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The New York–Dublin Portal (also simply known as The Portal) is an interactive installation created by Lithuanian artist Benediktas Gylys to allow people in New York City and Dublin to interact with each other using two 24-hour live streaming video screens (without audio).
Silver Lake Institute Historic District is a national historic district located at Silver Lake in Wyoming County, New York.The district consists of 13 acres (5.3 ha) and is historically significant because of its association with the Silver Lake Institute, a Methodist-affiliated camp facility established in 1873.
Lake Oscawana is located at the heart of Putnam Valley, New York, United States. The 386-acre (1.6 km 2) lake has a depth that ranges from 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1 m) at its deepest. The lake is fed by a stream from its north end and it drains out into Oscawana Creek at the middle of its southeastern shore. It is located between two hill ranges.
Great Camp Sagamore was constructed by William West Durant on Sagamore Lake between 1895 and 1897. [3] Prior to Sagamore, William Durant had constructed Camp Pine Knot (purchased by Collis P. Huntington and now the Huntington Memorial Outdoor Education Center [4]) on nearby Raquette Lake and Camp Uncas (once owned by J. P. Morgan) on Lake Mohegan.
After Vanderbilt's death in 1920, the mansion went through several phases and visitors, including a brief stay during Prohibition by gangster Dutch Schultz. [6] Around that time, cow stalls, pig pens and corn cribs on the farm portion of Idle Hour were converted into a short-lived bohemian artists' colony, known as the Royal Fraternity of Master Metaphysicians, that included figures such as ...
Most of the facility, including Camp Hero, was donated to the National Park Service, which then turned it over to the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. [3] Portions not deemed environmentally sensitive were sold off. Camp Hero remained largely undeveloped through the 1980s and 1990s.
The Navy obtained 2,600 acres of former farmland and also vineyards for the facility on the east side of Seneca Lake, New York. Construction of the facility took 270 days to complete. Along with the training station, a 1,500-bed hospital was constructed. The mission of USNTS Sampson was Naval basic training for large numbers of new recruits.
Founded in 1885 by Sumner F. Dudley, Camp Dudley is the oldest continually running boys camp in the United States. It is located in Westport, New York , on the shores of Lake Champlain . [ 1 ] In 1993, it was included within the Camp Dudley Road Historic District when listed on the National Register of Historic Places .