by Bill Batson On June 16, 2012, over 100 artists flocked to Nyack to join the Flash Sketch Mob. Situated every 12 paces along both sides of Broadway from Cedar Hill to 2nd Avenue, two hundred […]
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Nyack Sketch Log: Helen Hayes MacArthur
by Bill Batson Legend has it that when Helen Hayes MacArthur first saw this fine example of Italianate architecture on North Broadway, her husband, playwright Charles MacArthur told her the house would cost them a […]
Nyack Sketch Log: New Market to Premier at Tappan Zee Playhouse Site
by Bill Batson The parcel at the corner of Church Street and South Broadway has a development cycle similar to the cicada. The 17-year siesta of those insects who returned to Nyack last spring is […]
Nyack Sketch Log: Our Village Was A Stop on The Trip to Bountiful
by Bill Batson Nyack was a stop on The Trip to Bountiful. The play of that name was just nominated for a Tony Award for best revival, and its author, Horton Foote, lived in this house in […]