Don Rice

“One of the most amazing things about working on this book for Arcadia Publishing was how the neighborhood came together to contribute many of the images. We received a bounty of privately held documents, family photo albums and even previously unknown collections of glass negatives. Local institutions opened their archives and made available rare images of the neighborhood that are at long last seeing the light. We commissioned the American Museum of Natural History to photograph a locally discovered mastodon specimen in their collection, which is being published here for the very first time. It was an exciting process of discovery, one that brought the whole neighborhood together.”

Formerly a professional woodwind player, co-author Don Rice has been a music preparation professional on Broadway for over 25 years. He’s worked on his share of hits, with a few high points being Beauty and the Beast, The Producers, Wicked, Jersey Boys and Frozen.

A resident of Inwood since the 1990s, he’s hosted the LOST INWOOD monthly uptown Manhattan history series with co-author Cole Thompson since it began in 2009. He also currently serves as Board President of the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum Alliance, which helps to ensure the preservation of the 18th century uptown national historic landmark.