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LINKS
BY THE AUTHORS
Tom
Rinaldi's half of Hudson Valley Ruins
- Just in case you didn't come in from the main page.
New York By Neon Light - Tom Rinaldi's
survey of neon signs in New York City, to be released in book form in 2012.
Yaz Country - My other
photography website.
IN PRINT
Yaz' Hudson Valley Ruins Bibliography
IMAGE ARCHIVES
Burton Postcard
Collection - Bill Burton's collection of Westchester County
Postcards.
David Rumsey Map Collection -
Including historic Hudson Valley maps and atlases.
Hudson River Valley Heritage - Online access to historical materials from New York State's Hudson River Valley.
New York Public
Library - A Hudson River Portfolio.
BLOGS
Archive
Sleuth - Lucas Buresch's visits to Sleepy Hollow Country sites,
inspired by research at local archives.
Great River Revisited -
Lucey Bowen's journey to the Hudson Valley landmarks that her father Croswell Bowen photographed and described in 1938 for his book, Great River of the Mountains: The Hudson.
Hudson
River Bracketed Blog - John Thorn's site, devoted to arts and letters in the Hudson
Valley.
Hudson River Blog - Posts and links to articles of regional interest.
By a sophomore seminar at Hamilton
College in 2007.
Upstate Earth -
Exploration and documentation of Columbia County's industrial heritage.
York Staters - A communal home for thoughts, news, observations, fiction and non-fiction writing,
and photos about New York. Not updated since 2009.
RESEARCH SITES
Brick Collecting.com - Primarily Hudson Valley. By Don Bayley.
Jim DuPont's
Castle Page - Various castles in the United States.
Cinema Treasures - Devoted to preservation and
awareness of the last remaining movie palaces across the country.
Existing Railroad Stations in New York
State - Devoted to the classic railroad stations still standing in New York State.
Iron
Miners.com - Primarily focused on the iron mines
of the Highlands of New Jersey and New York.
NYCSubway.org - Contains a page for the ruins of Westchester County's New
York, Westchester and Boston Railroad.
Poughkeepsie Journal -
"State of the Hudson" special report.
RPI
Model Railroad page - Devoted to the construction of a
model railroad from the Capital District to the source of the Hudson River.
Documentation of many ruins and industrial buildings along the way is included.
LOCATION-SPECIFIC SITES
Doodletown - Hudson
Valley "ghost town." By Mark Jelley.
Dunderberg Spiral Railway
- Joseph Brennan's thorough study of the pleasure railroad partially constructed in 1890-1891 on a mountain near Jones
Point in Rockland County. Also see his sections on the Abandoned Subway Stations of
New York City and the Beach Pneumatic Transit Company and other interesting things
accessible from his homepage.
Hudson Heritage Park -
The site of the developers of the former Hudson River State Hospital. There is a
nice gallery of interior and exterior photos. Also visit The
Chazen Companies.
Newburgh Revealed - Revealing the
rich architectural and cultural history Newburgh, exploring the factors that led
to its decline, and showing off its enormous potential and recent improvements.
Reusen's Farm / Long View - Estate
ruins in the town of Cortlandt.
MUSEUMS / HISTORIC SITES / "FRIENDS GROUPS"
Bannerman Castle
Trust
- Official New York State Friends group for the ruins of Bannerman's Island
Arsenal.
Friends of Belden House - Committed to preserving the 245-year old
Carpenter-Gothic style house in Carmel, NY.
Century House
Historical Society - A not-for-profit educational organization dedicated to the industrial history of the Rosendale natural cement
region, located at the Snyder Estate Natural Cement Historic District.
Columbia County Historical Society - The
society owns, maintains, and interprets collections and buildings of historical significance,
including the Dutch Colonial Luykas Van Alen House and the Federal-style James Vanderpoel
House; the CCHS also operates a museum that includes exhibition galleries and an extensive research library.
