Trustees Gerald D'Auria, Rocco Logiodice, Alexander Caglione, and Gene Setzer join Mayor W. Fay Bacon as he begins the demolition of the Christie house, next to the First Presbyterian Church. This was the first house to be demolished for Urban...
Actress Carol Lawrence performed in "Mame" in Nyack in June and July of 2000. The Helen Hayes Performing Arts Center was established in a movie theater on Main Street in Nyack after the demolition of the old theater on Broadway. The name of Miss...
For twenty years, citizens of Nyack and the surrounding communities tried to preserve the Tappan Zee Playhouse. In February 1990, a crane began the demolition of the back of the building. By 2003, the entire building had been reduced to rubble.
A crane and several ladders are in place to begin the demolition of the Tappan Zee Playhouse on South Broadway in Nyack. The 1911 theater fell into disrepair during the 1970s and all efforts to save it failed.
The Nyack Brook runs through the Village of Nyack from near Routes 9W and 59 to the Hudson River. Much of it is underground as it goes through the business district. This section was still aboveground when the buildings in this picture were slated...
The small South Nyack railroad station sits in a field of desolation, waiting for its demolition as the New York State Thruway approaches. The hip roof was topped with a metal chimney, as for a wood stove. Along the bracketed eaves were a number of...
The South Nyack Railroad Station has been completely isolated by the demolition for the path of the New York State Thruway. The Cape Cod style house on the hillside can be seen in many of these pictures taken by Dr. Rooney.
Tintype found by Ralph Colegrove of V. Paulis Associates in the Smith Farmhouse on Black Meadow Road prior to its demolition in May, 2000 to make way for Kohl’s warehouse in the Chester Industrial Park. Note: Kohl’s warehouse was not...
Photographs; Buildings; Passageways; Water towers; Chimneys
Preparations being made for the demolition of the Red Schoolhouse. In the background is the campus water tower. The Red Schoolhouse corridor is visible in the foreground.
Three men involved in the demolition of the Red Schoolhouse. Preparation for the destruction is being made. The corridor and building are visible in the photo with a pile of debris in front of the corridor.
This is a hand colored postcard featuring a photograph of the Newburgh Armory which is located at 145 Broadway in Newburgh, N.Y. The postmark is Oct. 7, 1914. It is addressed to Mrs. Orvetta Sears, Mountainville, Orange Co., N.Y. The message...
An artistic look at a house slated for demolition, looking up at the front porch. The shingles on this house are unusual, arranged in a rick-rack pattern. On the lower story they are green and on the upper story brown. Many family homes were...
This image consists of two photographs one aligned directly above the other. Both photographs depict a demolition project in progress. Handwritten on the bottom of the top image are the words,"Gair Cartons Box Shop Demolition 1997". In the top...
The South Nyack station stands with a few of the South Nyack businesses: the Blue Flame, Eddie Nolan's, and Gus Gaetjen's Garage. But demolition had already begun directly in front of these buildings.
The fifty-year old Bell Memorial Chapel was still a beautiful building just before its demolition. Above the aging picket fence can be seen the bell/clock tower on the left and the porch on the right.
Churches; Demolition; Bell towers; Pediments; Fences
This image is a collage of three photograph of the same location taken decades apart. The top image is of a narrow church with arched center wood door. There are tall arched windows to either side of the door and a tall bell tower. There is a white...
W. A. Lawrence Milk can remnant recovered from the ruins of the his creamery 2004-03-02, just before its final demolition.
Brass letters "W A L" soldered on can.
