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Thompson Pond

Thompson Pond in Pine Plains, New York is a 75-acre (30 ha) 15,000-year-old glacial kettle pond at the foot of 1,403-foot (428 m) Stissing Mountain. It is the source of Wappinger Creek, a tributary of the Hudson River that drains much of Dutchess County. The pond and mountain are part of a 507-acre (205 ha) nature preserve managed by The Nature Conservancy. The pond was designated a National Natural Landmark in May 1973 for its calcareous bog, unlike the more common acidic bogs in the Northeast. History Thompson Pond and two other nearby bodies of water, Stissing Lake, and Twin Island Lake, were all originally connected, but separated over time. The pond is supposedly named for Amos Thompson who settled in the area around 1746. Thompson pond and Stissing Mountain were the inspiration for the New York State Environment displays in the Warburg Memorial Hall at the American Museum of Natural History built in 1951. In 1958 the Executive Secretary of the Conservancy, Elting Arnold, convinced Briarcliff Farms to sell the land to the Conservancy for $20,000 which was raised from public donations. Visiting The preserve is open dawn to dusk, every day of the year for passive recreational and educational use. There are hiking trails around the pond and one that goes to the top of Stissing Mountain. There is a firetower at the summit that is open to the public. Plants and wildlife There are more than 387 species of plants in the preserve including pipewort, round-leaved sundew, St. Johnswort and cattails. The surrounding woods include oak, sugar maple, ash, hemlock and hickory trees. The preserve is part of the migratory flyway, over 162 bird species have been spotted here. There are also 27 types of mammals identified in the preserve. See also List of National Natural Landmarks in New York References External links Nature Conservancy Official Site
Rochester Contemporary Art Center

The Rochester Contemporary Art Center is a non-profit art center located in Rochester, New York's East End District. The art center is a venue for the exchange of ideas and a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) that was founded in 1977. As a center for contemporary art, it provides encounters for audiences and opportunities for artists. The center exhibits and supports contemporary art of all forms and is well known for its annual 6x6 exhibition. The art center is also known for its popular Makers & Mentors Exhibitions, which combines notable educators with their current and former students. The State of the City exhibitions focus on new urbanism and feature artists from across the region. The organization hosts numerous other curated group exhibitions, collaborations with arts organizations of all kinds, and community-based projects. History Founded as Pyramid Arts Center in 1977 by Tony Petracca and Gina Mosesson, the center was located in several different storefronts and warehouse spaces around Rochester. In 2001, the organization rebranded and moved to its current location in Rochester's East End District. In 2007, it initiated First Friday, a monthly citywide gallery night involving up to thirty other art venues throughout the city of Rochester. In December 2012, the center announced the purchase of its 137 East Ave. facility and the launch of their first-ever capital campaign, The Future Fund. The Rochester Contemporary Art Center currently has over 850 members, about 60% of which are artists. Member artists participate in an annual Members' Exhibition. The center exhibits several exhibitions in its main gallery per year in addition to hosting 18-20 smaller exhibitions, performances and events. 6x6 In 2008, the Rochester Contemporary Art Center launched what has become a growing international small art phenomenon known as 6x6. Each year, 6x6 returns with thousands of original artworks, made and donated by celebrities, international and local artists, designers, college students, youths, and others. Each artwork is 6x6 square inches, signed only on the back, and exhibited anonymously. All entries are accepted, exhibited and are available for sale to the public for $20 each (in the gallery and online for global purchasing) to benefit the center. Artist names are revealed to the buyer upon purchase. There is no fee to enter in the International Small Art Phenomenon. Previous submissions include artworks from George Condo, Andrea Barrett, Wendell Castle, Garth Fagan, Philip Glass, Albert Paley, Joel Seligman, Louise Slaughter, Lovely A. Warren, and Danny Wegman. See also Rochester's Culture and Recreation List of museums in New York Memorial Art Gallery References External links Official website First Friday Rochester 6x6 Exhibition
Rochester Savings Bank

