Category Archives: Putnam County

Hudson Valley Ruins presentation – April 14, 2013

Posted on March 20, 2013 by HV-Rob

Thomas E. Rinaldi and Robert J. Yasinsac, co-authors of Hudson Valley Ruins: Forgotten Landmarks of an American Landscape, will be joining the Landmarks Preservation Society of Southeast for a special event at the historic Walter Brewster House in the Village … Continue reading →

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HVR 2012

Posted on December 25, 2012 by HV-Rob

As I did last year, I present a calendar of images not yet published on this website (except possibly for one picture from a month in which I did not shoot many ruins.) [I published this post two days ago … Continue reading →

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Hudson River Neon – Part 1

Posted on October 5, 2012 by HV-Rob

Head on over to Tom Rinaldi’s New York Neon blog for this week’s entry “Hudson River Neon, Part 1 – Westchester, Rockland and Orange Counties.” Tom generously offered to make this post a collaborative effort inclusive of my photographs of … Continue reading →

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Northgate Presentation & New-old Photographs

Posted on August 1, 2012 by HV-Rob

On Saturday September 15 at 2:00pm at the Foundry School Museum in Cold Spring, NY, Thom Johnson and I will reprise our standing-room-only presentation of this past February about the history of the Northgate estate and its ruins. Following the … Continue reading →

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Lower Hudson Valley Tour April 2012 – Part 1

Posted on May 5, 2012 by HV-Rob

Recently I had the pleasure of showing an out-of-state friend some of the highlights of ruins in the Hudson Valley. Nailhed and I spent two-and-a-half days visiting locations between Yonkers and Poughkeepsie, after which he continued on in his travels. … Continue reading →

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HVR 2011

Posted on December 29, 2011 by HV-Rob

A calendar of heretofore unpublished photographs from 2011. JANUARY Yes, there is an abandoned house (partially) in this photograph. Rockland County. FEBRUARY Frank Chevrolet, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County. Actually I took this shot in early March. Apparently I didn’t shoot … Continue reading →

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Northgate Cleanup

Posted on July 19, 2011 by HV-Rob

A few days ago I participated in a cleanup at Northgate, the Cornish estate in Cold Spring. Thom Johnson organized the effort, aided by the Friends of Hudson Highlands State Park and with the approval of the New York State … Continue reading →

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