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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

The Story of Larchdell by Mike Hays The barons arrived like a flock of hungry migrating birds devouring Upper Nyack’s farmland by building large...

Mike HaysSeptember 30, 2021

by Mike Hays If Nyack was once called the “Gem of the Hudson,” then the gem of that gem must have been the 4.9-mile...

Mike HaysMay 13, 2021

by Mike Hays “We certainly need it. I don’t see how there can be any opposition. Go to it and do it quickly.” This...

Mike HaysApril 8, 2021

by Mike Hays Under Elms is the fourth edition of Nyack People & Places’ Barons of Broadway series, tracing how Upper Nyack farmland was...

Mike HaysSeptember 19, 2019

The Story of Larchdell by Mike Hays The barons arrived like a flock of hungry migrating birds devouring Upper Nyack’s farmland by building large...

News & Views StaffMarch 21, 2019