate them into our schedule.
In the meantime, we completed our first presentation for 2025 on Thursday, 27 February at 7:00pm at the Vescio Community Center. The topic was “Lost Briarcliff Manor, some of the stories behind historical buildings which have long since disappeared”. The presentation was given by Howard Dale, BMSHS. We don’t usually do presentations in the evening so this was something of an experiment, and we didn’t know how many people would attend. About 20 people turned up, including quite a few that we don’t usually see at our weekend presentations. They were quite engaged and asked lots of questions.
Our next presentation, on the Building of the New Croton Dam is scheduled for Sunday, March 30 at 2:00 pm. See below for details.
We also have a presentation on the Briarcliff Lodge scheduled for Wednesday, May 21 at 7:00pm. See below for details.
What’s New on this site in March 2025
For What’s New items from previous months please go to Previous What’s New Items
Added a new Notebook: Briarcliff Manor and the Girl Scouts Movement, Part 2: Camp Andrée - Notebook 2025-2
Added a new Event: Building the New Croton Dam to the Home page and the Events/News Page.
Added a new Video: Briarcliff Manor in the early to mid 2020s to the Home page and the Videos Section.
Added 20 incredible photographs (of 130 provided by the Briarcliff Fire Department - the others can be viewed at the BMSHS) of the fire that destroyed the Briarcliff Lodge in 2003 to the Fire Department Gallery