At the foot of Burd Street once stood a building, an old storage tank, that had been redesigned to look like a lighthouse. It was used as a retail business. Slightly uphill are houses and warehouses.
This is a photograph of a two-story painted brick building with a wood and glass storefront. There is a sign hanging above the entryway of the storefront indicating that this is the office of The Rockland County Times. The date '1889' is also...
In 1996, the Nyack businesses which occupied the street level of the Onderdonk Block were (left to right) Gourmet Goodies, Goldberg's Bagels, Hair's Marianne, Knuckleheads, Cards Plus, and Main Street Liquor.
Business districts; Stores & shops; Mansard roofs;
The four-story 1873 Onderdonk Block has a mansard roof with dormers, brackets used as details below the roof edge, and windows that have granite lintels and sills. On the street level are businesses.
In 1996, 136 Main Street, Nyack, was occupied by Hacienda, a business selling housewares and lawn furniture. The owners later moved the business to nearby Franklin Street.
This brick mill building is one of a few surviving industrial sites in the Village of Nyack. Shoes were made here. There is an extensive history in the 1988-89 Neiweg and Reimann "Survey of Historic Buildings Village of Nyack, New York," pp. 1 and ...
This house/business was for many years the location of Sam's Auto Glass, which was one of the better art supply spots in the county. It has since been any number of ventures, including this as a video store. Today it is a bakery and coffee shop.
Buildings; Business districts; Cornices; Pediments;
Built about 1883, these three buildings comprise the Linnah and Robert Ziegel block, located between High and Lydecker Avenues. The structures are connected by the original cornice over the middle building and details in the stonework. The pediment...
Streets; Floods; Urban renewal; Business districts;
Water has filled Main Street up to the curbs and has stranded pedestrians near the fish market. Some men and boys stand in the entry of the middle store. On the left is A. Parietti, Fine Confectionery. None of these buildings stands today; all were...
Flood waters have carried tree limbs down Nyack's Main Street. Businesses appear closed. On the left is a plumbing business and next to it, a restaurant. Most of the buildings on the left were razed for urban renewal, but the three story brick...
This is a two-story corner brick building with glass storefront. The windows feature decorated lintels and the roofline is a bracketed cornice with frieze. A 'One Way' traffic sign is attached to a street sign indicating this building is opposite...
In the "Survey of Historic Buildings, Village of Nyack, New York 1988-1989," Nieweg and Reimann describe these buildings as the 'painted ladies' of North Broadway. They were built by druggist and real estate mogul, Philip Moeller, who also built 5...
In the "Survey of Historic Buildings, Village of Nyack, New York 1988-1989," Nieweg and Reimann describe these buildings as the 'painted ladies' of North Broadway. They were built about 1873 by druggist and real estate mogul, Philip Moeller, who...
Buildings; Business districts; Restaurants; Drugstores;
When this 1873 building was first occupied, the ground floor was the drugstore of James H. Blauvelt. The very convoluted history of the property is in "Survey of Historic Buildings, Village of Nyack, New York 1988-1989," by Nieweg and Reimann. In...
In this photograph of a three-story brick building in a business district, the storefront on the ground level is partially cut-off. On the second level, a sign that says, "Dutch Boy Paints Shaw-Jobson" is mounted, partially blocking three of the...
This tidy building, built around 1875, is a store on the ground floor and a dwelling on the second. It is connected to #36, which is hidden in this photo. The history of this house and commercial building is covered extensively in "Survey of...
This successful Nyack business location, the southwest corner of DePew Avenue and Franklin Street, was occupied by B & M Produce in 1996. It was later restored with 1880s detailing and brackets. Businesses occupy the ground but the second story has...
Photographs; Business districts; Bricks; Bay windows; Storefronts; Snow; Friezes (Entablature components);
Glass storefronts line this two-story brick building along New Main Street. Two bay windows jut out from the second story. On the other side of an intersecting street, a gabled, brick and wood building is the location of another storefront. A...