Nyack People & Places
One of the charms of Upper Nyack is walking. However, now that the sunrise is before 7a, walking on N. Midland Ave. early in...
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by Mike Hays The aroma of smoldering seaweed perfumed the September air in the hills above South Nyack as the President arrived for a...
History
by Mike Hays A century ago, near downtown Nyack, the Haven Country Club was a retreat for professional women. Nyack had two other country...
Nyack People & Places
by Mike Hays England brought Win and Betty Perry together for the first time. They went to a student co-op mixer in September of...
History
The first Monday of September was declared a national holiday in 1894. But Labor Day 1918, at which point Americans were used to their...
Food
The 150-year Saga of the House You Know As Home to Art Café by Mike Hays The Art Café and the red-and-blue painted Italianate-style house...
History
by Mike Hays Clausland Mountain. Sounds a bit like a commercial Santa-theme vacation park. What is it really? A relatively wild 1,000+ acre area...
Arts
by Bill Batson Art lovers travel to Nyack from around the world to experience the childhood home of the preeminent realist painter, Edward Hopper....
History
Three iconic mid-20thcentury ice cream stores go up in flames! by Mike Hays “I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream” is...
History
July 8, 1887: Nyack turns on electric streetlights by Mike Hays Following Independence Day 131 years ago, nighttime Nyack was suddenly illuminated by streetlights....