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Ceiling Collapse Causes Major Damage At Historic Mansion Overlooking Hudson River Ceiling Collapse Causes Major Damage At Historic Mansion Overlooking Hudson River
Ceiling Collapse Causes Major Damage At Historic Mansion Overlooking Hudson River A ceiling collapse caused significant damage at a historic mansion and museum in the Hudson Valley. The incident happened in Putnam County in the hamlet of Garrison at Boscobel House and Gardens, which overlooks the Hudson River. On Tuesday, April 16, the plaster ceiling in its historic library collapsed without warning, causing major damage to the room, its contents, and adjacent rooms, according to Boscobel.  No one was in the building when the incident happened. Boscobel said it is "working diligently alongside a team of engineers, art conservators, and local officials to ass…

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by Joe Lombardi
Real Estate
These Hudson Valley Properties Nominated For State, National Historic Registers These Hudson Valley Properties Nominated For State, National Historic Registers
These Hudson Valley Properties Nominated For State, National Historic Registers They tell the history of New York, and now these landmark properties could soon have the paperwork to prove it. Fifteen properties across the state have been nominated for addition to the State and National Registers of Historic Places by the New York State Board for Historic Preservation. The registers serve as the official list of buildings, structures, districts, landscapes, objects, and sites that are deemed significant to the history, architecture, archaeology, and culture of New York State and the country. Of the 15 nominees statewide, the following Capital Region and Hudson Valley s…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Advocates Looking To Protect Historic Westchester County Post Office Advocates Looking To Protect Historic Westchester County Post Office
Advocates Looking To Protect Historic Westchester County Post Office Advocates are hoping to preserve a historic post office building in Westchester County by designating it as a local landmark.  The Yonkers Main Post Office, located at 79-81 Main St. and built in 1927, is at the center of the effort, according to Terry Joshi, President of the Yonkers Committee For Smart Development.  The building, which has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1989, is the only public building representing the Neo-Classical style of architecture from the time, and looks much the same today as it did a century ago, Joshi said.  An appli…

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by Ben Crnic
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Four Properties In Region Nominated For National Register Of Historic Places Four Properties In Region Nominated For National Register Of Historic Places
Four Properties In Region Nominated For National Register Of Historic Places Several properties in the region have been nominated for state and national registers of historic places by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. Hochul announced that the state Board for Historic Preservation has recommended adding 19 properties to the State and National Registers of Historic Places, including three in the Hudson Valley and one in Sullivan County. “New York's historical places are priceless treasures that help us connect with the past and our state's rich heritage,"  Hochul said. "These nominations reflect the fantastic breadth of the state's history and the prom…

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by Zak Failla
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Four Teens Arrested For Fire At Historic Westchester Mansion Four Teens Arrested For Fire At Historic Westchester Mansion
Four Teens Arrested For Fire At Historic Westchester Mansion Four teenagers have been arrested in connection to the fire that broke out at a historic Westchester mansion that burned to the ground, police said. Dozens of firefighters responded to the Wildcliff Manor in New Rochelle shortly before 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 26, when a fire was reported at the building, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. On Wednesday, police said that four 13-year-olds are currently being held accountable for the fire. Three of the teenagers are facing trespassing charges and a fourth has also been charged with arson, police said. The…

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by Zak Failla
Real Estate
Chappaqua Crossing Apartments Officially Open Chappaqua Crossing Apartments Officially Open
Chappaqua Crossing Apartments Officially Open New York State Homes and Community Renewal and Wilder Balter Partners announced the completion of a $21 million affordable housing development in the Chappaqua section of the Town of New Castle.  The Chappaqua Crossing development renovated the historic Reader’s Digest headquarters building to create 64 mixed-income apartments. Developed by Wilder Balter, the sprawling campus will include a variety of retail and commercial spaces and is near the Chappaqua Metro-North train station and Saw Mill River Parkway. During a Thursday June 7 ribbon-cutting ceremony, RuthAnne Visnauskas, commissioner…

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by Jon Craig
Lifestyle
Crane House In Hudson Valley Among 20 Sites Declared Historic By Cuomo Crane House In Hudson Valley Among 20 Sites Declared Historic By Cuomo
Crane House In Hudson Valley Among 20 Sites Declared Historic By Cuomo Middletown's Crane House made Gov. Andrew Cuomo's statewide list of 20 recommended historic sites. The nominations reflect the striking diversity of New York's history and include a covert FBI radio transmission station, a landmark in aviation history now used as a community college, and a facility used in the transmission of electricity from Niagara Falls to Buffalo in the early 1900s. Crane House is a Queen Anne-style home built in 1897 by the Crane family, which operated a prosperous dairy farm at the site into the 1930s. "This administration is committed to helping communities pre…

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by Jon Craig