tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post1992358565133318758..comments2024-03-28T17:55:31.180-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: Zoning and Development ConundrumsCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-70217293328589080452014-04-22T17:37:39.747-04:002014-04-22T17:37:39.747-04:00Hi Steve- I live in Eastport, Maine these days. Be...Hi Steve- I live in Eastport, Maine these days. Best wishes. My website: <br />www.FrancesDrabickWritesIt.com<br />(aka downeastxg) I'd be happy to scan a few pics of the side area with our 'clan' (1952 etc) for you. email me at frankiedrab@hotmail.com for the fun of it.downeastxghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10102617515826091565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-29465430289279057372014-04-21T02:30:18.147-04:002014-04-21T02:30:18.147-04:00I will comment further later (just got home to Cal...I will comment further later (just got home to California), but I want to make clear that I don't think the density of Robinson Street is "horrible," just that losing that green space with another building put on it, rather than landscaping it, with the apartments reoriented to face it and have more light, would be "horrible," at least to me. Other reasonable minds may differ. I think Robinson Street as it is is simply splendid. I love the street, and so far, have really enjoyed meeting all of my soon to be new neighbors that I have met. They have all very happy about what I am doing it seems. In any event, the density comment that I made was a legal one, because the Code as written is anti density, and thus the degree of my variance that I am requesting still entails less density than the Code requires. The newspaper article sort of got that spin a bit wrong too. I just did not choose my words carefully enough. Sorry about that. <br /><br />Thanks as always for your fine coverage Carole. I appreciate it. <br /><br />Best,<br /><br />Steve Dunn<br /><br />And downeastxg, I will get in touch with you, and give you a tour of what I am doing. I would love to hear more of your stories. I have met so many folks who grew up or had relatives on Robinson Street. Every moment that I am in Hudson, is a good moment, even when I was wandering the streets for half the night having been accidentally locked out of the apartment where I was staying on Warren Street, renting a room, and had nothing but my wallet, and no cell phone, so I had no access to the phone numbers of anyone. Separating yourself from your cell phone is not a good idea I have learned! Steve Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588935402322108968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-49089952607213750142014-04-20T10:01:55.107-04:002014-04-20T10:01:55.107-04:00How I loved visiting my grandmother and aunts at 2...How I loved visiting my grandmother and aunts at 237 Robinson Street. My grandmother emigrated from Poland via Ellis Island and raised her many children there. Her eldest son, my father was an altar boy, a young teen at the time when the Sacred Heart Church opened their doors for the first time in 1938. There is a photo of this online. My Polish-speaking 'Grammy" walked to down Robinson near daily to go to say prayers at the church. She had a fence and garden to the right and back of the house. I have many pics of her grandkids out back in the 50's. The area is beyond historic to me, as I recall the first polka I had behind the church in their pavilion. Good energy to anyone who lives there one day. www.FrancesDrabickWritesIt.com downeastxghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10102617515826091565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-38715129288538409722014-04-18T18:32:32.817-04:002014-04-18T18:32:32.817-04:00What are the minimums for Bliss Towers and Hudson ...What are the minimums for Bliss Towers and Hudson Terrace?Chad Wecklerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15721057452000779552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-69681604685401090462014-04-18T15:41:07.839-04:002014-04-18T15:41:07.839-04:00Senior moment. Thanks. I read that and didn't ...Senior moment. Thanks. I read that and didn't retain it!Clown Townhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082709830262937971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-65967257353398566962014-04-18T12:14:28.440-04:002014-04-18T12:14:28.440-04:00You did miss something obvious. Robinson Street is...You did miss something obvious. Robinson Street is not a historic district. The attempt to make it so failed. Carole Osterinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-85027530405026063512014-04-18T11:56:09.849-04:002014-04-18T11:56:09.849-04:00Maybe I missed something obvious, but why no Histo...Maybe I missed something obvious, but why no Historic Preservation Commission involvement in Dunn's proposal?<br />Thanks. Clown Townhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082709830262937971noreply@blogger.com