Lost Galveston gives inside look at island s architectural history, colorful past
Chris Gray, Correspondent
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COPY SHOT Ursuline Academy. During the 1900 storm the Ursuline Nuns are credited with saving over 1500 people. Show MoreShow Less
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The 1892 Bishop s Palace, Thursday, July 16, 2020, in Galveston.Mark Mulligan, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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A man crosses Strand Street in front of the Hendley Building on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, in Galveston.Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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An American flag waves in front of the Hendley Building on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, in Galveston.Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
Newburgh, N.Y.: Onetime Jewel of the Hudson River
As many New Yorkers discovered during the pandemic, this Orange County city doesn’t just have good bones, it is magnificent and still fairly affordable.
By Julie Lasky
Dec. 16, 2020
Eight years before she moved up to Newburgh, Cher Vickers started a blog called Newburgh Restoration. Writing from the Bronx and then Amityville, N.Y., she sang the praises of this city of 28,000 in Orange County that not so long ago was called the “murder capital of New York.” Many of the posts featured luscious Victorian houses some intact, others not so much each a representative of the state’s largest historic district outside of New York City.