History
It may seem impossible, but it’s true: a glass house once stood in Nyack, built by a sun-worshipping naturist. In 1927, Evelyn Word Provost...
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“There’s a man outside making a picture,” exclaimed Helen Hayes’ daughter Mary while looking out the window of their home, Pretty Penny, on North...
History
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,...
Nyack People & Places
It was a spectacle that drew a crowd on a Sunday afternoon in 1885. Two women, Mrs. Shakespeare and Mrs. Harris, took matters into...
Arts
When I draw a building, the inhabitants are mostly strangers to me and the people who built the structure are like phantoms who interact...
History
It can’t be, but it is. There was once a glass house built by a sun-worshipping naturist in Nyack. Evelyn Word Provost Leigh built...
History
Part 4–– Midcentury Decline & A Stunning Rebound by Mike Hays Recap If you wanted to know what was going on in Nyack, the...
History
Part 3 ––Walkers, Bikers, Coaching Parties, & Life at the Hotel by Mike Hays Recap If you wanted to know what was going on...
History
Part 2- Restaurateur George Bardin Hosts a Presidential Dinner Recap If you wanted to know what was going on in Nyack, the St. George...
History
Part One: Bustling Burd St. & the Founding of the St. George Hotel by Mike Hays If you wanted to know what was going...