Rosie o'donnell on the million dollar pyramid

Nesting grounds for a nearly extinct red-legged partridge turned out to be a domesticated pheasant. What was initially thought to be a mastodon buried there turned out to be a circus elephant. The construction of the mall faced a number of environmental obstacles before it began. The grounds have been maintained since 1940 by the Mount Moor Cemetery Association, Inc. The cemetery has provided burial space for colored people, including veterans of the American Civil War, the SpanishвЂ“American War, World Wars l and ll and the Korean War. Moore, Stephen Samuels and Isaac Williams. This burying ground for Colored people, was deeded on Jby James Benson.

The Historical Society of Rockland County placed a historical sign which reads: The cemetery is visible from a number of points in the mall, and was undisturbed by construction. The Palisades Center was built around the Mount Moor Cemetery, a 150-year-old cemetery for African Americans established in 1849 for people of color, including Native American and African American veterans of American wars from the Civil War to the Korean War. The mall cost between $250 million and $280 million to build. Ground was broken on the project in October 1993. Local residents, recalling how the Nanuet Mall nearly drew the life out of Rockland County's traditional shopping villages about 20 years earlier, opposed the mall, predicting that it would bring crime, increased traffic, air pollution, and an economic downturn to the area's downtowns, and that the site was not properly tested for toxins. Its location four miles from New Jersey, where blue laws in Paramus keep the malls closed on Sundays, was also a factor. The site was selected for its proximity to the New York State Thruway and Westchester County. The 875,000-square-foot (81,300В m 2) mall was proposed in 1985 with a goal of luring upscale retailers such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor, and also a promise to keep sales tax dollars from slipping across state lines into New Jersey. The 130-acre site was purchased by The Pyramid Companies for about $3 million and a promise to clean up the two landfills, which held incinerator ash and garbage.

ДЄccording to the mall's sponsoring partner, Thomas Valenti, it took 16 years to get the mall approved and built. It is also located near the Thruway's intersection of the Palisades Interstate Parkway, and is only a few miles west of the Tappan Zee Bridge, which provides access from points east of the Hudson River. The mall is bounded on three sides by major state routes: the New York State Thruway (Interstates 87 and 287) to the north (Exit 12), NY Route 303 to the east, and NY Route 59 to the south. Дeveloped by The Pyramid Companies, and opened in March 1998, the mall was named after the nearby Palisades, which border the Hudson River and the eastern part of Rockland County. It is also one of the nation's most lucrative malls, producing $40 million in annual sales tax and $17 million in property taxes. Built in the industrial style, the mall houses 218 stores, eateries and entertainment venues, and as of 2002, received 20 million visitors a year. Palisades Center is a shopping mall in West Nyack, New York, notable for being the second-largest shopping mall in the New York metropolitan area, the eighth-largest in the United States by total area, and sixth-largest by gross leasable space. Transport of Rockland bus routes: 59, 91, 92, 97

Rosie o'donnell on the million dollar pyramid