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January 14, 2009

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In 1921, a brief item appeared in The New York Times announcing that a developer had acquired eighty-four lots in the Windsor Heights section of Pelham Manor, an area south and east of the development once known as Prospect Hill Village. The Windsor Heights area had been slated for development since at least 1904 when a development map had been filed for the area. See Barr, Lockwood Anderson, A Brief, But Most Complete & True Account of the Settlement of the Ancient Town of Pelham Westchester County, State of New York Known One Time Well & Favourably as the Lordshipp & Manour of Pelham Also The Story of the Three Modern Villages Called The Pelhams, p. 129 (The Dietz Press, Inc. 1946) (referencing "Map filed Sept. 24, 1904--Windsor Heights: section south and east of Prospect Hill village.").

Below is the text of the item that appeared in the July 24, 1921 issue of The New York Times, followed by a citation to its source.

"Pelham Manor Lots Sold.

The Anoka Construction Company of New York bought eighty-four lots in the section formerly called Windsor Heights, at Pelham Manor, near the New York City boundary line and overlooking Pelham Bay Park. The property was held at $60,000, and was sold through George Howe as broker.

It is the intention of the buyers to improve the property with a number of dwellings to be constructed on large plots at a cost of $15,000 each."

Source: Pelham Manor Lots Sold, N.Y. Times, Jul. 24, 1921, p. 103.

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