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The Nyack Lighthouse, a prominent waterfront landmark visible from the old Tappan Zee Bridge, captured the imagination of Nyack residents in the mid-20th century. However,...
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Edward Hopper’s famous painting Nighthawks is one of the most iconic American paintings of the 20th century. The question arises as to whether Hopper depicted an actual...
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Nearly 200 years ago, a fire destroyed a large Catholic seminary and church in Upper Nyack just before it opened. Surprisingly, some cheered when...
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Picture postcards served as the text messages and Snapchats of their pre-digital time. Thousands of different images appeared–and still do–on postcards, from natural wonders...
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Scenes: Nyack – De Graff’s drug store, Old Gedney Street Lock-up Date: Night of June 4, morning of June 5, 1891 Personae: John Harrington, stranger, Gorge Miller,...
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Part 1 The History of Gedney Street in the 19th Century For about 50 years, a small, shabby building, not much more than a...
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Aromas of peach, apple, and melon reached the drawing rooms of Nyack’s mid-century Victorian homes during springtime in the 1860s when thousands of local...
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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...