(December 7, 2011) A picturesque Catskills parcel important to New York City’s and Westchester County’s drinking water supply was acquired from a development company that had been planning intensive development on it. Read a Natural Resources Defense Council blog on […]
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Irene catastrophe in Catskills raises hard questions
The New York Times tells the story of a very difficult, sensitive debate brewing in small Catskills towns inundated over and over again, and hit especially hard by Irene. At least one elected official and a prominent environmental organization are […]
continue reading“Borscht Belt” becoming “Rust Belt”?
Citiography opines on the decline of communities in the Catskill mountain region, once a thriving country retreat for moneyed city dwellers. The grand hotels of the forties and fifties aren’t so grand anymore–in fact, many are literally falling apart. This […]
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