Author Archives: HV-Rob

Yonkers Power Station proposal

Posted on November 14, 2012 by HV-Rob

The Journal News yesterday reported on a plan to redevelop the Yonkers Power Station. New owner Ron Shemesh and his company Glenwood POH plan to create a hotel and conference center within the existing buildings of the power station. The … Continue reading →

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HVR News – October 14, 2012

Posted on October 14, 2012 by HV-Rob

A few updates here as there have been recent additions to the Hudson Valley Demolition Alert. KOSPA FARMHOUSE, EAST GREENBUSH In August, a house in East Greenbush (Rensselaer County) presumed to date to the 18th-century was burned down by four … Continue reading →

Posted in Albany County, Demolition Alert, Dutchess County, Greene County, Non-ruins, Rensselaer County, Rockland County, Westchester County | 4 Comments

Hudson Valley Books

Posted on October 9, 2012 by HV-Rob

Last month after one of my tours at Bannerman’s Castle, a visitor (a recent transplant from the Midwest to New York City) told me that he wanted to learn more about this Hudson River Valley that he and his friends … 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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Hudson Valley Moon Houses

Posted on September 6, 2012 by HV-Rob

In his landmark 1939 publication The Hudson, Carl Carmer wrote “The lands on the Hudson in the last fifty years have been absorbed to an amazing degree by institutions… The Roman Catholic Church owns more land on the shores of … Continue reading →

Posted in Dutchess County, Non-ruins, Ulster County, Westchester County | 45 Comments

A Tale of Two Stadiums – September 18, 2012

Posted on August 28, 2012 by HV-Rob

Rich Scarpitta and Rob Yasinsac will present “A Tale of Two Stadiums: The Dismantling of Yankee and Shea Stadiums” on Tuesday September 18, 2012 at 7:00pm at the Irvington Public Library, 12 South Astor Street, Irvington, NY 10533. This event … Continue reading →

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Prattsville

Posted on August 23, 2012 by HV-Rob

It was just about a year ago when Hurricane Irene rolled in and caused all sorts of havoc. Towns throughout the Northeast suffered damage from flooding that occurred as a result of the hurricane. Damage was particularly intense throughout Greene … Continue reading →

Posted in Greene County | 4 Comments

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 →

Posted in Putnam County, Tours Lectures and Events | 8 Comments

Six Degrees of the British Monarchy and Hudson Valley Ruins

Posted on July 23, 2012 by HV-Rob

Recently I received the following two images of a carpet swatch from Dave Morrison whose father George was assistant to the Vice President, Operations & Industrial Relations of the Alexander Smith & Sons Carpet Company in Yonkers, NY. The cutting … Continue reading →

Posted in Dutchess County, Ulster County, Westchester County | 4 Comments

Photography Exhibit – A Tale of Two Stadiums

Posted on June 29, 2012 by HV-Rob

A Tale of Two Stadiums – Yankee & Shea Stadiums Wednesday July 18, 6:00pm – Photographers’s Presentations Upper Photograph by Rich Scarpitta. Shea Stadium and Yankee Stadium disappear under “the slow precision of giant machinery whose operators’ hands were not … Continue reading →

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