Ha! That's an idea! Plus side: it's an hour closer to NYC. Minus side: it's wanting a roof and probably some floors. And walls. And a bridge. And the flood insurance would be murder.
Actually, if I had my pick of the 19th Century Trophy Mansions of Greater Rens-wijk (and they average one per hilltop all the way up the river), it would probably be this one.
If you're looking at the shot of the bridge from Olana, those lumpy things in the distance are the Catskills, where Washington Irving set that story. (And iirc there's a reference in the story to Kaaterskill Creek, which flows into the Hudson somewhere to the left of that shot.)
I guess naming it that served as sort of an early (1930's) Upstate Recreation & Tourism ad campaign. Though according to that logic they should have followed suit with the downriver Tappan Zee Bridge and named it after Ichabod Crane. Missed opportunity there.
This is where you are moving to? (sorry, dreadful grammar)
ReplyDeleteHa! That's an idea! Plus side: it's an hour closer to NYC. Minus side: it's wanting a roof and probably some floors. And walls. And a bridge. And the flood insurance would be murder.
DeleteActually, if I had my pick of the 19th Century Trophy Mansions of Greater Rens-wijk (and they average one per hilltop all the way up the river), it would probably be this one.
My, that's quite a pad and kudos to the folks who saved the contents. Is there a reason it's called Rip van Winkle Bridge?
ReplyDeleteIf you're looking at the shot of the bridge from Olana, those lumpy things in the distance are the Catskills, where Washington Irving set that story. (And iirc there's a reference in the story to Kaaterskill Creek, which flows into the Hudson somewhere to the left of that shot.)
DeleteI guess naming it that served as sort of an early (1930's) Upstate Recreation & Tourism ad campaign. Though according to that logic they should have followed suit with the downriver Tappan Zee Bridge and named it after Ichabod Crane. Missed opportunity there.