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Nyack History At to Z Nyack’s First Prominent Summer Resident For decades, one of Upper Nyack’s most famous houses was said to have been...
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James S. Aspinwall did not arrive in Nyack as a speculator or a Gilded Age magnate. He came earlier, nearly a decade before building...
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“The most prominent building in Nyack when seen from the river is the Tappan Zee House.” —Joseph Richards, The Independent, August 17, 1861 A Golden...
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Along with rapid population growth following the Civil War, Nyack’s educational system grew in leaps and bounds. Nyack’s weekly paper, with a hint of...
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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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by Mike Hays Pure air. Spacious grounds for exercise. Clear, wholesome water. Large well-ventilated rooms. These were some of the ways Nyack’s private educational...