1968 Year of turmoil In early April 1968 Riverdale joined to rest of the nation in paying tribute to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Flags were lowered to half-staff at public buildings … more

1969 Student protests As in the rest of the country, civil unrest took a toll on the Riverdale/Kingsbridge area. Student protests over a number of issues, including the Vietnam War and … more

I would like to take issue with Peter Wolf’s Point of View. Seldom have I read so many ideas in one essay that need to be challenged. more

1970 Troubled teens Call 1970 the year of the troubled teen. Dozens of articles in The Press chronicled the concerns of parents, merchants, police and the teens themselves about sparse … more

CLOCKWISE from top: 3-year-old twins Margaretha and Anna Brohmer, taken in 1907; 'Mother and Son, 1985,' snapped at the Kennedy Child Study Center in Kingsbridge; Freddie and Marguerite … more

1971 North Riverdale shaped North Riverdale retains its bucolic character — with tree-lined streets and lowrise private homes — after a two-year-long fight to have the area … more

1972 At home in the dome The two stories that dominated the year both involved teens and construction, but they couldn’t have been more different. Efforts to create a public high … more

1973 Crime spree This was a year of spectacular — though, thankfully, non-lethal — crimes. Every year The Press chronicles the comings and goings of con artists, car thieves, … more

1974 Hurry up and wait Great beginnings and screeching halts. Important neighborhood institutions began life in new homes this year. Two others didn’t fare so well. Riverdale … more

1975 Preservation Ten months of hearings and negotiations ended in a designation of parts of Riverdale as a Special Natural Area District — only the second in the city, the other is … more