LOST INWOOD 

—Institutions on the Hill: Upper Manhattan’s Forgotten Asylums—

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 4th, 7:30PM at THE INWOOD FARM

Greetings! This Halloween season, we turn our attention to a darker chapter of Inwood’s past.

A little more than a century ago, the ridgeline above the Hudson was crowned with massive brick and stone institutions—places built to isolate, reform, or simply hide away those whom the city preferred not to see. Behind their imposing walls were the poor, the sick, the addicted, the unwed, and the unwanted.

Join LOST INWOOD co-founder Cole Thompson for a journey into the history of these long-vanished facilities on Inwood Hill. We’ll explore who was sent there, what being institutionalized was like, the “treatments” imposed on the patients, and how the landscape still bears their imprint.

It’s a story of confinement, reform, and the city’s uneasy relationship with its most vulnerable residents—right here at the northern tip of Manhattan.

Please join us for LOST INWOOD on Tuesday, November 4 at 7:30 PM at Inwood Farm. The event is free and open to the public, but reservations are highly recommended.