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Hiking, Cycling, Coaching, & More Recap In the previous parts of this history of the St. George Hotel, we examined its origin, and learned...
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Bardin’s Famous Gilded Age Restaurant Recap In the heyday of Nyack, if you sought the pulse of the town, the St. George Hotel was...
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Burd Street & the Birth of a Legend In the late 19th century, the epicenter of Nyack’s social scene was none other than the...
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In the 19th century, a wave of inns named Mansion House emerged across cities, towns, and villages, perhaps inspired by the grandeur of London’s...
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Standing at a mere 5’2”, Clarence Lexow earned the moniker of the “little Nyack Senator with amusing whiskers and a grand top hat.” Nevertheless,...
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Nyack wears its history proudly, etched in the graceful lines of Victorian homes and the enduring façades of 19th-century brick structures. Yet, time, weather,...
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In the late summer of 1889, the picturesque hills above South Nyack were graced by the presence of not one, but two U.S. Presidents...
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Captain John Lyon was a legendary figure who navigated the waters of the Hudson River for an astounding 71 years, never missing a single...
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On a sweltering Labor Day in 1973, with the thermometer stubbornly registering 96 degrees, the air was thick with humidity. Orange & Rockland, the...
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Back on August 24, 1911, the skies above Upper Nyack bore witness to a spectacular event when Harry Atwood’s biplane executed a daring emergency...