LINKS
BY THE AUTHORS
IN PRINT
ONLINE RESOURCES - Historical Documents, Images, Maps
BLOGS
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Archive
Sleuth - Lucas Buresch's visits to Sleepy Hollow Country sites,
inspired by research at local archives.
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Croton - History and Mysteries / Croton
Friends of History - inspired by the Croton
Friends of History, a non-profit group dedicated to preserving and
promoting the history of Croton-on-Hudson.
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| 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.
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Hudson
River Bracketed Blog - John Thorn's site, devoted to arts and letters in the Hudson
Valley.
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Hudson River Blog - Posts and links to articles of regional interest.
By a sophomore seminar at Hamilton
College in 2007.
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Upstate Earth -
Exploration and documentation of Columbia County's industrial heritage
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York Staters - A communal home for thoughts, news, observations, fiction and non-fiction writing,
and photos about New York. Not updated since 2009. |
RESEARCH AND REFERENCE WEBSITES
MUSEUMS / HISTORIC SITES / FRIENDS GROUPS
| Bannerman Castle
Trust
- Official New York State Friends group for the ruins of Bannerman's Island
Arsenal.
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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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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
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Historic Albany Foundation -
Advocates preservation, restoration and rehabilitation of historic buildings
through education, and technical assistance programs.
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| Historic Hudson - Discover the rich
history and architectural history of the City of Hudson.
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Hudson Valley - HHV is a network of FIVE historic sites in Sleepy
Hollow Country: Washington Irving's
Sunnyside; Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate (a National Trust Historic
site); Philipsburg Manor; the Union Church of Pocantico Hills; and Van
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Hudson-Mohawk Vernacular Architecture - Dedicated
to surveying, recording, researching, and preserving the rural vernacular
architecture of the Hudson Valley.
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HudsonRiver.com
- Tourist information for Westchester County's River Towns.
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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.
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| 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.
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| Hudson River Valley National
Heritage
Area - Provides information on approximately 80 Heritage Sites.
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| 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.
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Lyndhurst
- Tarrytown. A property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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| 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.
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| Old Croton Aqueduct - Dedicated to protecting and
preserving the old Croton Aqueduct. Website includes history, illustrations, and maps.
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| Old Dutch Church and Burying Ground -
"Where the Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Lives On."
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| Preserve Putnam - Supporting
preservation of Putnam County's historic landscapes and buildings.
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| Putnam History Museum - Collecting and preserving historical and cultural materials pertaining to the Philipstown area, the West Point Foundry, and Putnam
County. Formerly the Foundry School Museum.
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Scenic Hudson,
Inc.
- A non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and restoring
the Hudson River Valley.
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| 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.
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Walkway Over the Hudson - A not for profit corporation dedicated to preserving the historic Poughkeepsie Highland Railroad Bridge and turning it into a park.
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Westchester County Historical Society
- Collect and preserving books, pamphlets, maps, manuscripts, photographs,
newspapers, periodicals, film, video and digital materials
pertaining to the history of Westchester County
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| Wilderstein
Preservation
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Home of Margaret Suckley, a cousin and confidante of Franklin
Roosevelt, and widely regarded as the Hudson Valley’s most
important example of Victorian architecture |
RUINS WEBSITES
FLICKR PAGES
YOUTUBE ACCOUNTS
DETROIT
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Detroit Funk - Documenting the rapidly
changing conditions of the City of Detroit.
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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.
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The Fabulous Ruins of Detroit
- A tour through the fabulous and vanishing ruins of Lowell Boileau's
beloved Detroit.
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Forgotten Detroit - Photos and information
about the past, present, and future situations of Detroit landmarks.
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Nailhed - Vast survey of ruins in
Michigan.
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Wayne County Training School -
Northville, Michigan
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NON-RUINS
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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.
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Night Tracings -
Rambles in the Hudson Valley by Alan Petrulis. Photographs of uncommon
perspectives, from the 1980s to the
present day.
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION
ARCHITECTS - HISTORIC PRESERVATION & ADAPTIVE-REUSE
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