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National Trust for Historic Preservation

Famed Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Coming To Westchester's Lyndhurst Famed Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Coming To Westchester's Lyndhurst
Famed Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Coming To Westchester's Lyndhurst Dog lovers rejoice. The famed Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is coming to Westchester County in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The show announced this month that the 145th annual event will be held at Lyndhurst, a property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, on Route 9 (Broadway) in Tarrytown, on Saturday, June 12 and Sunday, June 13, 2021, with live coverage across FOX Sports networks.  Due to the ever-changing government restrictions during the pandemic a move to a springtime, outdoor dog show was necessary to uphold Westminster’s strong commitment to the health and sa…
Westchester Secret: Pablo Picasso Was Here Westchester Secret: Pablo Picasso Was Here
Westchester Secret: Pablo Picasso Was Here Who knew that an art collection rivaling the Metropolitan Museum of Art can be found in the basement of a Westchester home? We're talking Picasso and Modern Artists Henry Moore, Alexander Calder, and Louise Nevelson. And it's all inside the lower level of Kykuit, also known as the John D. Rockefeller Estate, a 3,400-acre site in Sleepy Hollow. The residence was constructed for Rockefeller and his family in 1913 and is very much an ode to an artist’s heart with Italian-styled gardens and Beaux-Arts architecture.  The National Historic Landmark housed four generations of Rockefellers includ…