Health
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Envisioning Seneca Village: A 3D Model of History
Seneca Village was a community established by African American landowners in 1825 and destroyed by the City of New York…
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The Erie Basin Project Transformed Red Hook’s Docks
With the construction of the Atlantic Basin on Red Hook‘s western shore in the 1840s, Brooklyn became the region’s great…
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The Harlem African Burial Ground: History & Memorial Hopes
A cemetery for free and enslaved Africans from the mid-1600s to the mid-1800s, the Harlem African Burial Ground is an…
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Poetry: A Scene from Cranberry Lake
A Scene from Cranberry Lake A kiss, alive like a moosechewing wild rhubarb,its crab leg red stemssharp in the brush,its…
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Kodak’s Pocket Camera, Lynching & The Song ‘Strange Fruit’
On February 27, 1861, Congress passed an Act that allowed privately printed cards weighing one ounce or less to be…
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The ‘Society of Negroes Unsettled’ Bounty Hunters Agreement
Garret DuBois and Lilly DuBois, two formerly enslaved “people of couler,” were married at the Reformed Church of New Paltz…
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Adirondack Climate Conference Set for March 6, 2025
The Wild Center, in partnership with Paul Smith’s College and the Adirondack Research Consortium, is planning to host the Adirondack…
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Old Gore Mountain: North Creek Ski Bowl Plans Underway
A $40 million investment in North Creek’s Ski Bowl by the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA), celebrated at a May…
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The Subway Sun: Advertising Public Health & Safety
Over five decades, The Subway Sun advised, informed, and admonished New York subway riders – encouraging civility, safety, cleanliness, and…
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Rediscovering John Burroughs at Woodchuck Lodge
Before visiting the John Burroughs Memorial Site in Roxbury, New York, I didn’t fully grasp the depth of his influence.…
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