Englewood Makes History

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  • 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…
  • Winton J. White Stadium is a sports stadium named in honor of Winton J. White, superintendent of schools in the 1920s who was a driving force in its opening. The opening ceremony was on October 22nd, 1930.
  • Wides Liquor was a liquor store on Wides Corner, the intersection of Lafayette Place and Englewood Avenue. The store was owned by the Wides family since 1932. Robert Wides owned the store in the 1970s.
  • Wides Corner is at the intersection of Lafayette Place and Englewood Avenue. The corner became a concern for the community due to loiters. Drug and alcohol abuse were a problem at the corner.
  • Westmoor Gardens was built in 1981 as a Section 8 New Construction project under the Englewood Housing Authority.
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  • The Englewood Housing Authority opened the Vincente K. Tibbs Senior Housing Center in 1976. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funded it. As of 2017, the building was converted into a Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) project.
  • 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…
  • T & A Meat Market was a business owned by Thomas Moschetto. It was located on West Palisade Avenue. 
  • 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.
  • Roman Inn is a pizza place in Englewood. It was founded in 1967
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