History
by Mike Hays The Eisenhower system of interstate highways was authorized in 1956. But Ike wasn’t the first person to recognize that improved transportation...
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by Mike Hays If you lived in Nyack and wanted a car with a longer life a century ago, you went to a dealership...
History
by Mike Hays Memorial Day, May 30, 1918, was solemn. America had entered what would come to be known as World War I the...
Nyack People & Places
by Mike Hays It was the charity baseball game of the century. A motorcade of buses and cars from New York City brought stars...
History
by Mike Hays 100 years before the advent of shared city bikes, Nyack had its own spin on the concept called the Nyack Bike....
History
by Mike Hays Southbound Exit 11 from the New York State Thruway and Route 59 Eastbound intersect at Mountainview Avenue, creating a busy, five-point...
History
by Mike Hays The hand-painted, WPA-era murals that cover most of the upper part of the high-ceiling, art deco style Nyack Post Office have...
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by Bill Batson Thirty one years ago, physicist Larry Shaw rebranded March 14 as Pi Day to celebrate the seemingly infinite number 3.14159265359. In...
History
by Mike Hays In the late 19th century, New York City’s leisure class re-made Nyack into a summer resort. The village population doubled in...
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by Bill Batson “This church is a miracle.” That is how the wife of the pastor of First Church, Evangelist Myrtle Jones, has described...