The Hudson-Athens Lighthouse Preservation Society stewards the lighthouse structure, and they are fundraising to make sure it remains stable for years to come.
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A news clip from the 80s features the remaining Hudson River lighthouses and the issues they faced. Sadly, not much has changed in the ensuing decades.
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The first installment in our new Future of Preservation webinar series will be focused on the Seven to Save-listed historically African American vacation community SANS.
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Sag Harbor resident Lora René Tucker shares a poem about summers spent at the beach.
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The Hudson-Athens Lighthouse Preservation Society is hosting a public photo contest and they want to see your best shots of the lighthouse!
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This month’s Seven to Save spotlight takes us to a historically African American vacation community on Long Island — Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest & Ninevah Subdivisions.
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We’re starting a book club and we’d love it if you joined us.
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Our friends from the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse Preservation Society took us out on a boat and into the lighthouse for a Facebook Live tour. If you missed it live, you can still get a look inside — and maybe join them for a tour yourself one day!
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Stepping Stones Lighthouse in the Long Island Sound is nearly identical to the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse.
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After the circa 1946 underwater electric cable that powered the lighthouse failed in the fall of 2019, the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse Preservation Society pivoted to solar power. A small solar installation now powers the lighthouse year-round, including making their holiday light display possible.
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Alison Tretter from the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse Preservation Society shares a bit of history about the passenger steamboats that once brought millions of people up and down the Hudson River.
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We were excited to stumble on this fun illustration of our Seven to Save-listed Hudson-Athens Lighthouse and it inspired us to think about some of our own favorite curious constructions.
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Alison Tretter from Hudson-Athens Lighthouse Preservation Society took some inspiration from lighthouse living for ways all of us can better enjoy our social isolation.
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Please enjoy this Hudson-Athens Lighthouse throwback.
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This month, let’s all take a closer look at the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse, one of our current Seven to Save sites.
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Guest blogger Chad Rogers biked the length of the Erie Canalway trail in the summer of 2019. Here he shares his experience, including gaining a deeper appreciation for his new home in upstate New York.
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Guest blogger Paul Comstock shares his experience paddling the length of the Erie Canal and becoming an “End-to-Ender”.
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One way to really experience all that the canal means for New York is to get out and explore it — on foot, by bike, by boat, or kayak. The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor sponsors the Canalway Challenge to encourage people to do just that.
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This month, we’ve been taking some time to shine an extra light on our 2020-21 Seven to Save site the NYS Barge Canal System. As part of that effort, we asked our colleague Craig Williams to write a guest blog post for us to give us an update on one of our 2018-19 Seven to Save sites — the Schoharie Creek Aqueduct.
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Erin Tobin took a bike ride out to Rotterdam Junction and admired several iterations of the historic Erie Canal along the way.
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