Map Week: Van Schaick Island and Lansingburgh

1891 Watson map showing Van Schaick Island and Lansingburgh

So, now, where was this map a couple of weeks back when I was writing about the powerful Powers family of Lansingburgh? Here, the family estates are prominently featured on this 1891 Watson map. Today, part of their plot remains as Powers Park. Rensselaer Park, with its horse track, is now a school complex, where, interestingly, there is still an oval track in just about exactly the same location. How weird is that?

Over on Van Schaick Island there was also a trotting park, which today is a golf course.

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