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equipped for cooking, guests can try their hand at preparing a fire roasted dinner. A modern stove is also there but the warmth of the wood is a truly special taste to experience, especially when meals can be enjoyed in a dining room that will make you feel like an Astor or a Rockefeller and you might just forget that it's 2026. Take note of the intricate 2les and millwork of the fireplace and be sure to have a look at the light fixtures. The small flush mounted ones were original to the house when Kahng purchased it, and the chandelier was a lucky an2que store find that serendipitously was a perfect match. When you are ready to enjoy the outdoors, Newburgh is a city suited for walking. As you exit the stain glass window front door, you will experience an eclec2c energy fueled by a di- verse popula2on, rich history, and a downtown that's about to sha3er a once nega2ve no2on of Newburgh. "It takes 2me for public percep2on to catch up with reality," exclaims Carson Carter, a local real estate broker, formerly from Brooklyn, now residing in Newburgh. Successful industrialists of the late 1800s built their Gilded Age mansions on the hill rising from the Hudson. A stroll down this stretch of the historic district reveals archi- tectural ar2stry woven into the fabric of this urban land- scape. Parallel and a bit west of the North-South Grand Right: Detail of etched ruby glass emblem at 63 Colden Street. HOOK 15 Downing Park (pictured below, left) Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, who gave the design to the city on the condition it would be named after their mentor, Andrew Jackson Downing, a Newburgh native. Downing, often touted as the founding father of the Ameri- can landscape, dedicated his life's work to educating others and crafting compelling argu- ments for the refinement of architecture, landscape design, and moral issues.

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