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To: SilentZ who wrote (492539)	7/3/2009 3:58:34 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572918

Compared to today, it would be tough to describe what it was 2-3 decades ago...not a place you wanted to visit or live in. It has now become something of an artists colony which includes the large Dia Museum (some strange art in there). Main street is accumulating a lot of art shops, antiques, and artists living above them... They now have a new high school, grades constantly improving and I think a pretty dynamic governing body. It's become a weekend day trip for Manhattenites by train with the station next door to Dia... The Tallix sculpture casting foundry has been in Beacon a long time and has cast some very famous statues, eg the Korean War and FDR memorials in Washington..... They've also done da Vinci's horse from his orginal drawings..it's now in Detroit. I think lower Main St. is still pretty seedy..