Health & Wellness Nyack People & Places: Take A Spring History Walk Through “Upper” Upper Nyack The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. –Marcel Proust You don’t have to travel far... Mike HaysApril 28, 2022
History Nyack People & Places: Are the WPA-era Nyack Post Office Murals Controversial? The hand-painted, WPA-era murals that cover most of the upper part of the high-ceiling, art deco-style Nyack Post Office have survived intact for nearly 90... Mike HaysApril 21, 2022
History Nyack People & Places: Undercliff Reincarnated as a Gatsby-Era Mansion Undercliff, the iconic 22-room, Gilded Age mansion at 649 N. Broadway in Upper Nyack that was built in 1885 by Arthur C. Tucker, lasted... Mike HaysApril 14, 2022
History Nyack People & Places: When the Tower Bells Went Silent by Mike Hays One of the saddest events of Nyack history is the day the melodic bells of the Bell Memorial Tower in South... Mike HaysApril 7, 2022
History Nyack People & Places: April Fools’ Day Joke? The Day Nyack USPS Started Home Delivery by Mike Hays It’s unclear why the Nyack Postal Service chose April 1, 1899 as the day to switch from having villagers picking up... Mike HaysMarch 31, 2022
History Nyack People & Places: Revisiting Undercliff–A Lost, Gilded Age Mansion by Mike Hays Undercliff, or Underclyffe as it was styled in 1885, was an estate house named for its presence near or ‘under’ Hook... Mike HaysMarch 24, 2022
History Nyack People & Places: Nyack’s Celebrity Baseball Game of the Century by Mike Hays It was the charity baseball game of the century. A motorcade of buses and cars from New York City brought stars... Mike HaysMarch 17, 2022
History Nyack People & Places: When Rockland Lake Ice Cooled Gilded Age Cocktails by Mike Hays During the Gilded Age, Rockland Lake ice, known for its purity, was so beloved in New York City that it was... Mike HaysMarch 10, 2022
History Nyack People & Places: Broadway Interrupted The Story of DePew’s Glen & the Bridging of Broadway by Mike Hays Broadway was not always a through street. South Broadway was interrupted... Mike HaysMarch 3, 2022
History Nyack People & Places: Buried in Snow The Bomb Cyclone That Changed New York by Mike Hays A little after midnight on Monday morning, March 12, 1888, heavy rain changed to... Mike HaysFebruary 24, 2022