D & H Canal Museum - From 1828 to
1898, the Delaware and Hudson Canal, a 108-mile, man-made waterway and engineering feat of pre-industrial America,
brought coal from the hills of Pennsylvania out to the Hudson River.
The High Line - Dedicated to the preservation and reuse of the High Line - a 1.5 mile, elevated railway that runs along the West Side of Manhattan
Historic Hudson - Discover the rich
history and architectural history of the City of Hudson.
Historic
Hudson Valley - HHV is a network of six historic sites in Sleepy
Hollow Country and the Great Estates Region: Washington Irving's
Sunnyside; Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate (a National Trust Historic
site); Philipsburg Manor; the Union Church of Pocantico Hills; Van
Cortlandt Manor; and Montgomery Place Historic Estate.
Hudson River Maritime Museum - The only museum in New York State exclusively preserving the maritime history of the Hudson River, its tributaries, and the industries that developed around it.
Lyndhurst
- Tarrytown. A property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Maple Grove - Poughkeepsie.
A
stunning example of Hudson River Bracketed architecture located in a
pastoral
setting protected by conservation easements. Although largely
unoccupied since
1950 and in need of major restoration, Maple Grove awaits a new life
befitting
its beauty, historical significance and extraordinary survival. Weekly tours now
offered seasonally, visit their website for details.
Museum of the Hudson Highlands
- Cornwall. Many interesting public programs are offered here.
Old Croton Aqueduct - Dedicated to protecting and
preserving the old Croton Aqueduct. Website includes history, illustrations, and maps.
Old Dutch Burying Ground -
"Where the Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Lives On."
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
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"A rural cemetery projected by some of the worthies of Tarrytown, on
the woody hills adjacent to the Sleepy Hollow Church."
Burying ground of Washington Irving, William Rockefeller, Walter
Chrysler,
Samuel Gompers and many other famous Americans.
Van Hoesen House Historical Foundation
- Devoted to preservation of this Dutch house in Columbia County.
Walkway Over the Hudson - A not for profit corporation dedicated to preserving the historic Poughkeepsie Highland Railroad Bridge and turning it into a park.
Wilderstein
Preservation
- Rhinebeck.
ORGANIZATIONS
Historic Albany Foundation -
Advocates preservation, restoration and rehabilitation of historic buildings
through education, and technical assistance programs.
Hudson River Watertrail
Association. - A coalition of small boaters who are actively
interested
in the Hudson River as a treasure of natural and human history.
Hudson
River
Heritage - Committed to
preserving
the unique character of the Mid-Hudson Valley's historic architecture,
rural landscapes and scenic viewsheds through advocacy and education.
Hudson Valley Vernacular Architecture - Dedicated
to surveying, recording, researching, and preserving the rural vernacular
architecture of the Hudson Valley.
Preserve Putnam - Supporting
preservation of Putnam County's historic landscapes and buildings.
Putnam County Historical Society and Foundry School
Museum - Collecting and preserving historical and cultural materials pertaining to the Philipstown area, the West Point Foundry, and Putnam
County.
Scenic Hudson,
Inc. - A non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and restoring
the Hudson River Valley.
Westchester County Historical Society
- Also, visit the Westchester
County Virtual Archives for family history and governmental record and the
county's best-preserved public and private documents.
TOURISM INFORMATION
Heritage Tours by MC Plans - Tours of
Historic Yonkers. Explore more than 350 years of history and architecture with Yonkers city planner, Mario
Caruso.
HudsonRiver.com
- Tourist information for Westchester County's River Towns.
Hudson River Valley National
Heritage
Area - Provides information on approximately 80 Heritage Sites.
Hudson Valley Network
- Guide to the Upper Hudson Valley. Follow the link to their Great
Estates
section.
RUINS WEBSITES
Abandoned
America - Pennsylvania / Northeast USA.
Abandoned But Not Forgotten
- United States.
Age and Abandon - Stephanie LaRose,
Hudson Valley.
Built St. Louis - Documenting
the architecture of St. Louis, Missouri.
