Note: The article originally appeared in riverjournalonline.com Call them bumps, humps or hummocks: You’ve felt them underfoot or under your wheels on the Mario Cuomo Bridge’s popular Shared Use Path. The annoying blisters dotting the 3.6-mile path that connects Rockland and Westchester counties have been there practically since it opened six years ago and have continued to burst through the asphalt. A substandard job by the bridge’s paving contractorContinue reading “Cyclists Beware: Bumpy Conditions on Cuomo Bridge Path”
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Kurt Weill & Lotte Lenya’s former home listed for $2.3 million
Brook House, the 19th century home in the Rockland County hamlet of New City that once belonged to legendary composer Kurt Weill and singer-actress Lotte Lenya, is on the market for $2,295,000 with Ellis Sotheby’s International Realty. Built in 1880, Brook House is a five-bedroom, four-bath estate covering more than 4,600 square feet on 5.5 acres atContinue reading “Kurt Weill & Lotte Lenya’s former home listed for $2.3 million”
Peace at last for revered war photographer
[This article originally appeared in The Recorder] By Robert Brum A short walk uphill behind the Amawalk Friends Meeting House in Yorktown Heights leads to the final resting place of one of the world’s greatest combat photographers. Robert Capa, known for his iconic images of the Spanish Civil War and World War II, including theContinue reading “Peace at last for revered war photographer”