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Even many long-term village residents have no memory of a large iconic mural in downtown Nyack. “Welcome to Nyack” was painted by Nyack High...
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Before SUVs and all-wheel drive cars, horse-drawn, locally-made sleighs navigated Nyack’s hilly unplowed roads in the winter. Nineteenth century sleighs were not like those depicted...
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by Mike Hays Before the first Tappan Zee Bridge and the George Washington Bridge, a winter express route across the Hudson River called the...
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As outlined in Part 1, English immigrants John Harrison & John Dalley created a shopping empire in downtown Nyack during the Gilded Age that...
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As flames and smoke blitzed downtown Nyack, a loud crash and roar boomed out as a two-ton safe crashed through two floors and landed...
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Every time I passed this sign, I struggled to decipher the mysterious acronym. Not knowing the meaning of the hieroglyphic written in glass neon...
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Lenny Bruce, Mrs. Maisel’s mentor, friend, and more in the hit mid-century television comedy series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel once performed in Nyack. It is a little...
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An anonymous journalist determined that “Old Nyack” had passed away in a year-in-review article entitled “Nyack in 1872” in the Rockland County Journal. His focus...
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On a beautiful, warm September afternoon in Nyack, sixth-grader Alan Englander left Hilltop School on Highland Avenue to walk home. He heard the fire...
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“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...