Adaptive Reuse of JLE

Yesterday afternoon, the proposals submitted in response to the RFP for a feasibility study for the adaptive reuse of the former John L. Edwards School as city offices and a youth center were received and opened in City Hall by Council president Tom DePietro. Aside from Gossips, the only person present to witness the event was Fifth Ward alderman Eileen Halloran.

Photo: Jonathan Simons

Eight proposals were received from the following firms:

• Lacey Thaler Riley Wilson Architecture and Preservation--the firm, located in Albany, that is doing the feasibility study for City Hall
• Lomonaco & Pitts, Architects, located in Troy
• Ballina Group, located in Dunmore, PA
• Trudeau Architects, located in Latham
• Hyman Hayes Associates, located in Albany
• 3t Architects, located in Troy
• Rhinebeck Architecture--the firm that designed the junior high school addition to Hudson High School and both the 1997 and the 2018 additions to Montgomery C. Smith
• Synthesis Architects, located in Schenectady

The eight proposals will be reviewed by an ad hoc committee made up of DePietro, Mayor Rick Rector, DPW superintendent Rob Perry, Fifth Ward alderman Eileen Halloran, Third Ward alderman Calvin Lewis, Planning Board chair Walter Chatham, Fifth Ward alderman Dominic Merante, and commissioner of public works Peter Bujanow.  

The proposals will be on the City of Hudson website later today, on the Common Council page. Public comments on the proposals are welcome and can be submitted to councilpres@cityofhudson.org.