Illustrated
Presentations
- Slide Show and Lecture Program
Rob Yasinsac is available
to deliver programs about Hudson Valley Ruins, the great houses and estates in Irvington
and Tarrytown, as well as a presentation specifically about Briarcliff Lodge.
Rob has presented to numerous historical societies and groups in the lower
Hudson Valley. He and Tom Rinaldi are currently delivering presentations based
on their book Hudson Valley Ruins: Forgotten Landmarks of an American
Landscape.
Click here for
upcoming Hudson Valley Ruins presentations.
Return to Rob's
email page to arrange an illustrated
presentation.
| September 23, 2010 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Newburgh Free Library, Newburgh, NY. |
| June 28, 2010 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Taconic Postcard Club, Yorktown Community and Cultural Center, Yorktown, NY. |
| June 5, 2010 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Ulster County Historical Society, Bevier House, Marbletown, NY. |
| September 26, 2009 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Conference, Hudson River Valley Institute. Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY. With Tom Rinaldi. |
| July 13, 2009 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Hudson River Experience Historyhostel, Hastings-on-Hudson Public Library. |
| June 7, 2009 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Westchester County Hudson River Fest / Quadricentennial event, Lyndhurst, Tarrytown, NY, with Tom Rinaldi. |
| May 7, 2009 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Friends of History. Croton Library, Croton-on-Hudson, NY. |
| April 14, 2009 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Victorian Society, Metropolitan Chapter. The New York New Church (Swedenborgian), New York City. With Tom Rinaldi. |
| November 15 2008 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Albany County Historical Association, Ten Broeck Mansion. Albany, NY. |
| October 26, 2008 | Yonkers Power Station, for the 28th Annual Drew Symposium on Industrial Archeology in the New York/New Jersey Area. Drew University, New Jersey. with Tom Rinaldi. |
| September 13, 2008 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Saugerties Historical Society, Kierstead House. With Tom Rinaldi. |
| July 22, 2008 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Hudson River Experience Historyhostel, Dobbs Ferry Public Library. |
| June 26, 2008 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for aMarist College class, Fishkill campus. |
| March 12, 2008 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Central Park Conservancy, New York City. With Tom Rinaldi. |
| March 11, 2008 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Suffern Public Library, Suffern, NY. With Tom Rianldi. |
| March 1, 2008 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Putnam County Historical Society, Young Associates. Cold Spring, NY. With Tom Rinaldi. |
| February 11, 2008 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Fortnightly Club, Hudson House, Ardsley-on-Hudson, NY. |
| December 11, 2007 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Drum Hill Center, Peekskill, NY. |
| December 6, 2007 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Stony Point Library, Stony Point, NY. With Tom Rinaldi. |
| December 1, 2007 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Kent Public Library, Kent, NY. With Tom Rinaldi. |
| October 23, 2007 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the White Plains Public Library, White Plains, NY. With Tom Rinaldi. |
| Ocotber 17, 2007 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Ossining Public Library, Ossining, NY. With Tom Rinaldi. |
| October 11, 2007 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Marlborough Historical Society, Sarah Hull Hallock Library, Milton, NY. With Tom Rinaldi. |
| September 17, 2007 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Ramapo / North Jersey Adirondack Hiking Club, Nanuet Public Library. With Tom Rinaldi |
| May 19, 2007 | Hudson Valley Ruins, at the Stuyvesant Railroad Station, Stuyvesant. With Tom Rinaldi. |
| May 17, 2007 | Hudson Valley Ruins, at the East Fishkill Community Library, Hopewell Junction. With Tom Rinaldi. |
| April 14, 2007 | Hudson Valley Ruins, at the Foundry School Museum-Putnam County Historical Society (Annual Meeting), Cold Spring With Tom Rinaldi. |
| April 5, 2007 | Hudson Valley Ruins, at the Beczak Environmental Education Center, Yonkers. With Tom Rinaldi. |
| February 23, 2007 | Hudson Valley Ruins, at the Starr Library, Rhinebeck. With Tom Rinaldi. |
