The Catskill Chronicle

LIVINGSTON MANOR, NY (June 9, 2011) – A leisurely stroll in downtown Livingston Manor now has even more pizzazz. Two newly completed kiosks give residents and visitors a chance to learn and appreciate local and natural history with colorful, easy-to-read interpretive panels.

Ever wonder where the Catskill Park begins and ends, where the rivers flow after they leave Roscoe and Livingston Manor, or what plants are native to the area?

You’ll find the answers to these questions and more at the Natural History Kiosk in Livingston Manor’s Renaissance Park.

The Natural History Kiosk is in the photo at left along with Andy Zheng, the 8-year-old son of the proprietors of Chinatown Kitchen on Main Street.
This public space adjacent to the Municipal Parking lot is bordered by two streams – Willowemoc Creek and the Little Beaverkill.

The kiosk is a Livingston Manor Renaissance project completed by local volunteers with technical content provided by NYSDEC, Delaware River Basin Commission, and other regional partners.

The Native Plant garden is beginning to blossom adjacent to the kiosk.

Follow the colorful planters and hanging baskets of flowers down Main Street to the Local History Kiosk perched on the riverbank directly across from Peck’s Market parking lot. Rediscover Sherwood Island, where the Livingston Manor Central School now sits.

Are you interested in a clambake for 5,000? How about riding on a merry-go-round, listening to a coronet band, taking part in a sack race or a tub race, or attempting to climb a greased pole? These are just some of the activities that took place on Sherwood Island in the late 1800s and early 1900s.  Stop by the Kiosk on Main Street and rediscover Sherwood Island for yourself.

(Photo: Lisa M. Lyons)