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by Bill Batson The campaign to save the historic Lent House in Orangeburg was lost on Saturday morning, April 4th. The decisive blow was...
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by Bill Batson This sign, that promises a sweet destination, has hung at 72 South Broadway for over 40 years. Despite a devastating fire...
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by Bill Batson Richard Anderson found a vessel for all of his dreams, the nation’s oldest surviving passenger steamship, the SS Columbia. Anderson, who...
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by Bill Batson On the evening last July when a lightening strike set his patisserie ablaze, Didier Dumas was watching the World Cup at...
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by Bill Batson This structure, rising above the corner of South Broadway and Depew Avenue, with its distinctive five-peaked tower, was the home of the...
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by Bill Batson On June 16, 2012, over 100 artists flocked to Nyack to join the Flash Sketch Mob. Situated every 12 paces along...
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by Bill Batson Dr. Lori Martin helped erect this street sign that honors the memory of Cynthia Hesdra. When she published The Ex-Slave’s Fortune: The...
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by Bill Batson Elegant hats have become the symbol of local civil rights icon Frances Pratt. But when she arrived at the Port Authority...
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by Bill Batson Legend has it that when Helen Hayes MacArthur first saw this fine example of Italianate architecture on North Broadway, her husband,...
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by Bill Batson There has been a health food store at the corner of Main Street and Broadway for over 30 years. The current...