Dark Passage
- New York / Northeast. By Julia Solis.
Designed Breakdown - Northeast
USA. By Christina Tullo.
Exploring
and Modern Ruins - New York / Northeast. By Xydexx.
Forgotten
Ohio - The Buckeye State.
Hidden Hometown - New York.
Hours of Darkness
- New York.
Infiltration - The online
companion of the paper 'zine about going places you're not supposed to
go.
Lost America -
California / West Coast USA. Night
photography by Troy Paiva.
Lost in Time - Long Island /
Northeast.
LTV Squad - New York City.
Modern Ruins by Philip Buehler
- New York.
Modern Ruins by Shaun
O'Boyle - Northeast USA.
Old Abandoned Buildings of Northern New
York - Northeast New York State.
Opacity - USA and European ruins. By Tom Kirsch.
Chris Payne - Photographer,
architect, and author.
The Road to Ruins - David
Steinberg's website and book Hiking The Road to Ruins.
Ruinism - Night photography by Gabe Biderman.
Matt Schneider - Portland, Oregon.
Under NY
- New York.
Urban
Decay - Links page.
Western Trails / Route 66
- An excellent resource for ruins for my road trips
through California and Arizona.
Visceral Axis - New England / Louisiana.
FLICKR
Steven Bley-
Northeast / Various USA.
Michael Bowman -
New York.
Richard
Cunningham - Hudson Valley
and the "Bosrcht belt." Check out his full
list of sets too.
Jeff McCrum - New
York / Northeast USA.
YOUTUBE
Brockway
Brick Yard - This fantastic ruin was
demolished just a few years before the Hudson Valley Ruins project began.
Lost But Not Forgotten
- Mike Gong's videos of Hudson Valley estates.
DETROIT
Detroit Funk - Documenting the rapidly
changing conditions of the City of Detroit.
Buildings of Detroit - Raising
awareness about Detroit's history and landmarks, and bringing attention to the
threats to the city's architectural heritage by looting, vandalism, and
demolition by neglect.
The Fabulous Ruins of Detroit
- A tour through the fabulous and vanishing ruins of Lowell Boileau's
beloved Detroit.
Forgotten Detroit - Photos and information
about the past, present, and future situations of Detroit landmarks.
Wayne County Training School -
Northville, Michigan
NON-RUINS
James Howard Kunstler - The
author of Geography
of Nowhere and Home From Nowhere has an idea of
what the future may look like if we keep destroying our historic
downtowns and
neighborhoods. Home of Eyesore of
the Month
feature.
Night Tracings -
Rambles in the Hudson Valley by Alan Petrulis. Photographs of uncommon
perspectives, from the 1980s to the
present day.
Stephanie LaRose - Hudson
Valley photography.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Municipal Art Society
- Promoting excellence in urban design & planning and the preservation of the best of New
York City's past
National Register
of Historic Places
National Trust for
Historic Preservation
New York State Office of Parks,
Recreation and Historic Preservation
New York State Historic
Preservation Office - Choose "Online
Tools" > "Document Imaging" to view National Register reports.
Preservation
League of New York State
Preserve and Protect
- Links to New York preservation organizations.
Save America's Treasures
ARCHITECTS - HISTORIC PRESERVATION & ADAPTIVE-REUSE
Joseph Pell Lombardi
Architects - A fellow Irvington High School alumnus, Joseph restored
the magnificent Armour-Stiner House (aka Irvington's famous
"Octagon House").
Michael Molinelli
Architects - Build Neat Stuff - Briarcliff Manor-based architect
with an interest in old and new designs. A fan of Briarcliff Lodge, he tried to help save it.
Matthew D. Rudikoff Associates
- Hudson Valley-based land use and environmental planning services.
Walter Sedovic -
Irvington based firm; "preservation with passion."
Stephen Tilly,
Architect - Highly regarded firm has worked on many important Hudson
Valley preservation projects.
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