History
In 1826, the audacious notion of a village of just two hundred souls embarking on the construction of a steamboat raised eyebrows. Yet, the...
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History
75 years ago in 1948, a huge fire destroyed the old Smithsonian Hall, a famous landmark near the Nyack docks. Its name harkens back...
History
In the brisk autumn of 1873, as leaves carpeted the streets of Nyack, a watershed moment unfolded in the history of the town. Hon. William...
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Recap In the previous parts of the history of the St. George Hotel, we examined its founding, learned about its founder, restauranteur George Bardin,...
History
Hiking, Cycling, Coaching, & More Recap In the previous parts of this history of the St. George Hotel, we examined its origin, and learned...
History
Bardin’s Famous Gilded Age Restaurant Recap In the heyday of Nyack, if you sought the pulse of the town, the St. George Hotel was...
History
In the 19th century, a wave of inns named Mansion House emerged across cities, towns, and villages, perhaps inspired by the grandeur of London’s...
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Back on August 24, 1911, the skies above Upper Nyack bore witness to a spectacular event when Harry Atwood’s biplane executed a daring emergency...
Arts
Garret Henry Hopper, who went by “G.H. Hopper” in business and “Garry” among friends, bore the appearance of an Edwardian intellectual or a European...
History
In 1923, in what can only be described as a mind-bogglingly crazy proposition, the Palisades Interstate Park Commission had the audacity to suggest mining...