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Originally Posted by Robin_NL
Two weeks ago, Bloemendaal, about just 1 mile(!) from the track. We had a very relaxing and very sunny sunday.  |
Off Topic: well into the 19th century, Manhattan's West Side / North West Side was called "
Bloomingdale", named by 17th century Dutch settlers of
Bloemendaal, a city in Northern-Holland. It was a rural area with a couple of farms and small towns. Bloomingdale Road was opened in 1703 (located between 23rd and 147rd Street nowadays). In Dutch "Bloemendaal" means "Valley of flowers" ("bloemen = flowers and "daal"/"dal" is valley). In 1899, after being widened and paved, Bloomingdale Road was connected to and became an extension of Broadway. Undoubtedly, that's also where clothing giant Bloomingdale's got its name from.
Detailed maps of New York (New Amsterdam till 1664) (zoom in possible):
- 1656 (1685 reprint): see here (U.S. Library of Congress);
- 1674: see here (Free University of Amsterdam).
