Julie Andrews and Bing Crosby in “High Tor”
February 19, 2008
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, author, poet, reporter and lyricist Maxwell Anderson, came to the aid of High Tor Mountain in 1936 when he wrote an immensely popular verse play of the same name, “High Tor.” The United States Traprock Company was interested in purchasing the peak at the time and planned to remove the rear side of the mountain for the aggregate it contained. Traprock, now called Tilcon, had already tore down the peak directly south of High Tor. Anderson wove an intricate tale of bribery and the supernatural and eventually prompted the Palisades Interstate Park Commission to save the mountain from industry shovels. The story, as told by the Dramatists Play Service, begins as follows:
Commenting Gets You Answers!
February 13, 2008
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Through the Haverstraw Tunnel
February 9, 2008
Even before the time when Haverstraw was known as “Hollywood on the Hudson,” it became the center of attention for a new type of film. At this time, cinematic artists were exploring the limits of reel-to-reel films to gain new effects and to dazzle audiences that were just starting to embrace film as a major form of media and art. Mind you, these films were heavily popular before even silent films and well before “talkies.” The movie industry was in its “pre-infancy,” so to say. Read the rest of this entry »
New York Waterway Ferry Service to Ossining Breaks All Records
February 4, 2008
Since 2001, the New York Waterway ferry service to Ossining from Haverstraw has been ushering commuters to and from the MetroNorth Railroad Hudson Line that provides service to Grand Central Terminal in midtown Manhattan. At the time of its inception, the ferry was only expected to carry up to 200 passengers a day to and from Ossining. Today, to much excitement, the ferry service provides over 250 daily rides and is expected to continue to grow by nearly 5% or more each year in the future. Planners and politicians cite rising gas prices, roadway toll increase, and increasing congestion on area highways as reasons for the high ridership and even higher ridership projections for the ferry. The MTA and NY Waterway hope to expand the service in the near future to include more off-peak service, which includes midday and late-night rides. Haverstraw residents are excited for the service expansions as they will be able to use the ferry for more than just commuting, like nights out on the town and excursions in the city. The ferry service has also received heavy funding from the federal government to build and operate out of a new ferry pier and terminal at the foot of Main Street in Emeline Park in the Village of Haverstraw.
