NRRC – Join Now! Spring 2013
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Rowing is Back this Spring
Posted: January 22, 2013 by HaverstrawLife.com in Activities, Downtown, Events, Sustainability, WaterfrontTags: adult, crew, Downtown, fitness, Haverstraw, Hudson River, Hudson Valley, masters, New York, new york city rowing, outdoors, recreation, rowing, scholastic, sculling, U.S. Rowing, Upstate, village of haverstraw, water sports
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Big Regatta! Sunday, October 14
Posted: September 26, 2012 by HaverstrawLife.com in Downtown, Events, WaterfrontTags: adult, brickyard 5000, crew, Downtown, fitness, Haverstraw, head race, Hudson River, Hudson Valley, Hudson Valley Brickyard 5000, masters, New York, new york city rowing, outdoors, race, recreation, regatta, rowing, scholastic, sculling, sprints, U.S. Rowing, Upstate, village of haverstraw, water sports
Hudson Valley Brickyard 5000 – October 14, 2012
Visualizing Scale & Density
Posted: September 9, 2012 by HaverstrawLife.com in Downtown, History, Opinions & Politics, SustainabilityTags: bike, cycling, density, development, Downtown, economic, economic growth, Economy, europe, growth, Haverstraw, Hudson River, Hudson Valley, jakriborg, new urbanism, New York, scale, sustainability, sustainable growth, transportation, urban, urbanism, vibrant, Village, walkability, walking
Jakriborg, Sweden, a medieval village of 500 families and a major tourism destination can fit within a relatively small area in the Village of Haverstraw. Such an exercise in scale really shows how zoning can have such a major impact on the built environment and the economy. How many Jakriborgs can your town fit? Better yet, how many Jakriborgs can a nearby Walmart parking lot fit? Now, think about the economic consequences of this. . . My inspiration for this graphic came from an article posted here at the Small Streets Blog. http://blog.smallstreets.org/post/18496915718/turn-this-parking-lot-into-a-village
Transit Announcement! Haverstraw Ferry Added to Google Transit
Posted: July 22, 2012 by HaverstrawLife.com in Downtown, Ferry Service, Sustainability, WaterfrontTags: app, application, commuter, digital, directions, ferry, google transit, grand central, Haverstraw, High Tor, Hudson, Hudson River, location, metronorth railroad, New York, New York City, new york waterway, nywaterway, rail, river, route, schedules, service, train, Transit, transit direction, transit directions, transit oriented, travel, village of haverstraw, weekend, Westchester, widest
Google, NY Waterway, and the MTA MetroNorth Railroad have finally heeded my repeated requests to have the Haverstraw-Ossining Ferry schedule added to Google Transit Directions! Enjoy using the transit app now; Haverstraw is finally and legitimately linked to the region.
Dancing Under the Stars 2012
Posted: June 18, 2012 by HaverstrawLife.com in Downtown, EventsTags: block party, dance, Dancing, dancing in the street, Downtown, event, fun, Haverstraw, Hudson River, Hudson Valley, motown, New York, NYC, rivertown, street, street closure, Village, village history, village of haverstraw
Dancing Under the Stars on Maple Avenue, Village of Haverstraw, New York. June 15, 2012.
Sculptures Support Rowing & Animal Care Center
Posted: June 9, 2012 by HaverstrawLife.com in Downtown, Events, Local ArtisansTags: Andy Golub, art, artisan, artwork, boxer hound, dog sculpture, ebay, fundraiser, Hi-Tor Animal Care Center, Hudson River, Hudson Valley, New York, north rockland rowing club, NYC, painted sculpture, shelter, The Great Painted Paw Brigade, village of haverstraw
‘Transformed Dog’ painted by artist Andy Golub is now at auction on ebay. To place a bid, go to the ebay listing.
As part of a public art project, The Great Painted Paw Brigade, Andy Golub of New York fame painted this fiberglass Boxer in his signature style. Mr. Golub typically paints on live female nudes in public spaces (ie. Times Square). The piece was created in winter 2012. This sculpture is one of 17 dog and cat sculptures auctioned to benefit the North Rockland Rowing Club (NRRC) and the Hi-Tor Animal Care Center, both non-profits located in the Hudson Valley of New York.
NRRC is a federally recognized not-for-profit. Final auction price is 100% tax deductible. EIN: 20-3205905
Sculpture is also available for pick-up, which will waive the shipping fee.
Tactical Urbanism in Haverstraw?
Posted: June 5, 2012 by HaverstrawLife.com in Downtown, SustainabilityTags: bike infrastructure, bike lane, city, diy urbanism, do it yourself, en plein aire, Haverstraw, historic downtown, Hudson River, Hudson Valley, New York, New York City, outdoor seating, pedestrian, pedestrianization, plaza, pop up cafe, pop up urbanism, rivertown, sharrows, streets, sustainability, tactical urbanism, transit oriented, urbanism, Village, village downtown
In Cleveland, local residents installed bike lanes and street furniture along a particularly desolate street in order to enliven their city with a more pedestrian friendly atmosphere. In the past I’ve written about pop-up urbanism as a way to create sense of place in a downtown area and spark a new interest among residents in using the street as a place to meet, exercise, relax, and be human. Tactical urbanism is a new phase of downtown citizen activism, where residents take matters into their own hands and reclaim the streets for people. Would something similar work along Main, New Main, or Broadway in downtown Haverstraw? See the short film below to catch my drift:
Gran Fondo Rolls Through Downtown
Posted: May 6, 2012 by HaverstrawLife.com in Activities, Downtown, Events, WaterfrontTags: Bella Rose Cafe, bicycle, bike, biking, cycling, cycling race, Gran Fondo, Haverstraw Downtown, haverstraw village, Hudson Highlands, Hudson River, Hudson Valley, Italian, New York, race map, Route 9W, spectator, vertical climb, village of haverstraw, volunteer
On May 20, 2012, over 5,000 cyclists will descend upon the Village of Haverstraw (right through Downtown) as they make their way from New York City to the top of Perkins Memorial Drive on Bear Mountain. The Gran Fondo is a 110-mile (177 km) endurance race fashioned after similar cycling events in Italy. Cyclists will climb over 8,500 vertical feet over the George Washington Bridge, the Palisades Escarpment, along the Hudson River, and finally to the top of Bear Mountain in the Highlands. A ‘Medio Fondo’ is offered to cyclists that choose to be non-competitive. See the Gran Fondo cycling route here: http://www.granfondony.com/course.php Riders/cyclists will be moving through the area between 8:00 AM and 11:00 AM on Sunday, May 20, 2012. The best place to view the Gran Fondo is from New Main Street and Broadway.
