There was a time when Nanuet warranted a postcard or two, but those days are sadly behind us. Here you can see a collection of postcards, along with other images of interest.

Looking north on Main Street, just south of the old Erie-Lackawanna tracks that went to Piermont, with the Hutton General Store (later Hutton Johnson) on the left. These tracks were still in place when I was growing up. The building on the right is the Nanuet Hotel, which still stands today.

The Hutton General Store also served as the post office in the early days.

Downtown has changed so much since 1909 that I can't even tell which direction we are looking. Since this is "Upper Main Street", I assume we are north of 59, but I'm not sure.

This is only a bird's eye view if the bird in question is peacefully on the ground! This is a view of downtown from Jerry's Avenue or thereabouts, just south of Prospect. The road to the left is Prospect itself. The building in the center of the image, just to the right of the clump of trees, looks to be the old rail station; you can see a steam engine headed toward the Spring Valley depot. Hutton Johnson is at the far left. Off in the distance is Casper Hill and the way to Nyack.

Another view of the "skyline".

This is a lovely image of our old station. My, what fond memories I have hopping up onto that platform at the north side of the station (at the right of the image). When the antiques shop was open, the north side doors were open wide (as pictured here, too). One could find old Lifes and National Geographics, and all sorts of old stuff.

And this is a nice photograph of the old station.

This is a wonderful image of the west face of the station.

This is our warm, cozy, intimate station as it stands today. Mies van der Rohe eat your heart out!

A revered Nanuet family.

Here's a nice image from 1920.

Two views of the original Highview School. There were only eight classrooms at that time, along with the public library. I had first grade (Miss Siegel) and fourth grade (Mrs. McCoy and Miss Kassetta) in this oldest section. Three wings have been added since these postcards were issued, the last one in 2004. (Thanks to RH for the second image.)

This is another view of Highview, highlighting the first addition, at the south end of the school. Speaking of "highlights", the name of the (mimeographed) school paper was "Highview Highlights".

An oil painting of Demarest, looking toward Orchard Street.

Here's an early Nanuet school.

The Nauraushank Brook (hardly a river!) is one of four streams that flow through Nanuet, the other three being the Nauraushaun, the Pascack, and the mighty Muddy. The Nauraushank passes just behind Highview School and then under Church street at the bottom of the hill. The Nauraushank opened into the Mill Pond at Highview, and as recently as the late fifties, Nanuetters ice-skated there. The pond was mostly shored up when the homes on Norwood were built in the late sixties. The Nauraushank crosses Middletown Road just a few feet north of 59, where the Highway Department put up a big sign reading "Nauraushaun Brook". An email to them pointing out the error has gone unacknowledged.

Roll on, big river! Roll on!

At the bottom of the hill, just past the Highview School on Church Street, is Pond Bridge, crossing the mighty Nauraushank. The house to the left was standing until just recently. To the right was Mill Pond.

Here's a view of a little shop on Church.

This is an early incarnation of Grace Baptist Church at the Corner of Orchard and Demarest.

The Holiday Inn at the intersection of Route 59, Old Nyack Turnpike, and Grandview/Thruway entrance. It didn't look this sparkling in real life.

Here's the Ashley Motor Court, which used to be on 59 as it slopes up towards Spring Valley. It faced eastward, toward the northbound Thruway entrance.

When I was little we used to get our milk delivered in the morning. I remember the metal milkbox that sat just outside the front door.

This is the old Route 59 Theatre, with a temporary promotional facade constructed for "The Lion In Winter."

The first movie ever to play at the 59 was "West Side Story". Here's an ad.

Our family saw "2001" at the 59.

A two page spread on the Route 59 from the December 12, 1962 issue of Motion Picture Herald.

St. Anthony's shrine is at the end of College Avenue, at old "59A". Nanuet has attracted a large Catholic community--Italian, Irish, Polish, up from the city.

The good ol' wishy-washy Nanuet Mall, circa 1969.

An aerial view of the mall, revealing it's true ugliness.

The old fire brigade.

Our original Fire House, circa 1900, located on Old Middletown, across from Church Street. This area has been an eyesore for my entire life, just a pile of dirt, really.

The second fire house, from the 1940s. This building was also on Old Middletown, visible from Middletown Road. It was torn down in the 70s, to make way for more piles of dirt.

