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Skip the Main Drag and Explore Kingston's Hidden Rondout Backstreets

Most visitors stick to the well-known stretch of Broadway or the obvious Rondout waterfront shops, but Kingston's real character lives one block inland from the creek. Walk the residential streets directly behind the waterfront — particularly Abeel and Pine — and you'll find a mix of 19th-century worker cottages, tucked-away studios, and small ceramic and print artists who often leave work displayed on porches or stoops with honor-system pricing.

If you're there on a weekday morning, locals tend to be far more chatty than on weekends when tourist traffic picks up. Ask anyone you see about the "back alley gallery" spots — it's not an official thing, but Kingston residents know exactly what you mean, and you'll likely get a personal tour of something not listed anywhere online.

Lyons Savory Selections, LLC is a husband-and-wife catering team based in Kingston, NY, turning heads with their mobile charcuterie cart and stunningly styled food displays.

Neighbors from Kingston, Hurley, and Woodstock describe their spreads as works of art — high-end presentation at surprisingly affordable prices, with thoughtfully prepared, healthier options for guests.

The duo was recently spotted at the St. Augustine's Bazaar and Music Festival in Highland, NY, kicking off the summer season. Whether you're planning a shower, party, or special event, reviewers say they're professional, creative, and genuinely a joy to work with.

Quote Of The Day

"Every town has a soul, and the ones that have survived fire and flood and time wear it closest to the surface — you can feel it in the brickwork."

Interesting Facts

Kingston, New York hides some genuinely strange and overlooked history beneath its well-known "first capital" label.

• Burned to the ground by the British: In October 1777, British General John Vaughan ordered Kingston torched after American forces had used it as the seat of New York's first state government — nearly every building in the Stockade District was destroyed, making it one of the most significant acts of deliberate civilian destruction during the Revolutionary War.
• Home to the first major sewer system in New York State: Kingston's Rondout Creek neighborhood grew so rapidly during the 19th-century bluestone and coal transport boom that the city built one of the earliest municipal sewer infrastructures in the state to handle the surge in population.
  
  
• A Hudson River steamboat graveyard nearby: The waters off Kingston's Rondout Landing served as a final resting place for decommissioned Hudson River Day Line steamboats, some of which were intentionally sunk in the shallows — their hulks remained partially visible for decades.
  
  
• Senate House built with Dutch-style stone: The 1676 Senate House, one of the oldest surviving stone buildings in the U.S., was constructed using the distinctive local Catskill bluestone and Dutch masonry techniques brought directly from the Netherlands, not adapted from English colonial styles.
  
  
• The city has two distinct historic downtowns: Kingston is unusual in having two separate 19th-century commercial centers — Uptown (the Stockade area) and the Rondout waterfront — that developed independently and were only connected by a streetcar line that ran between them for decades.

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What happens when artists collaborate without seeing each other's work? A Kingston, New York gallery is about to find out. Exquisite Corpse Redux, on view August 14–17 at 68 Prince Street Gallery, revives the beloved Surrealist parlor game — where each contributor works blind, passing along a hidden creation for the next person to continue.

Originally embraced by artists like André Breton, Man Ray, and Joan Miró in 1920s Paris, the format is expanded here to include drawings, sculptures, and poems. The results promise beautifully strange, mismatched creations.

Works will be sold through a silent auction, with all proceeds supporting People's Place, a Kingston nonprofit serving local residents since 1972. The opening party is Saturday, August 15 at 5pm.