With the American population growing dramatically in the early 19th century, urban graveyards were quickly becoming overcrowded and unhygienic spaces, trapped between…
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As The Beatles captured the hearts of millions, Paul McCartney captured it all on his Pentax film camera. “Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64:…
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During the Second World War, a Dutch-Jewish family had to go into hiding to avoid deportation to Germany. When the war was…
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Every spring, when the natural world starts greening up again, my husband, Chuck, and I head north on Route 30 to stroll…
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Frederick Law Olmsted lived in a Staten Island farmhouse when he was experimenting with the ideas that he would eventually incorporate into…
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Construction of the Erie Canal began in Rome, in Oneida County, NY, in 1817. Workers started first on the easiest, most level…
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The bias of Adirondack Park Agency (APA) executive staff against holding public hearings is right out in public, again, thanks to a…
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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has started a public comment period for threatened and endangered species draft regulations. While…
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In settlements along the Hudson River Valley and in Albany on the hill where the New York State Capitol sits today, enslaved…
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The Ausable Marsh Wildlife Management Area in Peru, Clinton County, NY, offers 660 acres of wildlife habitats, ranging from marsh and sandy…