Downtown – Kingston, New York (2023)
The James and Mary Forsyth House, an architectural landmark located at 31 Albany Ave, Kingston, New York. A two-and-a-half story, brick Italian villa-style home designed by the renowned architect Richard Upjohn. Completed in 1851 for local attorney and politician James Forsyth and his wife, Mary. The house was widely known in the area for its lavish construction and high-society parties. Features a prominent center gable, decorative brackets supporting the hipped roof, a wooden front porch with fluted Ionic columns, and a central circular window in the upper roof section. The home was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 3, 2003.
A small wayfinding sign on the lamp post, signifies the “Kingston 1777 Trail” and provides a directional arrow to follow.
The building at 43 North Front Street, a prominent historic mixed-use property located in the vibrant Uptown Stockade National Historic District of Kingston, New York. The upper facade features classic Italianate architecture, which became popular in commercial main streets during the late 19th century. Notable features include a decorative overhanging wood cornice with decorative brackets, a grand center pediment (arched parapet) over a circular louvered vent, and elegant floor-to-ceiling arched window openings detailed with white contrast molding. The lower portion of the image displays the arched awning structure known locally as the Pike Plan. This interconnected canopy system was constructed during an Urban Renewal project in the late 1970s to mimic historic European shopping arcades, sheltering the sidewalk shoppers from rain and snow.
The intersection of North Front Street and Wall Street, looking east down North Front Street. The covered wooden canopies lining the sidewalks are part of Uptown Kingston’s historic Pike Plan canopies. The brick corner building with the “STURM PHOTO” sign is the landmark property on North Front Street, characteristic of the neighborhood’s mid-century preservation efforts.
This outdoor portrait mural is located in the municipal parking lot right off North Front Street in Uptown Kingston, New York. The lot directly faces the back of several historic commercial buildings on North Front Street, providing open public wall spaces for large-scale art. This artwork is part of the extensive public collection generated during Kingston’s annual O+ Festival Murals. The festival brings contemporary artists and musicians to the city to paint large-scale street art pieces across local storefronts, alleys, and neighborhood walls.
This photo continues the tour of the Kingston Stockade District in Uptown Kingston, New York, looking west down North Front Street. Bluecashew Kitchen Homestead: On the far right, you can see the prominent storefront sign for bluecashew Kitchen Homestead, located at 37 North Front Street. It is a well-known culinary concept shop and demonstration kitchen in the area.
Moving slightly deeper into the Stockade District, this view looks down John Street in Uptown Kingston, New York, featuring one of the neighborhood’s most famous historic storefront markers. The Mohican Sign is a vertical crimson sign marks The Mohican Building at 57-59 John Street. It originally housed the Mohican Market and Bakery, part of a prominent early 20th-century regional grocery chain before it transitioned into a beloved local green grocer. Today, the beautifully preserved brick structure with large Romanesque-arched windows serves as the offices for the Trends Research Institute, managed by forecaster Gerald Celente. The bluestone sidewalks, potted evergreens, decorative cast-iron lamp posts, and brick façades reflect the city’s meticulous colonial-era preservation initiatives.
Rough Draft Bar & Books, is a popular hybrid bookstore, bar, and café located in Uptown Kingston, New York. The business is housed in a historic stone building situated at the corner of John and Crown streets, an intersection known as the “Four Corners” where all four 18th-century stone structures predate the American Revolution.
The Matthewis Persen House Museum in Kingston, New York, a historic pre-Revolutionary War stone structure located in the Uptown Stockade District. The house dates back to approximately 1661 and is one of four landmark buildings situated at the intersection of John and Crown Streets, known as the “Four Corners”. The building was burned at least twice during wars and revolutions and is currently undergoing critical roof repairs, which will cause it to be closed for the 2026 season. When open, it serves as a museum showcasing Ulster County’s history and has hosted various events, including Civil War reenactments and colonial game days.
This wide shot captures the complete, colorful historic storefront block along Wall Street in Uptown Kingston, New York. The light grey, three-story building in the center features the office for Howard Hanna | Rand Realty, marked by their green and white sign. Directly to the right, at 302 Wall Street, is the clothing and outdoor lifestyle boutique shop Westerlind. To the left, inside the sage-green building, you can see the storefront for Fleisher’s Agency, a local insurance provider. On the far right, the purple building introduces a contrasting early 20th-century Art Deco style facade with geometric window framing, standing alongside the older 19th-century Italianate structures.
This photo showcases North Front Street in Uptown Kingston, New York, featuring a highly recognizable commercial block within the historic Stockade District. On the left, at 50 North Front Street, is the distinctive black-and-white storefront sign for Rocket Number Nine Records. It is a beloved local destination specializing in new and vintage vinyl. The center features a prominent 20th-century commercial building with a yellow brick facade. It is topped by a stepped, crenellated parapet wall and distinctive arched second-story windows.
Peace Park once was the site of a gun store. The park was offically dedicated in 1996. A vacant lot with a giant hole was transformed into a beautiful garden in the 1970s by three elderly friends and neighbors. Elizabeth Esper, Mary Bruno, and Josephine Morris were displeased with the eyesore that demolition left behind. With help from the city they had the hole filled and began planting vegetables and tending to a garden on the approximately 57 by 120 foot site. “The Three Musketeers” as they came to call themselves, worked tirelessly and donated both their time and money to the constant upkeep of the garden.
When a park was dedicated here in 1996 it included a colorful 40 by 60 foot mural depicting Kingston through the ages by Woodstock artist Richard Zelens.
This massive, reflective street art piece is titled “Matt” by street artist Nils Westergard. The location is the brick facade at 72-98 Crown Street in Uptown Kingston. Painted in 2014, the mural depicts two giant, mirrored portraits of a man in a hoodie. The top figure wears clear glasses and the bottom reflection has sunglasses, creating a playing-card style symmetry. This landmark mural was created during the annual O+Festival.