Newburgh Real Estate: 16 Bay View Terrace

By on May 18, 2012 in Newburgh Real Estate

Open House this Sunday, 5/20! By appointment Only! You can own this home on the bluff with amazing views by renting to own. The neighboring houses are full of proactive neighbors, who on various levels are working towards the revitalization of Newburgh. Seriously, the people next door invited me to have wine and cheese with [...]

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Newburgh Real Estate: 286 Grand Street

By on May 18, 2012 in Newburgh Real Estate

There isn’t much information available on this 7 unit apartment building on Grand Street. It’s a short sale, and it is being sold as is. The property is vacant. You can see there are about 4 stories plus a basement. It is only about a block away from Mt. St. Mary College. You might be [...]

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Photograhy Exhibit at Crawford House by Tom Knieser

By on May 17, 2012 in History, Newburgh Arts Scene

Saturday, May 19th, 2-4pm at the Crawford House (189 Montgomery Street Newburgh) will be the exhibit opening of a photographic exhibit by Ton Knieser showing his visions of old and new Newburgh. The exhibit will be available for viewing till Labor Day, September 9th. To be privy to more information from the historical society, check [...]

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Before and After: Nora Cronin Presentation Academy

By on May 17, 2012 in Before and After

If you live in the Heights Neighborhood, you surely are familiar with this building at 69 Bay View Terrace. It used to be a dilapidated graffiti magnet, and today it is an all girls private catholic academy. Newburgh Restoration posted about it in Dec. 2010, and already there were huge improvements made. Minuta Architecture drew [...]

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Rescue Me

By on May 16, 2012 in Rescue Me

Pretty sure this photo was taken on Lander. The basement door was kicked in and there was a lot of debris and garbage inside. 100 years ago, even 60 years ago it was probably an adorable home. Newburgh is New York State’s second largest historic district after NYC. Newburgh literally has hundreds of dilapidated and [...]

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Lecture Focuses on the Lost Hamlet of Daguerreville

By on May 16, 2012 in History

In the overgrowth of the Quassaick Creek Valley in New Windsor lies the memory of an 1850’s hamlet nicknamed Daguerreville. In an old factory there, America’s earliest type of photographic equipment was manufactured: the big cameras that captured and printed fragile images called daguerreotypes. The factory owners there as well as patentees and early families [...]

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