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Category Archives: HUDSON VALLEY
3-Acre Mini-Farm with Vintage Outbuildings in Dutchess County 110K
Fired up with enthusiasm after writing my first blog post in ages, I remembered why I started blogging in the first place, more than ten years ago. My very first post, “In Search of the Perfect Beach House,” in December … Continue reading
This Wondrous Summertime World
If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere – Vincent van Gogh Beauty has not been hard to find this summer, despite the heat. Almost everywhere I’ve gone, and I’ve moved around a fair amount, I’ve been hyper-conscious of … Continue reading
Posted in HISTORIC PRESERVATION, HUDSON VALLEY, LONG ISLAND, ROAD TRIPS
Tagged Brooklyn Museum, Roosevelt Island, Schenectady, Stockade District
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Hudson on a Tuesday Afternoon
THE UPSTATE NEW YORK TOWN of Hudson is an extraordinary repository of 19th century residential and commercial architecture. Its main drag, Warren Street, is a mile-long stretch of clapboard and brick buildings — mostly row houses, many with storefronts, but … Continue reading
Garden Inspiration: Untermyer Park, Yonkers
‘GRANDEUR’ is not a word I pull out very often, but it certainly applies to Untermyer Park in Westchester County. Who knew? I didn’t know, until recently, that there’s a lavish, beautifully designed, meticulously maintained historic garden in Yonkers, on … Continue reading
The Joy of Troy
ONCE-MIGHTY TROY, N.Y., one of the nation’s wealthiest cities in the glory days of the Industrial Revolution (iron, steel, precision tools, shirts and collars), fell on hard times in the 20th century, but much of its impressive — in fact, … Continue reading
Posted in ARCHITECTURE, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, HUDSON VALLEY, TRAVEL
Tagged Antiques Row, Hart-Cluett House, Illium Cafe, Lucas Confectionery, McCarthy building, Monument Square, Rice Building, River Street, Russell Sage College, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Suzanne Spellen, Troy, Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Washington Park
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Structure in the Snow
THE NORTHEAST WINTER is long for us gardeners, hit with snowstorm after snowstorm when all we want to do is get out there and dig. “The books” advise a season of assessment and planning (preferably with a hot toddy … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HUDSON VALLEY, LANDSCAPING
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