Text at the bottom of the picture: Do you recognize these men? They are connected with the Haverstraw Baseball Club in the year 1913, when the game was a popular sport and drew large crowds. The men in the picture, left to right, are...
This slide shows the landscape and undeveloped hills of Buckberg Mountain. The mountain is covered in trees. In the foreground, there is a stand of pine trees.
City Club - Newburgh (N.Y.); Downing, Andrew Jackson, 1815-1852; Historic Buildings - New York (State) - Newburgh (N.Y.); Vaux, Calvert, 1824-1895
This is a photograph of the City Club, 120 Grand Street, Newburgh, NY, around the turn of the century. The house was originally built circa 1852 by Andrew Jackson Downing and Calvert Vaux as a home for Dr. William Culbert, a physician who had...
Newburgh Ferry Terminal - Newburgh (N.Y.); Terminals - New York (State) - Newburgh;
On May 24, 2743, Queen Anne of England granted a charter permitting a ferry to operate between Newburgh and Beacon. Ferry service was operational from that time but the Newburgh Ferry Terminal was not built until 1899. It was located at the tip...
This photograph depicts Water Street circa 1909 while it was being prepared for paving. The buildings of this once thriving business thoroughfare were razed during urban renewal of the 1970s.
This postcard features the observatory building which stood in Downing Park in Newburgh, N.Y. The building was designed by Downing Vaux, son of Calvert Vaux who, with Frederick Law Olmsted, designed the park. The observatory rested on the highest...
Cars line the north side of Nyack's Main Street in front of these businesses: Glynn's Shoes, Old Village Hall Coffee Shop, and Stern's Groceries. At the right is the 1873 Onderdonk building. This side of the street stayed intact during the Urban...
A 2-and-a-half story building, its lower windows boarded up, sits at the southwest corner of First Avenue and Broadway. This was the first home of the Rockland Foundation, now Rockland Center for the Arts. The building was demolished in 1957. This...
A view of a field north of DePew Avenue and south of Main Street in Nyack. Buildings in this area were demolished for Urban Renewal. A parking lot and a few buildings can be seen in the background.The center building is a bank which was new in the...
From Burd Street, the photographer has captured the large parking lot enclosed by Burd, Cedar, and Main Streets. Business signs in the background (Main Street) include Mae-Moon, Fountain Lunch, and Ann's.The parking lot occupied a large area of...
The large Up-to-Date Laundry sits abandoned after a fire. This business was a mainstay in Nyack for close to 60 years.Its first location was at 108 Main Street.
Looking east on Main Street at the corner with Franklin, the Nyack Food Center - Cut -Rate Delicatessen occupies the corner building. Next to it is a Launderama. A sign on the Franklin Street side reads "Nyack Urban Renewal Project Area." All of...
The two story DePew Manor residence for senior citizens stretches across to the left. The brick structure has three windows for each unit. It was one of the first buildings to go up for Urban Renewal in Nyack.
A block of buildings south of the Tappan Zee Playhouse just before being demolished for Urban Renewal. The buildings range from 1 to 3 stories. A frame house is in the background left. Three of the cars in the picture are Volkswagen bugs.
Three businesses on Main Street are pictured: the Olde Village Hall Restaurant, Mid-Hudson Beef of Nyack, and Cards Plus.All three buildings are still in use but with different businesses.
