By Mae Buck, Geography, Class of 2026. Looking east from the gazebo of the Poughkeepsie Train Station, you can see the North-South Arterial (Route 9) overpass above Main Street. As a pedestrian on lower Main Street, walking under the overpass is uncomfortable—on both sides of the street, you must cross entry-exit ramps and parking lot… Continue reading Highways of Poughkeepsie: The North-South and East-West Arterials
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Interstate-787, Albany, New York
By Mason Rowe, Urban Studies and Economics, Class of 2026. A towering concrete wall known as Interstate 787 defends the Hudson River from the City of Albany. The elevated interstate spans 9.4 miles, running adjacent to the water, starting in the south of Albany and ending in the Village of Green Island. The span of… Continue reading Interstate-787, Albany, New York
Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York
By Mason Rowe, Urban Studies and Economics, Class of 2026. The Empire State Plaza, the largest capital improvement in Albany’s history and one of the largest such projects in the history of the United States, forever changed the layout and atmosphere of the city and the capital region. Albany, New York’s capital, is perched on… Continue reading Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York
Runyon Heights Fence
End of Moultrie Avenue, Yonkers At the northern end of Moultrie Avenue in the Runyon Heights neighborhood is a seemingly innocuous sight: a thin strip of land between two neighborhoods which effectively cuts them off from one another. For some years after Runyon Heights was first established, there was a fence at the end of… Continue reading Runyon Heights Fence
Hollow Brook Golf Course (Peekskill Riots)
1060 Oregon Road, Cortlandt Manor On September 4, 1949, a concert for the Harlem chapter of the Civil Rights Congress, featuring Paul Robeson and hosted and chaired by author Howard Fast, took place on the grounds of what had been and would later re-emerge as the Hollow Brook Golf Course. The concert began and ended… Continue reading Hollow Brook Golf Course (Peekskill Riots)
