Housing Developments, New York State

Historical Perspectives has assisted residential development teams in Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey to address the environmental review regulations that pertain to cultural resources. Subdivisions of all sizes can trigger local and/or state review and HPI has successfully complied with all levels of required evaluation.

The following is a partial list of the New York State residential developments for which Historical Perspectives has analyzed and prepared technical reports.

Bedford, Westchester County:

    • Seven Springs Farm, 260 acres

Glen Cove, Long Island, Nassau County:

    • Glen Cove Creek Revitalization Plan, 50 acres

Greenburgh, Westchester County:

    • Landmark at Eastview, 186 acres

    • Westgate Farms, 32 acres

Haverstraw, Rockland County:

    • Encore Haverstraw [Letchworth Village], 163 acres

Hyde Park, Dutchess County:

    • St. Andrews on the Hudson, 340 acres

    • Serenity Hills, 235 acres

LaGrange, Dutchess County:

    • Lake Ridge Estates, 40 acres

Ramapo, Rockland County:

    • Palisades Ridge Subdivision, 75 acres

Southeast, Putnam County:

    • Campus at Field Corners, 327 acres

Tarrytown, Westchester County:

    • Jardim Estates, 34 acres

    • Tarry Grand Estates, 23 acres

Tuxedo, Orange, and Rockland Counties:

    • Tuxedo Reserve, 2,000 acres

Large residential subdivisions and developments are often located on former farms. Although old agricultural fields may have been plowed at one time, the New York State environmental review standards (1994; Revised 2005) do not generally recognize prior plowing as evidence of total site disturbance. Archaeological testing of old farm fields is often required as a function of state and federal permit applications.