- ... 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?