Bardavon Opera House

Top 10. Best Tourist Attractions in Poughkeepsie - New York

Top 10. Best Tourist Attractions in Poughkeepsie - New York: Walkway Over the Hudson, Locust Grove Estate, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, Vassar College, Bardavon Opera House, Marist College, Mid-Hudson Children's Museum, The Poughkeepsie Post Office, Mid-Hudson Heritage Center, The Waterfront

Harlan Greene Porgy & Bess

Harlan Greene presented “Porgy & Bess” on March 12, 2013. This presentation was part of the 2013 Winter Lecture Series titled “South Carolina: First and Foremost.”

Poughkeepsie, New York

Poughkeepsie /pəˈkɪpsiː/ (pə-KIP-see), officially the City of Poughkeepsie, is a city in the state of New York, United States, which serves as the county seat of Dutchess County. Poughkeepsie is located in the Hudson Valley midway between New York City and Albany. The name derives from a word in the Wappinger language, roughly U-puku-ipi-sing, meaning the reed-covered lodge by the little-water place, referring to a spring or stream feeding into the Hudson River south of the present downtown area.
Poughkeepsie is known as The Queen City of the Hudson. Poughkeepsie is the principal city of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown metropolitan area, which includes all of Dutchess and Orange counties. It was originally settled in the 17th century by the Dutch and became New York's second capital shortly after the American Revolution. It was chartered as a city in 1854. Major bridges in the city include the Poughkeepsie Bridge, a former railroad bridge now serving as a public walkway, which opened on October 3, 2009, and the Mid-Hudson Bridge, a major thoroughfare built in 1930 that carries U.S. Route 44 (concurrent with State Route 55) over the Hudson. The City of Poughkeepsie lies in New York's 18th congressional district.


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