Rochester Savings Bank is a historic bank building located at Rochester in Monroe County, New York. It is a four-story, V-shaped structure, sheathed in Kato stone from Minnesota. It was designed by McKim, Mead and White and built in 1927 to house the Rochester Savings Bank. The building's banking room interior features murals painted by noted artist Ezra Winter. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. In 2011, the building was acquired by a group called Rochester Historic Ventures, which then set out to seek occupants that would allow the building to return to public use. In October 2012, Rochester Institute of Technology announced the creation of a Center for Urban Entrepreneurship, to be housed in the Rochester Savings Bank building. The university planned to spend $3–5 million on renovations, eventually resulting in a multidisciplinary center and multiuse venue for RIT students. In 2016, after the lengthy renovation of the building, the Center for Urban Entrepreneurship opened. Institutional history The bank was established in 1831 as the first savings (as opposed to commercial) bank west of Albany, New York. The bank moved to its own building on State Street in 1842, to a second on Main and Fitzhugh Streets in 1857, and to its final building in 1927. Notable former board members include Colby Chandler, Marion B. Folsom, and Joseph C. Wilson. Notable former employees include Abraham M. Schermerhorn and George Eastman. Gallery References External links Monroe County (NY) Library System - Rochester Images - Rochester Savings Bank Center for Urban Entrepreneurship homepage
Rochester School for the Deaf

Rochester School for the Deaf (RSD) is a private, tuition-free school for deaf and hard of hearing students to attend in Rochester, New York. It is one of the oldest and most respected preK-12th grade schools for children with hearing loss and their families in the United States, and one of nine such schools in the state of New York. Serving the Central and Western portions of New York State, it has been educating students since 1876. Rochester School for the Deaf is an inclusive, bilingual school (Communication Philosophy) where deaf and hard of hearing children and their families thrive in an extraordinarily rich educational environment. The school's approach includes: New York State Regents-level educational programs; Direct communication through American Sign Language and English; Highly skilled teaching and support staff professionals; Inclusive, barrier-free approach to teaching and learning activities; and Support to students and their families through a wide array of accessible services. The intake evaluation process for deaf and hard of hearing children to attend RSD follows New York State Education Department procedures. Families in New York State with deaf and hard of hearing children – newborn to age 18 – can apply to RSD directly at any time. Parents of deaf and hard of hearing infants, toddlers and twos (children up to age 3) may request a referral to RSD from their county's Early Intervention program. Families with children age 3 to 5 can request a referral to RSD from their home school district's Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE). Families with children age 5 to 18 can request a referral to RSD from their school district's Committee on Special Education (CSE). RSD support service staff conducts comprehensive intake evaluations. This service is free-of-charge and includes: Educational and Classroom Observation Psychological Assessment Speech/Language Assessment Audiological Assessment Social History Review Medical History Review Vocational Assessment Rochester School for the Deaf is one of eleven Section 4201 schools created by legislation to educate New York State's deaf, blind and severely physically disabled students. Each school has its own board of directors and receives financial support for operations and programming directly from the New York State Department of Education. These eleven schools form the 4201 Schools Association of New York State. The mission of the Association is to enhance the future of New York's children and advocate for the continuation of specialized services. History The Rochester School for the Deaf was founded in 1876 by Mr. and Mrs. Gilman H. Perkins. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was a member of the Board of Directors, among other members. External links [2] RSD Elementary, Middle and High School Programs PDF file RSD Services for Children PDF file Deaf Community in Rochester, New York: Rochester Institute of Technology and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf Rochester Recreation Club for the Deaf Deaf Rochester Calendar of Events Online Community Resource Directory References
Rock Hall (Lawrence, New York)

Rock Hall is a historic house museum and park owned and operated by the Town of Hempstead, located within Lawrence, a village in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. History The house was built about 1767 by Josiah Martin (1699–1778), a British sugar planter from the West Indian island of Antigua, and stands on a manorial, park-like setting overlooking Jamaica Bay. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, Georgian-style frame dwelling, with a T-shaped frame wing. It is five bays wide, with a central portico shielding the main entry. During the early 1950s, the Town of Hempstead restored the house to its original appearance. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. References External links Geographic data related to Rock Hall (Lawrence, New York) at OpenStreetMap Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NY-534, "Rock Hall, Broadway, Lawrence, Nassau County, NY", 13 photos, 20 measured drawings, 7 data pages Media related to Rock Hall (Lawrence, New York) at Wikimedia Commons Official website
Rockefeller State Park Preserve