Below, practicing cyclists choose the Bella Rose Cafe on New Main Street to refuel and relax. Image courtesy of Haverstraw resident Andrea Caccuro.
Get Your Mob Gear Ready . . .
Posted: April 2, 2012 by HaverstrawLife.com in Cafes & Restaurants, Downtown, Events, Local Artisans, New Stores, Opinions & Politics, SustainabilityTags: Broadway, Brooklyn, Cash Mob, economic growth, food, hardware store, Haverstraw, Hudson River, Hudson Valley, local economy, local food, Main Street, mobbed, New York, NYC, restaurant, river, slow food, slow money, small economy, State, upstate new york, upstater, village of haverstraw
The North Rockland Cash Mob started with a flash. Local resident Ellen Donovan contacted me via Facebook to get a local cash mob initiative launched and generating buzz. Well, the mob is buzzing. Now over 700 members in size, and growing by the hundreds each day, the North Rockland Cash Mob is becoming, well, unruly. The mob will descend upon the Village of Haverstraw on Saturday, April 21, 2012. The mob will convene beneath the four-faced clock at the corner of Maple Avenue, New Main Street, and Main Street at 12:00 PM (high noon!) prompt! From there, the mobsters will strut their stuff to the business that was selected via crowd-sourcing. That business, which has yet to be finalized (vote now!), will get a needed boost in business from the flush-with-cash unruly mob. We’re excited! Join us on April 21st; we’re rowdy and ready to support the local economy!
Here are more reasons how cash mobbing helps the community and brings us together.
Haverstraw Bay Sunset
Posted: February 11, 2012 by HaverstrawLife.com in Ferry Service, WaterfrontTags: brilliant sky, Haverstraw Bay, Hudson River, Hudson Valley, New York, Ossining, photo montage, river, Sunset, village of haverstraw
How or Why Cars Erode Cities & Villages
Posted: February 7, 2012 by HaverstrawLife.com in Downtown, History, SustainabilityTags: Architecture, automobiles destructive, car, cars, Cars Erode Cities, downtown Haverstraw, downtowns, Haverstraw, Jane Jacobs, Main Street, New York, Old Fashioned, parking, storefronts, streetscape, sustainability, traditional neighborhood, village of haverstraw, walkability, walking
Do Cars Belong Downtown? Haverstraw in 1940.
Jane Jacobs was one of the first writers to document the effects of cars on urban fabric. By “urban,” I mean “old-fashioned” or traditional towns and downtowns. Densely populated cities and villages throughout the United States were beginning to take steps to incorporate automobiles into the built environment. Planners and politicians began to see parking garages, wider streets, more lanes, and asphalt parking lots as essential infrastructure in all places. The more successful and desirable a city or village was, the more parking was required. Ultimately, though, this mindset led to the demolition of millions of acres of the nations’ most precious neighborhoods. Really? Yes, “cars erode cities” and our desire to be in downtowns. (more…)
HLife Welcomes a New Contributor: Donna Schmidt
Posted: January 19, 2012 by HaverstrawLife.com in Blogroll, Opinions & PoliticsTags: Antoine McGuire's, contributor, culinary, Haverstraw, Hudson River, Hudson Valley, New York, ny, rivertown, Village, village of haverstraw, writing
Donna Schmidt’s first job in High School was writing for the Enterprise Newspaper in Westchester County, New York. She has always been fascinated by the written word and the smell of newsprint. Both her father and grandfather were printers. Schmidt grew up in an Italian-American family in Westchester where sauce was always called gravy.
Schmidt is currently the President/Owner of a small publishing company, Donnin Publishing; a freelance writer specializing in feature and human interest stories; a writer for AOL’s New City, Nyack-Piermont, Pearl River and Nanuet Patch.com, Rivertown Magazine, and The Valley Table. (more…)
Sound Off: How will high energy costs affect the Village in the future?
Posted: November 17, 2011 by HaverstrawLife.com in Downtown, SustainabilityTags: ecological sustainability, economic turmoil, Economy, Energy, energy production, energy scarcity, EROI, finance, financial markets, haverstraw ferry, Hudson River, Hudson Valley, New York, New York State, Oil Production Decline, oil scarcity, Peak Oil, sustainability, unemployment, village of haverstraw
Oil Depletion & Production Decline
More and more analysts are blaming financial market turmoil, real estate market stagnation and decline, and high rates of unemployment on expensive and volatile prices for oil. Since oil and other sources of energy are embedded in every aspect of our economy, this claim has a lot of teeth. In your opinion, how might the growing price of oil affect the Village of Haverstraw? Might we see an influx of new residents as suburb dwellers seek ways to avoid driving expensive cars? Might a rebirth in local manufacturing and commercial river traffic emerge? Perhaps the future of the Village will look much like its past?
