The GW Bridge - A Washington Heights landmark...
By Ruthmarie Hicks
(Keller Williams NY Realty - 120 Bloomingdale Road #101, White Plains NY 10605)
In keeping with my Hudson River theme, I decided to seek out photographic opportunities from Manhattan. Taking this photo was like taking a walk back in time for me. Back in the day when I was working as a molecular biologist, I did a 4-year stint at Presbyterian Hospital. This was in the Dark Ages of the 1990's when Washington Heights was considered a very sketchy neighborhood. Actually, sketchy would have been a kind definition. At the time NYC rated 2nd for the highest number of murders in the nation and Washington Heights was the murder capital of NYC. Although I was never the victim of violence during my time there, I can't remember how many times my car was broken into. All I can say was that it was a lot. Suffice it to say, I kept my local body shop in business replacing...
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