Rockefeller State Park Preserve ist ein State Park in Sleepy Hollow Westchester County, New York. Der Park liegt in den östlichen Vorbergen des Hudson River in Westchester County. Er umfasst 6,28 km² (1552 Acre) und hat eine bedeutende Geschichte. Er wurde dem State of New York 1983 von der Rockefeller-Familie geschenkt. Geographie Das Rockefeller State Park Preserve wurde von der National Audubon Society als Important Bird Area mit mehr als 180 Vogelarten ausgewiesen. Es gibt Kutscherpfade (carriage trails) und beliebte Aussichtspunkte. Im Park verlaufen 51 km an Kutschpfaden, auf denen die Besucher die verschiedenen Habitate besuchen können. Die Landschaft besteht aus einer Vielfalt an Weiden, Hainen und Wäldern, mäandrierenden Bächen, Feuchtgebieten und dem 9,7 ha (24 Acre) großen Swan Lake. Das Preserve schließt sich unmittelbar an den Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park und den Sleepy Hollow Cemetery an (Cedar Hill, Battle Hill). Darüber hinaus grenzt er an ausgedehnte Ländereien, die der Rockefeller-Familie gehören und ebenfalls öffentlich zugänglich sind. Die Wege in den privaten Ländereien werden noch immer von den Rockefellers genutzt. Sie stehen mit den Wegen im Park in Verbindung. Viele davon wurden von John D. Rockefeller (Sr.) und seinen Nachkommen angelegt. Zugang zum Park gibt es in der Sleepy Hollow Road und an der Bedford Road/Route 448 in Sleepy Hollow. Ein Teilgebiet des Parks liegt westlich des Preserve am Hudson River. Dieser Teil ist bekannt als die Rockwood Hall Section. Freizeitaktivitäten Im Park kann man Wandern, Joggen, Reiten, Vögel beobachten und Angeln. Das Visitor Center verfügt über eine kleine Kunstgalerie in der Werke lokaler Künstler ausgestellt werden. Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture, ein „Non-profit-Landwirtschafts- und Bildungs-Zentrum für die Verbreitung von nachhaltiger Nahrungsmittelproduktion.“ kann zu Fuß vom Park aus erreicht werden. Der Park ist ganzjährig geöffnet von Sonnenaufgang bis Sonnenuntergang. Es wird eine Parkgebühr erhoben. In der Populärkultur Der Parkeingang an der New York State Route 117 und die Straße selbst waren Drehort für die Komödie Super Troopers von 2002. Siehe auch State Parks in New York Weblinks New York State Parks: Robert Moses State Park – Long Island New York State Parks: Rockefeller State Park Preserve Friends of the Rockefeller State Park Preserve, Inc. Einzelnachweise
Rockland Country Club

Rockland Country Club is located in Sparkill, New York, and features an 18-hole golf course. History The club was incorporated in 1906 and commissioned Henry Stark to design a 9-hole course that was ready the following year. Robert White laid out an entirely new golf course that opened in 1930, expanding the layout to 18 holes. Alfred Tull designed the present 12th and 13th holes in 1963, after the club decided to abandon the former 8th and 9th holes on the east side of Route 9W, which ran down to the Hudson River but required crossing a busy highway. Robert Trent Jones redesigned the course in 1965. John Harvey was later brought in during the late 1990s to update the traditional layout. The course was remodeled featuring all-new cloverleaf-type bunkering, removal of several blind shots, and several new tee boxes. Rockland Country Club's greens are known to be some of the firmest and fastest in the Metropolitan area. Several holes play up and down the ridges that dominate the property. The 4th and 12th holes, both par 4's, are prime examples of this feature. Both play considerably longer than the yardage due to the change in elevation. The club has been the host of the MET PGA Club Professional Championship, since 2008. References
Silver Lake (Woodridge, New York)

