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ADVOCACY EDUCATION PRESERVATION STEWARDSHIP

Dam Tour draws crowds

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
09/07/2014 - 8:41am

Friends Board member Laura Compagni-Sabella gave a terrific tour of the Croton Dam on Saturday September 6th, complete with pictures and samples of tools used by workers on the Croton Dam. To many people, the New Croton Dam in Croton-on-Hudson, NY, represents the ingenuity of American engineers of the late nineteenth century. At completion, it stood as the tallest masonry dam in the world. People compared it to the pyramids and to the Great Wall of China as a testament to human genius. The Dam is also a central feature in a dramatic labor story.

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Keeper's House Updates - Work is Moving Along!

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
09/05/2014 - 10:00am

Work is moving along at The Keeper's House.
All photos ©Tom Tarnowsky 2014
Top: Pavement and parking lot
Middle: Interior plaster work
Bottom: reusing original bricks

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KEEPER'S HOUSE GROUNDBREAKING 2014

Post date: 
Sun, 06/29/2014 - 8:17am

Breaking Ground at the Keeper's House Visitor Center

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
06/29/2014 - 8:24am

The official groundbreaking for the Keeper's House Restoration project drew happy crowds on Friday June 27th, 2014!

On hand to shovel some ceremonial dirt were:

Top pic, left to right: FOCA Board member Douglas Emilio; Linda Cooper, Regional Director at New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation ; Dobbs Ferry Mayor's representative Liz Dreaper; State Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins; FOCA President Mavis Cain; project contractor David Furaro.

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Gracemere Ribbon Cutting

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
06/16/2014 - 8:55am

The ribbon cutting event celebrating the restoration of a Tarrytown section of the trail drew a happy and enthusiastic crowd on Sunday June 15. The event opened in a spectacular setting in the Lyndhurst conservatory with our special guests sitting beside the fountain with the scent of roses in the air.

Kevin Plunkett, Westchester County Executive; Assemblyman Tom Abinanti, Westchester County Legislator; and MaryJane Shimsky all spoke glowingly of the importance of the trail to all Westchester residents and visitors.

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