In 1963 these buildings on Franklin (left) and Main Streets were slated for demolition. These backyards led to several apartments whose occupants were relocated. The brick building in the center was an automobile business in 1919.
These buildings had businesses on Main Street in Nyack but the backs show apartments, storage buildings, and a garage. The musical note advertised the location of the Harmony Music Center, which supplied most of the rental instruments for the Nyack...
Winston C. Perry, Jr., village historian of Upper Nyack, discusses the history of the Perry family and the historic Van Houten's Landing neighborhood in Upper Nyack.