The builders hoped to save the enormous old tree on the eastern side of Westervelt Avenue, but soon realized it had to be cut down to make room for four new homes. Photo by A.F. DiSalvo, May 1948.
New homes built by Ben Caravella taking shape on the eastern side of Westervelt Avenue, June 1948. Houses visible in the background are on Kingsland Avenue. Photo by A.F. DiSalvo.
Before the homes across the street went up in the 1940s, this was the view from our bedroom windows. The Forte truck farm is in the foreground; the Hutchinson River Parkway drawbridge is at left; the towers of the New Haven Railroad trestle are toward the right. The trees in the background are part of Pelham Bay Park.
