Jim Mackin's
WeekdayWalks
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT JIM:
Retired Financial Executive
New York University MBA
Fordham University BA
Traveled to 50 Countries and all 50 States
Lifelong runner, including 5 NYC Marathons
Sings and plays guitar with most anyone
Author of NOTABLE NEW YORKERS OF MANHATTAN'S UPPER WEST SIDE: BLOOMINGDALE - MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS (Fordham University Press, 2020)
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AFFILIATIONS:
President and Board Member - Friends of Taconic State Park and the historic Copake Iron Works
Board Member and former President - Society for Industrial Archeology, Roebling Chapter
Co-Leader - Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group
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PRESENTATIONS and TOURS for such organizations as:
New York Academy of Medicine
United Federation of Teachers
New-York Historical Society
Manhattan School of Music
Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group
Columbus-Amsterdam Business Improvement District
Society for Industrial Archeology
Newark Historical Society
Molloy College
Columbia County Historical Society
Regis High School
Hostel International NYC
Roeliff Jansen Historical Society
Morningside Historic District Committe
New York Public Library
National Railroad Historical Society
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KEY PRESENTATIONS:
Ninth Avenue Elevated Railroad
1939-1940 World's Fair
Copake Iron Works
Battle of Harlem Heights
Urban Renewal and an Incredible African-American Community
Paterson, New Jersey
Bloomingdale Insane Asylum
Cinema History
Artists in Taconic State Park
Hospitals and their History
Seth Boyden, Inventor
Straus Park and Notable Sculptures
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HONORS:
Morningside Heights Historic District Committee Award for Contributions to the Community
Mayor's Volunteer Service Award
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FAVORITE PLACES:
New-York Historical Society - www.nyhistory.org
New York Society Library - www.nysoclib.org
Skyscraper Museum - skyscraper.org
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FAVORITE LINKS:
Bloomingdale Neighborhood History - bloomingdalehistory.com
Newark Historical Society - www.newarkhistorysociety.org
Society for Industrial Archeology - www.roeblingsia.org
​http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/
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