The small town south of Tarrytown is the town of Irvington. We decided to walk there today following the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail that we had taken north on Friday. Our goal was to check out their Main Street area, but we found another site to check out along the way and a different path that connects the two towns that we decided to bring back.
before it narrowed into a dirt path
We saw a number of large, attractive homes along the trail.
Irvington (sometimes referred to as Irvington-on-Hudson is a village in Westchester County just south of Tarrytown with a population of about 6,700. (Tarrytown has a population of almost 12,000.). The .5 mile Main Street area that we walked along once we got there is designated as a historic district.
Besides a cute Town Hall and businesses, we saw this year’s collection of a public art initiative called The Bulldog Gallery. The bulldog is the mascot for the Irvington School District.
The painted bulldogs line both sides of Main Street. The name of the artwork, artist, and sponsor are listed on each statue.
in the success of New York farms from 1600-1827.
is getting some love with this life size statue crafted in bronze.
When we were walking to Irvington on the Old Croton Aqueduct trail, we noticed other people walking on a wider trail just below us. We finally found signage that the other trail was part of the Westchester RiverWalk Trail that we had walked from Tarrytown north to Sleepy Hollow. We decided that we would walk back to Tarrytown on that trail, at least as far as it would take us as some of the connection between Tarrytown and Irvington is still undeveloped.
Both trails took us on the grounds of Lyndhurst Mansion, which is on our To Visit list. Their website gave us the impression that we had to pay just to get on the grounds, so we were surprised that we were able to see quite a bit of the pretty estate from the trails.
a one-time Mayor of New York City
between the mansion and the Hudson River
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