Our fire department, on Prospect between Middletown and the tracks, as it looks today.

Here're some of our proud engines.

This is supposedly "The Four Corners" which refers to the intersection of Middletown and 59. I don't think anyone but Nanuet old-timers knows this expression. To be honest, this shot looks more like the intersection of Middletown and Church/Old Middletown, looking north. You can see what looks to be the fire bell in the middle of the image, prominently featured in the image of our first firehouse, above.

Martins Lake is just north of Townline Road, and Just east of the old Erie-Lackawanna tracks. It was largely shored up when Argow was constructed.

This is a sky-view of Lederle Labs. Most of the greenery seen beyond the campus is in Nanuet, though the campus itself is in Pearl River.

A very nice view of Lederle.

Here's the cafeteria at Lederle. I've never had the pleasure, alas.

This is "Council Rock" which I've never heard of. Perhaps this is another name for "Maria's Rock" which sits on the front grounds of Lederle/Wyeth. Maria's Rock gets its name from a legend about a young girl from Tappan losing her way while trying to bring in the herd. She supposedly spent the night atop the rock, and went home in the morning. Another version of the story has the girl murdered by an Indian. Yeah, right, and the Jews poisoned the wells...

A nice afternoon on a Nanuet pond.

St. Agatha Home was a retreat for city kids who were having a hard time at home. "The Home" as we called it, is located around the corner from my house, on Convent Road.

Here's a fine view of the main building at St. Agatha, razed in 2007.

Here'a another view of the main building at St. Agatha. The chapel was located upstairs in the back.

This is the boys' dorm at St. Agatha.

And here's the girls' school.

Grotto and shrine on the grounds of St. Agatha's.

Requa Lake was a swim club on Saddle River Road in Monsey. To get there, we drove along the old western portion of Old Nyack Turnpike, up the steep hill off Pascack, behind Singers. When they closed that road (for reasons that remain obscure even today), we had to drive over to Pipetown, or take Scotland Hill. Requa was great fun. There was a huge sliding pond (pictured at the far right) that I was always too little to ride. My brothers used to swim out to the rafts (with my mom's permission), but I was too young. At the kiddie end of the lake was a big pipe which dumped a heavy flow of ice cold water into the lake. I used to take my blue Charm Pop and let the water run over it, for some strange reason. I remember playing pinball at the snack bar (also pictured) and listening to the jukebox play "Get Ready" by Rare Earth.

Another view of Requa.

And here's the Requa snack bar, July 17, 1990; an "arcade fire".

The Requa sign, recently auctioned at Ebay. The beautiful little valley that was Requa is now--you guessed it--a housing development.

a wintry scene

Oops! Well, we wish this were Nanuet, but this 1929 postcard looks to be a scene at the Hudson River, a few miles east of town.

Happy days in...Nanuet? I'm not sure 'bout that...

A beautiful sunset or sunrise in....Nanuet? This looks more like Congers, or even Harriman.

A conspiracy is clearly afoot. This is so not Nanuet!

Okay, this is getting a little ridiculous. This isn't Nanuet either.

I have no idea what or where "The Pines" was.

This is the Nanuet Milk Farm, located at the intersection of Hutton and 59. This is where Eagle Day Camp stood in later days.

Another view of the Milk Farm.

A third scene at the Milk Farm.

The Milk Farm burned down under suspicious circumstances, it turns out.

The Hanover Hotel (Gustave Arwe, Prop.) was located on the northwest corner of the Four Corners, on the banks of the Nauraushank.

The Hob-Nob Restaurant was on 59....it later became "Swiss Trudy's".

Hidden Brook Haven was apparently on 59 as well.

Vancourt later housed the Partridge law offices in the 1950s.

I don't know "Elm Brook Farm". Can't say's I know the dog either.

I don't know the actual location of this 1911 image; I've never heard of Morgan's Park.

Morgan's Park certainly did look lovely.

Yet another view of beautiful Morgan's Park

And a drumroll please....Here is Main Street , Fall 2007, our first postcard since the mall came in. Clarkstown finally put a few bucks into Nanuet, giving us nice streetlamps, new sidewalks, and some Garden State Brick Face-esque crosswalks.

A bank note issued at Nanuet.

We were immortalized in The New Yorker with this Roz Chast cartoon.