History Rediscovering the Hotel St. George Hotel (Part 3) – Life at the Hotel Hiking, Cycling, Coaching, & More Recap In the previous parts of this history of the St. George Hotel, we examined its origin, and learned... Mike HaysOctober 26, 2023
History Rediscovering Nyack’s St. George Hotel (Part 2) 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... Mike HaysOctober 19, 2023
History Clarence Lexow: Nyack’s Little Giant with Quirky Whiskers 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,... Mike HaysSeptember 28, 2023
Nyack People & Places Famous Forgotten Nyack Fires – Harrison & Dalley’s Gilded Age Department Store (Part 2) As outlined in Part 1, English immigrants John Harrison & John Dalley created a shopping empire in downtown Nyack during the Gilded Age that... Mike HaysJanuary 26, 2023
News Famous Forgotten Nyack Fires – The Prospect House “Where’s the fire?” Nyack firemen shouted to each other after they heard the alarm. Precious minutes were lost. “Prospect House,” someone shouted. It was... Mike HaysNovember 3, 2022
Nyack People & Places New Edward Hopper Painting Found at River Hook in Nyack? “Holy Smokes!” said the amateur art historian upon seeing a framed watercolor hanging on the wall of an exhibit at River Hook’s Arbor Day... Mike HaysOctober 20, 2022
Nyack People & Places Nyack’s Now Forgotten Summer Resort Hotels Nyack-on-Hudson, as it liked to refer to itself in the 1870s, was a perfect place for a summer resort. Nyack sported at least 8... Mike HaysSeptember 22, 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: 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 Through the Lens––An Exhibit of Gilded Age Photographs When people hear the term “Gilded Age” they may think of Julian Fellowes’ new TV series or of some distant time populated by remote,... Mike HaysFebruary 3, 2022