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Title: The Great north side, or, Borough of the Bronx, New York
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Durst, Seymour B., 1913-, former owner. NNC North Side Board of Trade (Bronx, New York, N.Y.)
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Publisher: New York : Knickerbocker Press
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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ght prominently beforethe public upon many pleasant occasions. A large part ofthe work preliminary to securing a separate Street Departmentfor the North Side was accomplished in this club, and thefirst commissioner elected to preside over that department wasa president of the club. The Suburban Club is one of Tremonts foremost clubs,one of its special features being its baseball team. The Tremont Club is pleasantly located on TremontAvenue, and has a large and growing membership ; many ofthe most prominent residents of the 24th Ward are among itsmembers. The West Morrisania Club was organized several yearsago and has been a success from the beginning. Its member-ship comprises all the best class of young men in the sectionwhere it is located, and many pleasant entertainments havebeen enjoyed within its cosey home. The Fordham Club, located on High Bridge Road, is oneof the few which has built and owns its own home ; from itsinception to the present time it has been a recognized factor
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216 The Great North Side. in every project for the improvement of tbe great North Side.Every clllbable man in the district deems it a necessity tohe of its membership, and everything which can be famishedby a club in the way of rational entertainment for its mem-bers lias been supplied. Its annual dinners, always held onthe eve of Washingtons birthday, are notable events on theNorth Side and our State and city magnates have a high ap-preciation of an invitation to those veritable feasts. Its grand, colonial club-house is by far the finest in thedistrict, and its location on the crest of a stately hill is unsur-passed for beaut\ and natural advantages. The Bedford Park Club is pleasantly located in thatsuburban paradise, and has among its members many of thehappy residents of that locality, as well as other parts of thedistrict. It is noted chiefly for the quiet and enjoyableamusements which it furnishes bo its members. This entire article might be taken up with an enumerationand descr

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