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Poughkeepsie

About Poughkeepsie

Population

30,847 in city
22,103,232 in metro

Size

13 km² (5 mi²)

Poughkeepsie is located on the east bank of the Hudson River, about 90 miles north of New York and about 80 miles south of Albany. It is an industrial city and the seat of Dutchess County. It is also the home of Vassar College, one of the elite Seven Sisters colleges, as well as Marist College and Dutchess Community College. Tourists are attracted to the Vanderbilt Mansion, Franklin Delano Roosevelt home, and the Culinary Institute of Technology, all a few miles to the north. Poughkeepsie was founded by Dutch settlers in 1687. In 1777 it was the temporary capital of New York; in 1788 the state legislature met here to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In the early 19th century it was a river port for the surrounding farms, but because of competition from western agriculture after the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, the economy shifted to industry. Incorporation as a city came in 1854. The name Poughkeepsie is derived from native American words meaning "reed-covered lodge by the little water place."

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No. of Buildings

No.	Current status
52	All Buildings
48	existing
1	planned
3	demolished

Tallest Buildings

#	Building	Height	Year
1	Rip Van Winkle House	165 ft	1970
2	Halsey Senior Village	127 ft	1976
3	Interfaith Towers	112 ft	1974
4	Dutchess County Office Building	104 ft	1965
5	Eastman Towers	-	1974

Building types

No.	Type
42	low-rise building
3	high-rise building
2	bridge
2	building with towers
1	open-air structure
1	hall
1	mast (pole)