The view of The Park and the Olana House from the middle of the frozen lake, January 2025Inbocht Bay and “the bend in the river” (right) and the Olana Lake (left), October 2018An Olana visitor admires the “Bend in the River,” October 2014
The Becraft Hills, looking east from Ridge Road. At left: the ruins of the Universal Atlas Cement Co., on Route 9Land transaction no. 57, as recorded in Shirley W. Dunn’s important book “The Mohicans and Their Land, 1609-1730.” It’s plausible Becraft Mountain was part of this transaction.
Mt. Merino, November 2012Mt. Merino, November 2024Catskill Geologist Robert Titus points to Mt. Merino, a rock drumlin, on his LiDAR topographic mapThe south-facing flank of Mt. Merino as seen from the Hudson Amtrak station, June 2025Kayaker’s view of Mt. Merino, looking north past the Rip Van Winkle Bridge, August 2015
“View of Hudson City and the Catskill Mountains,” 1881. Artist: W.H. Bartlett; Engraver: Robert Brandard. New York Public Library Digital CollectionsWarren Street, as Frederic Church would have known it. At left: City Hall, today’s Hudson Hall. Photo Courtesy Hudson HallWarren Street, October 2014. “There is a mythic romantic quality to Hudson that’s hard to define. Even now, as the city appears more civilized than ever, it retains its ungovernable spirit just below the surface. According to the Hudson Wail, ‘the cracks in the sidewalks aren’t the flaw, they’re the story.'” — Jamie Larson, Chronogram Magazine, 9-1-2025The Hudson Sperm Oil and Candle Factory, 1841, from the front page of Rural Repository, April 10, 1841Blast furnaces of the Hudson Iron Works. In the foreground: the Hudson River Railroad; in the distance: the town of AthensThe former grain elevator on the Hudson waterfront, a relic of the city’s industrial past, August 2025Stone barges at the Colarusso dock complex, waiting to be shipped on the river. In the background the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse, August 2025The old Atlas Cement plant in Hudson, September 2025
City Hall, today’s Hudson Hall, in 1871. Source: Map of the City of Hudson, NY, Alex S. Rowley, Draftsman. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. Warren Street, as Frederic Church would have known it with City Hall, today’s Hudson Hall, at left. Photo Courtesy Hudson HallBrooklyn Massive Raga performing at Hudson Hall, September 2017The Alan Winkler harpsichord at Hudson Hall, ready for a performance by the fantastic ensemble Aston Magna, July 8, 2022Alphonso Horne and the Gotham Kings perform at The Caboose, as part of Hudson Hall’s citywide Jazz Festival, October 5, 2025