| December 16, 2006 | Book-signing, Oblong Books, Rhinebeck. With Tom Rinaldi. |
| December 2, 2006 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for Society of Architectural Historians , Turpin Bannister chapter, Albany, NY. With Tom Rinaldi. |
| November 29, 2006 | Book-signing, Barnes and Noble, Newburgh. With Tom Rinaldi. |
| November 17, 2006 | Hudson Valley Ruins, at the Irvington Presbyterian Church - Calvin Auditorium. |
| November 10, 2006 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Van Cortlandtville Historical Society Annual Meeting. |
| November 2, 2006 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Mount Pleasant Historical Society. |
| October 22, 2006 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for Friends of Kimlin Cider Mill.With Tom Rinaldi. |
| October 16, 2006 | Hudson Valley Ruins, at the Warner Library, Tarrytown. With Tom Rinaldi. |
| October 14, 2006 | Hudson Valley Ruins, at Andrus on Hudson, Hastings-on Hudson. With Tom Rinaldi. |
| November 14, 2005 | Briarcliff Lodge Illustrated Presentation, for the Fortnightly Club. (Sleepy Hollow, NY.) |
| October 7, 2005 | Briarcliff Lodge Illustrated Presentation, for the Briarcliff Manor Rotary Club. |
| April 18, 2005 | Briarcliff Lodge, for the Warner Library (Tarrytown). |
| April 7 & 14, 2005 | Hudson Valley Ruins, Westchester Community College. |
| March 17, 2005 | Briarcliff Lodge Illustrated Presentation, for the Friends of History (Croton-on-Hudson). |
| February , 2005 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for The Group (Pleasantville, NY) |
| January 3, 2005 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Dobbs Ferry Woman's Club |
| December 11, 2004 | Historic
Preservation as a Tool For Community Building: The Economic and Social Benefits to Preserving Yonkers' Historic Building Stock. Press Release. |
| December 10, 2004 | Briarcliff Lodge Illustrated Presentation, Irvington Historical Society |
| November 30, 2004 | Briarcliff Lodge Illustrated Presentation, Taconic Postcard Club. |
| 2004? or 2006? | Mount Pleasant Rotary Club. |
| November 2004 | Briarcliff Lodge Illustrated Presentation, Briarcliff Manor Rotary Club. |
| October 5, 2004 | Briarcliff Lodge Illustrated Presentation, Rockland-Bergen Postcard Club. |
| December 1, 2003 | Great Estates of Tarrytown and Irvington, for the Warner Library (Tarrytown). |
| November 4, 2003 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Ardsley Historical Society. |
| October 2, 2003 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the New City Library. |
| May 9, 2003 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Irvington Historical Society. |
| May 4, 2003 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for Maple Grove Restoration (Poughkeepsie). Fund Raiser. |
| February 27, 2003 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Irvington Public Library. |
| February 13, 2003 | Historic Homes of Tarrytown and Irvington, for the Philipse Manor Garden Club. |
| January 9, 2003 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Mount Pleasant Historical Society. |
| December 2, 2002 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Warner Library and the Historical Society, Serving Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow. (Tarrytown, NY). |
| August 6, 2002 | The Sunnyside Neighborhood, for Sunnyside, a property of Historic Hudson Valley. |
| May 11, 2002 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Annual Meeting of the Westchester County Historical Society. |
| May 6, 2002 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Hudson River Museum (Yonkers, NY), Docents Meeting. |
| April 30, 2002 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Greenburgh Public Library. |
| March 2, 2002 | "Our Neighborhood: The Architectural Treasures of the Lyndhurst Neighborhood." for Lyndhurst, Tarrytown, NY, a property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. |
| January 11, 2002 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the New Castle Seniors. |
| October 12, 2001 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Ossining Public Library. |
| October 8, 2001 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Fortnightly Club (Irvington, NY). |
| September 18, 2001 | Hudson Valley Ruins for New York State Daughters of the American Revolution, Tarrytown Chapter. |
| April 20, 2001 | Irvington's Architectural Treasures, for the Irvington (NY) Historical Society. |
| April 4, 2001 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Ossining Historical Society. |
| February 13, 2001 | Hudson Valley Ruins, for the Contemporary Club of Pleasantville. |
