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A colonial-dressed man an a Native American-dressed man both flanking a decorated shield with a sailboat on top

... that Albany, New York, has a life-size sculpture of its coat of arms (pictured) that was sculpted by a local political cartoonist?
... that the Mill Street-North Clover Street Historic District in Poughkeepsie, New York, was expanded 15 years after its designation to include two city blocks that had been originally scheduled for demolition?
... that before the construction of North Main Street School, schoolchildren in Spring Valley, New York, were attending classes in the local fire station?

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