When the New York State Thruway was sited, it cut through the small business district of the Village of South Nyack. Dr. Rooney took several pictures like this one - the business district has been leveled. A few outbuildings remain. Residents...
On the day the Tappan Zee Bridge opened, crowds gathered along the Thruway and on the South Nyack overpass, while cars and a bus waited to be able to drive across the bridge.The occasion was festive, despite a protest by local citizens.
This isn't a great picture but it was taken from DePew Avenue, looking towards Route 59 (Main Street) or High Avenue. The area between the two roads is where the New York State Thruway was built.
This house was destroyed for the building of the NYS Thruway. Unfortunately, Dr. Rooney took many pictures but did not label many of them. We do not know whose house this was but it was directly in the path of the Thruway.
The center of the Village of South Nyack has been razed for the construction of the New York State Thruway, and yet this picture looks peaceful and calm. But just past the trees are the railroad tracks and the train station - and every business in...
This must be early in the day, before the crowds and before scores of automobiles had gathered to cross the TZ Bridge for the first time. There are a few people on the sides and two horseback riders. Were they allowed to ride over the bridge?
The South Nyack Station was demolished when the NYS Thruway was built. It was a part of the business district. Here signs point out Mansfield Avenue and Gus Gaetjen's Garage.
The large s-curve of the Tappan Zee Bridge glides across the river from South Nyack to Tarrytown. This is the best of several pictures that Dr. Rooney took of this section of the bridge.
South Nyack: Foundations are littered across the ground and the hillside in the background has been cleared. This is where the Thruway was constructed, on the east side of Route 9W.
The South Nyack house on the right side of this picture is on wheels. It was moved to make room for the New York State Thruway roadbed. Unfortunately, the Nyack Library does not have identifications for many of the houses that are in these...
Looking north on Route 9W in March of 1954, the destruction in South Nyack caused by the building of the New York State Thruway cannot be seen, except for a partly destroyed house on the left. The intact house on the left was owned by Jim and Frank...
This house of many gables sat on the side of South Mountain overlooking the Village of South Nyack. It was destroyed during the construction of the Thruway.
A man and a woman sit on bentwood chairs near the doorway of their simple frame house. Was this the farmhouse for the farm pictures that Dr. Rooney took? He did not label any of this series.
Eddie Nolan's Restaurant was a well-known eating establishment in South Nyack, but it was in the path of the NYS Thruway. Dr. Rooney took this image just before the large mansard-roofed building was felled. It was at the corner of Chase and...
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This picture is a companion to Nyack library image #4618. It shows an area of Nyack that was split by the Thruway. On the left is the Hilltop Restaurant. In the middle distance is the car dealership of Cyrus R. Jones (Chevrolet) at the corner of...
On this South Nyack street, which runs perpendicular to the tracks, many houses were moved or destroyed for the construction of the New York State Thruway.
Erie diesel engine 1243 pulls a train north through South Nyack. After the Tappan Zee Bridge was built, ridership on the spur to Nyack dropped and the line was shut down.
The center of the Village of South Nyack was torn down to make way for the New York State Thruway. Here Route 9W is in the foreground and South Broadway is in the distance. Smith and Chase Avenues are in the middle, with Cornelison to the left. At...
