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Grand Avenue Diner
The Grand Avenue Diner was a restaurant located on Grand Avenue in Englewood.Tags Businesses -
Eleanor Harvey Park
The Eleanor Harvey park was created at the home of Eleanor Harvey. The plan began in 2013 to change the property into a park. -
Taylor Bliss House
The Taylor Bliss house was built in 1876. The architecture of the home is Victorian. Delos Bliss, the vice president at Palisade Trust and Guaranty lived there as did his daughter, Ethel Bliss. The house was purchased by the Community Synagogue of Tenafly and Englewood in 2003… -
Jay Street, "Misery Mile"
An area of Englewood centered on Jay street stretching from the railroad tracks on the east to MacKay Park on the west. The housing in this area had deteriorated greatly by the early 1960s and most of this area's residents lived below the povery line. The area had become known… -
Smalbein's Bakery
Smalbein's Bakery was a local bakery chain. Gustave Smallbein created the store in 1904 and retired in 1918. His son, Paul W. re-opened the store in 1928. -
Ben's Barber Shop
Ben's Barbershop was a barber shop created by Ben Peters in 1957. It became a community center for local men. -
Brennon's Barber Shop
Brennon's Barber Shop was created by William E. Brennon. He opened in 1962. The shop became a community hub for African American men from towns in the nearby vicinity. -
Englewood Sport Shop
The Englewood Sports Store was created in the early 1940s. It was owned by George Lavach for four years before Vince Lombardi and his family purchased it. -
Woman's Work Exchange Hall
The Englewood Woman's Work Exchange was a longstanding charitable and economic support organization serving Englewood and the surrounding community in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Founded in 1884, the Exchange operated on a practical but deeply social… -
Englewood Theater
The Englewood Theater was open in 1914 until the late 1960s. It was created by Franklyn Edmund Backer and E. Thorton Kelly was the owner of the theater in the 1920s. It became a meeting ground for many political and community meetings.