Silver Lake, one of three by that name in Sullivan County, New York, United States, is located just southeast of the village of Woodridge. It was created in the 1840s when Sandburg Creek was dammed to provide reliable water for the "summit", or highest-elevation, section of the Delaware and Hudson Canal, between Wurtsboro and Napanoch. After the canal closed, the 85-acre (34 ha) lake that had been created, initially called Woods Lake, became an attraction for guests at the Jewish summer resort communities in that area of the Catskill Mountains. The lake is irregularly shaped, along a northwest-southeasterly axis roughly two-thirds of a mile long, 85 acres (34 ha) in surface area when full. One bay on the south side is crossed by the former right-of-way of the Orange & Western Railroad; a stone culvert underneath connects it with the main lake. The northwest end lies in the village of Woodridge, which has built a small park along the lake around a beach that established itself in the early resort days. Another beach developed at the opposite end, just north of the dam. There are some houses and businesses with lake frontage, but other than that its shores remain undeveloped. In 1999, water undermined some sections of the original dam and caused a breach, draining the lake to merely one-quarter its size. The village sought and received state and federal grants to repair the dam and restore the lake, whose near-absence had hurt local business. However, the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), the Conservation Commission's successor as regulator of dams, held up repairs while it considered whether to reclassify the dam as higher risk in case of failure, which could have raised the cost and forced a redesign. After eventually getting approval from DEC and putting the project out for bid, a redesign of the dam that preserved its historic character, the village suffered another setback when the lowest bid came back at $1.5 million, almost twice what the project had been budgeted for. The village is in the process of building a wastewater treatment plant that will discharge into the lake along the south side just past its park. In 2006, the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) had obtained a consent decree requiring that the village address the sewage spills that frequently occurred in heavy rains. It had been using a Town of Fallsburg plant some distance from the village, but that hadn't been enough. References
Rogers Peet Building

The Rogers Peet Building is an eight-story building in the Civic Center and Tribeca neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City. Built between 1898 and 1899, it replaced a five-story structure that was home to the Rogers Peet clothing store between 1863 and 1898, when the original structure burned down. Original building The original building, located at Broadway and Warren Street, belonged to the Emanuel Hoffman estate. For 25 years the ground floor of the Rogers Peet Building was occupied by tailors Devlin & Company, who paid an annual rental of $45,000. The Rogers Peet Building had a double basement. The lower cellar housed the Beach Pneumatic Transit railroad, a pneumatic tube that ran across Broadway to Mall Street between 1870 and 1873. The tunnel was used as a shooting gallery after the abandonment of the railroad. Fire At the center of the business section of late 19th century New York City, the conflagration spread to the sixteen-story Home Life Building. At 2 a.m. on December 4, 1898, bystanders on Broadway watched as another floor of the burnt out Rogers Peet Building collapsed and fell. The outer edge of the structure, which fronted on Warren Street, bulged a foot or a foot and a half outward at its top. Flames first emanated from the basement of the Rogers Peet Building, yet it was uncertain how the fire began. A single pane from the top floor of the edifice fell onto a statue of patriot spy Nathan Hale, and broke into a thousand fragments. At the time of its destruction the Rogers Peet Building was occupied by Rogers, Peet & Company, clothiers; Brown & Sheehan, lawyers; John Brien, contractor; L.T. Smith, architect; and the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. Today, the site is occupied by part of the Home Life Insurance Company Building. Current building The current eight-story building at 258 Broadway was designed by John B. Snook & Sons and completed in 1899. It is a New York City designated landmark. References
Roland Reisley House

