MOLINA, RAFAEL on thu 13 feb 03
Where/what is Croton-on-Hudson, New York? I noticed that a number of =
artists whose works appear in the "500 Teapots" book list C-on-H as =
their place of residence.
BTW, I just placed my order for "500 Bowls" from Amazon. It's supposed =
to ship next week. I have two pieces in this title after having one in =
"...Teapots."
=A1Gracias!
Rafael
Rafael Molina, MFA
Assistant Professor of Art
Department of Music, Art, and Dance
Tarrant County College Southeast Campus
2100 Southeast Parkway
Arlington, TX 76018-3144
(817) 515-3711
(817) 515-3189 fax
Jennifer F Boyer on fri 14 feb 03
My home town. It's a small town about an hour north of New York
City on the Hudson River. It has a strong population of the
descendants of Italian stone masons who came over to work on the
Croton Dam in the mid 1800's. The Dam, a part of the water
system of New York City, is the second largest hand hewn stone
structure in the world, after the Egyptian pyramids!
It also has a history thriving population of artists and social
activists, the latter being dominated by Jewish leftists who
were active in the beginnings of the labor
movement...interesting place.
Jennifer
MOLINA, RAFAEL wrote:
> Where/what is Croton-on-Hudson, New York? I noticed that a number of =
> artists whose works appear in the "500 Teapots" book list C-on-H as =
> their place of residence.
>
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Lily Krakowski on fri 14 feb 03
Croton on Hudson is one of those bedroom suburbs of NYC that used to be a
little independent town. It is on the train line, and south of Peekskill.
It is close to Ossining of Sing Sing prison fame.
MOLINA, RAFAEL writes:
> Where/what is Croton-on-Hudson, New York? I noticed that a number of artists whose works appear in the "500 Teapots" book list C-on-H as their place of residence.
>
> BTW, I just placed my order for "500 Bowls" from Amazon. It's supposed to ship next week. I have two pieces in this title after having one in "...Teapots."
>
> ¡Gracias!
>
> Rafael
>
>
> Rafael Molina, MFA
> Assistant Professor of Art
> Department of Music, Art, and Dance
> Tarrant County College Southeast Campus
> 2100 Southeast Parkway
> Arlington, TX 76018-3144
> (817) 515-3711
> (817) 515-3189 fax
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Kenneth J. Nowicki on fri 14 feb 03
Hi Rafael,
I've only lived here in New York on the East Coast for a little over a year=20
and I'm learning new things about the area all the time. About 3 weeks ago I=
=20
packed up the kids and the wife for a quick one day driving "adventure".=20
Having not really explored any areas north of us up the Hudson Valley...=20
that's where we headed one cold day with a full tank of gas in my SUV.
We ended heading up towards the Catskills and on our return home... driving=20
along the east side of the Hudson River heading south (what I believe was th=
e=20
old Mohican Trail) we ran across Croton-on-Hudson. This area of small towns=20
next to the Hudson River in Westchester County has a few towns with the=20
"on-Hudson" name (Ardsley-on-Hudson, & Hastings-on-Hudson for example).
Croton-on-Hudson lies approximately 30-35 miles north of Manhattan=20
(guestimating here...) and waters from the dam of the New Croton Reservoir=20
appear to flow through the town. There is also a small town nearby called=20
Crotonville.=20
It was dark when we drove through the town, so I don't have much to offer in=
=20
the way of other information. I had no idea there was an enclave of potters=20
there... this is the first I've heard about it.
I'm currently reading a book about "Native New Yorkers" ...The Algonquins.=20
It's a very interesting read... especially since I'm supposed to have a=20
smidgen of Algonquin blood in my heritage. There are so many places and town=
s=20
in the area with strange sounding names... and now I'm understanding why...=20
most of them are Native American names... including the Munsee name of=20
Manhattan.
Best regards,
Ken
Kenneth J. Nowicki
Port Washington, NY
RakuArtist@aol.com
Here on the North Shore of Long Island where it's been bitterly cold=20
lately... looking forward to warming up in my "home town" of San Diego at=20
NCECA next month... sipping margaritas, eating Mexican food, hearing the=20
sounds of the mariachis in Old Town... Can't wait to see most of you in=20
"Alice's Room" once again... gonna be a blast! :-) =20
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> Where/what is Croton-on-Hudson, New York? I noticed that a number of=20
> artists whose works appear in the "500 Teapots" book list C-on-H as their=20
> place of residence.
> =20
> BTW, I just placed my order for "500 Bowls" from Amazon. It's supposed t=
o=20
> ship next week. I have two pieces in this title after having one in "...
> Teapots."
> =20
> =A1Gracias!
> =20
> Rafael
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