tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post3173109060788571669..comments2024-03-28T14:37:17.081-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: News from the Galvan Initiatives FoundationCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-87814953456477475092012-05-10T15:39:50.578-04:002012-05-10T15:39:50.578-04:00Unknown--When the City first talked about acquirin...Unknown--When the City first talked about acquiring the old Kaz warehouses, the plan, as Rick Scalera explained it to me, was to demolish them and use the concrete floors as a parking lot, to expand the Amtrak lot and get more parking for riverfront events. At that time, he thought the guy who demolished the Hudson River Knitting Mill buildings on North Front Street would demolish the warehouses for the salvage rights, which is how he did those mill buildings. But that guy is apparently the same guy who walked away from the Foster's Refrigeration demolition, leaving it unfinished, so I think the idea that he's going to demolish the Kaz warehouses is off the table.<br /><br />I have no idea what anyone's plans for the Kaz property are. I wish I did.Carole Osterinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-877634767832089672012-05-10T15:15:01.819-04:002012-05-10T15:15:01.819-04:00Who would pay for the demolishment of the warehous...Who would pay for the demolishment of the warehouses by the Taylor House? The city? Or GalVan? What are they intending to do with the property?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14791688267927695419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-49144121615492836132012-05-08T09:49:31.450-04:002012-05-08T09:49:31.450-04:00The curious thing about the Taylor house is that i...The curious thing about the Taylor house is that it was already moved from its location over a century ago - or rather, its location was moved from it.<br /><br />An entire bay that once stood across the street was all but erased, completely stranding the structure in a sea of concrete. So total was the transformation that not even a hint of its original location, which was indeed critical to its history, could ever be restored. <br /><br />In the Bugs Bunny episode, "No Parking Hare," Bugs wakes to find his hole suddenly surrounded by freeway construction. In that instance Bugs chose to remain despite the new location. (Ultimately a compromise was reached with the unnamed city.)unheimlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-41888768061417295492012-05-08T03:44:22.248-04:002012-05-08T03:44:22.248-04:00Moving 900 Columbia is and absolutely heroic enter...Moving 900 Columbia is and absolutely heroic enterprise by GalVan <br /><br />I would also , a bit prematurely, like to compliment GalVan on what is shaping up as a seriously professional repair and restoration of the Evans Brewery House mansard roof on Warren.<br /><br />Moving the Robert Taylor House does come across as unnecessary and inappropriate. In this instance location is as critically important as its architecture to Hudsons founding.<br /><br />Hopefully this move will be reconsidered.Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05548912912359709568noreply@blogger.com