The Roland Reisley House is a residence in Pleasantville, New York, United States. The third of the "Usonia Homes" in the Usonia Historic District designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the building sits on a hillside and has a masonry "core" and wood siding. Roland Reisley was 26 when he built his home. Reisley, a physicist who at the time lived on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with his wife Ronny, bought the site after hearing about Usonia in 1950. The original house was completed in 1951 and expanded in 1956. It is placed on a hill because Wright wanted the building to be "of the hill", as if it had grown organically. The original structure had one bedroom, a study and a kitchen and a total of 1,800 square feet (170 m2), while the addition covers 1,400 square feet (130 m2). The entrance is dominated by a dramatic wood cantilevered carport, which leads to an impressive yet unpresumptuous low-slung house with cypress paneling and indigenous stone. Usonia Homes was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. As of 2025, Reisley is the last living original owner of a home designed by Wright, as the house had never been sold. See also List of Frank Lloyd Wright works References Storrer, William Allin (1993). The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-77624-8. (S.318) External links Charkes, Juli S. (April 16, 2009). "Plan to Protect Water Called a Threat to Trees". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
Tarrytown Reservoir

The Tarrytown Reservoir is an 81-acre (0.33 km2) decommissioned storage reservoir in Tarrytown, New York. It is now part of the Tarrytown Lakes Park. The reservoir was completed in 1897 by the village of Tarrytown as the village's main storage reservoir. Railroad magnate Jay Gould, owner of Lyndhurst estate in Tarrytown, contributed $100,000 (approximately $3,900,000 in today's value as of 2025) for the project. The reservoir was formed by the Tarrytown Waterworks Dam, which impounded Storm Brook, a tributary of the Saw Mill River. The reservoir itself, consisting of the Upper Lake and the Lower Lake, had a maximum capacity of 200 million gallons of water, or 1,100 acre-feet (1,400,000 m3). The Tarrytown Waterworks Dam is earthen, 18 feet (5.5 m) high, 315 feet (96 m) long, and sits at the head of a drainage area of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km2). When the reservoir was operational, two well houses stood on small islands near the edge of the larger Lower Lake; one of them is still there today. The Eastview Pumping Station still stands on the easternmost point of the reservoir; it houses filters and pumps that were used until 1993. The reservoir was decommissioned in 1993 because it could no longer supply enough drinking water for the village's growing population, and Tarrytown began sourcing its water from the larger New York City water supply system. The two lakes, together with the 60 acres surrounding them, comprise the Tarrytown Lakes Park, a scenic recreation area for walking and biking. Kayaking (with kayak rentals in season) and fishing are by village permit. The walking trails connect to both the North County Trailway and the South County Trailway, parts of the Empire State Trail. Gallery See also List of reservoirs and dams in New York References
Rombout House

Rombout House is a historic home located at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. It was built about 1854 on land that had been part of the original British royal Rombout Patent of 1685 and is a 2+1⁄2-story, three-bay-wide, Hudson River Bracketed architectural style dwelling. It sits on a raised basement and features a central pavilion. It has been owned by Vassar College since 1915. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. References
Ronald McDonald House New York

Ronald McDonald House New York (RMH-NY) is a children's 501(c)(3) charity located at 405 East 73rd Street (between First Avenue and York Avenue), on the Upper East Side in Manhattan in New York City. It provides temporary accommodation for the families of children ages 0–26 undergoing treatment for pediatric cancer, and is the only facility in New York City to provide post-transplant suites outside of a hospital. History The House was officially incorporated in 1979 as 26-room facility. It has now grown to be a 95-room, 11-story, 79,000-square-foot (7,300 m2) red brick building that was built in 1989 by the Spector Group. A "Fred Lebow Room" has been dedicated at the House. Operations The House has provided support to over 35,000 families from over 70 countries in its 95 suites. RMH-NY provides not only a place for families to stay but many amenities, programs and support services, such as meals, transportation, tutoring and wellness programs. Additionally, an extensive lineup of activities and events for guests of all ages and backgrounds are offered every day. After long days of treatment, these programs help give children and their families a break and much-needed relief. As of 2026, the President & Chief Executive Officer is Lucretia Gilbert. The House accepts and relies upon thousands of volunteers, as well as canine volunteers, in addition to its full-time staff. See also Ronald McDonald House Charities (United States) Ronald McDonald House Charities Canada References External links Ronald McDonald House New York Official Website Ronald McDonald House (New York, N.Y.), The Ronald McDonald House of NYC cookbook, Gryphon III Design Co. (1994)