{"id":295470,"date":"2026-07-14T14:31:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T14:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/295470\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T14:31:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T14:31:10","slug":"upper-west-side-historical-photo-challenge-no-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/295470\/","title":{"rendered":"Upper West Side Historical Photo Challenge No. 31"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Rob Garber for the Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group<\/p>\n

Welcome to another installment in the Rag\u2019s Historical Photo Challenge. The image above was taken somewhere on the Upper West Side, sometime in the past. Can you figure out where, when, and what it shows? Look closely; this week\u2019s challenge photo, like the\u00a0others in the series<\/a>, includes clues that will help you identify the scene, if you\u2019re a dedicated UWS history sleuth. And even if you don\u2019t recognize the picture\u2014not to worry! Come back in two weeks and I\u2019ll decode it, show you the clues that help identify it, and\u2014best of all\u2014tell you a story the image unlocks, because this column isn\u2019t just a test of your neighborhood knowledge; it\u2019s also a rolling celebration of the people, buildings and events that wove the tapestry of the Upper West Side.<\/p>\n

Ready? If you think you know where and when the photo was taken and what it shows, post your answer as a comment on this column.<\/p>\n

Solution to Historical Photo Challenge #30
Subject:\u00a0 Put Them in Order Challenge
Correct chronological order (photos below the answer key):<\/p>\n

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How\u2019d you do?\u00a0 The biggest surprise among my test group was that the Miracle on the Hudson happened nearly 20 years ago.<\/p>\n

\u2026and that\u2019s the story behind the image in the last challenge.\u00a0 Now scroll back to the top of the column and take on your next one, Sherlockians!\u00a0 If you\u2019ve missed any pictures in this series, you can find the complete set on my author page<\/a>.\u00a0 All photos used with permission.<\/p>\n

About the author:\u00a0 Rob Garber<\/a> has lived on the Upper West Side since the late 20th century and is a member of the Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group. To learn more, visit their website at upperwestsidehistory.org<\/a>. All photos in Upper West Side Historical Photo Challenge are used by permission.<\/p>\n

Subscribe to West Side Rag\u2019s FREE email newsletter\u00a0here<\/a>. And you can Support the Rag\u00a0here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Rob Garber for the Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group Welcome to another installment in the Rag\u2019s Historical Photo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295471,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[881,92823,9,11,10,17709],"class_list":["post-295470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-history","tag-history-beat","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-uws-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}