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Native son Mark Donovan's in-depth look at the people and places of historic Irvington, Tarrytown, Sleepy Hollow, Greenburgh, Mount Pleasant and surrounding Hudson Valley, New York areas. Cover photo looks southwest from North Broadway near West Sunnyside Lane in Irvington across the Hudson River. Piermont, once the terminus of the Irvington cross-river ferry, juts into the river (center) towards Irvington on the eastern shore. Click on triple horizontal lines (top left) for more options.
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Clare Court: Home to a presidential assassin's uncle and a jazz icon
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Stern Castle: Merchants' estate dominated Irvington's skyline
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Irving Cliff: Among last Hudson GIlded Age estates to fall to wrecker's ball
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Beechlawn: Harper's Weekly publisher, U.S. senator among its notable owners
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Fernheath: Old home long gone, but residents' influence lives on
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Murray Hill: Eccentric Wendel family's wealth linked to the much more illustrious Astors
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Strawberry Hill: 38 rooms, a haunting and a history
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