tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post4796303940526116540..comments2024-03-28T17:55:31.180-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: Jane's Walk: Site 10Carole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-31421420704448322432012-05-11T21:57:08.022-04:002012-05-11T21:57:08.022-04:00That's correct.You did.
It will be a great acc...That's correct.You did.<br />It will be a great accomplishment to save 900 Columbia Street.I hope you can be of assistance to GalVan and help bring this to fruition.Prison Alleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10059050028975347899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-73458956375642003632012-05-11T18:05:22.375-04:002012-05-11T18:05:22.375-04:00@Prison Alley ... I never said it couldn't be ...@Prison Alley ... I never said it couldn't be moved. In fact, I was involved in directing Eric toward a firm that recently moved a similar structure in Schenectady. My exact quote follows:<br /><br />"It has been suggested that, since Jeff Rovitz of MHA offered to give the historic building to anyone willing to move it off the site, Eric Galloway should accept the challenge and move the house to the vacant lots he owns in the 200 block of Union Street where it can be in the company of other buildings of the same era."<br /><br />Classic.<br />_______________________<br /><br />I quoted Carole then wrote one word: "Classic."Ward Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14077951464866486246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-84462967407084690742012-05-11T15:54:36.084-04:002012-05-11T15:54:36.084-04:00A year.What's our excuse?
What your excuse, T....A year.What's our excuse?<br />What your excuse, T.Eric Galloway ,with these vacant neglected pieces of our heritage<br /> on our Main Street in your possession for 6,7,8 years?<br /><br /> I'm not impressed that you are finally fixing one of your own historic BLDG"S roofs<br />on Warren St ,that really stands out.<br />It is in" National Register of Historic Places",after alland<br />since the slates were falling off<br />and birds had moved in,you really had to do something.<br />The company, that as skilled as they are with slate,<br />(well,this one was a little over your regular crew contractor-Manuel's head.)<br /> the owner,Ward Hamilton of Olde Mohawk <br />on April 6th,2012,Mocked Carole on her own blog,for suggesting that GalVan move 900 Columbia to one of his empty lots on Union Street<br />----<br /> 900 Columbia St<br />posted March 30,2012<br />-----<br />I hope you make good on that,GalVan.I hope<br />that Hamilton is wrong and it can be moved.<br />You could use some good press and good karma<br />and spend your own money,not the taxpayers<br /><br />What happened here,from 1907 til now?<br />The City Hall and BOS I see today,wouldn't let <br />Warren & Whetmore build.Its lucky when HUD was busy destroying downtown in the 1970's they didn't make it that far.<br /> Today,they would find some way to spend 5 years looking this gift horse in the mouth.<br />The cement factory,apparently had effects on the space between Hudson's Officials ears<br /> that became generational and it can be contagious to new comers. <br /> but back to 1907<br />Here is a case where someone of money and influence<br />that was appropriately named ,Mrs.Phoenix<br />gifted Hudson and Columbia County with,not just money<br /> at a time of emergency.<br /> She gifted the gift's of her grandson.<br />And Hudson & Columbia County in 1907 accepted <br />this gift and allowed Warren and Whetmore to<br />design and build this Courthouse.It was done in one year.<br /> How long has Scalera had to build a Courthouse and Police Headquarters?<br /> And now we are reduced to the possibility of having one rented to us <br />built on the backs of monies allocated for the poor, the homeless.<br />Not from the pockets of some benefactor,<br />but from a man manipulating tax breaks HUD , DSS Aids/HIV Chemiclally dependent Mentally Ill's money from taxpayers and grants<br />allocated for these Homeless, will in return make himself and investors money.<br /><br />The Almshouse/SRO's money from taxpayers of today is gifting us a Courthouse/Police Headquarters<br />to rent from this manipulative rich man.<br /> How shameful.<br /> How ironic.<br /><br />I hope that whomever has Historic Landmark jurisdiction, are monitoring <br />Columbia Courthouse present ADA compliant modifications carefully.<br /> <br />Thank you Carole.<br />From reading this story I will never look at the Phoenix Hose House<br />on Park Place, the same.Prison Alleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10059050028975347899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-76292668267909188032012-05-11T15:44:17.705-04:002012-05-11T15:44:17.705-04:00Incredible story.Beautifully written.Point well ta...Incredible story.Beautifully written.Point well taken.<br /><br />Hudson and Columbia County were fortunate to have had this grandson,in their midst.<br /> Considering Galloway lives 2 doors down from courthouse,maybe he could take some time<br />to study and meditate on this civic masterpiece.<br />With his wealth to retain ,as his" muse "Doris Duke did with her wealth,<br /> the best architects and craftsmen,in Duke's case she employed hundreds,<br />Rem Koolas will be in town with his firm.<br />God forbid this Civic layer cake of courts&cops&homeless SRO's should come to pass.<br /> That GalVan should touch a hair of Alms House head, except to repair and restore.<br /> The Historic Preservation Commission must be free to do its duty,enforce the law and protect our history and the future's<br /><br />The counter weight of the <br />Alms House,soon to be GalVan headquarters,<br /> the Courthouse<br />is the axis of Hudson <br /> "Justice and mercy"...how beautiful.<br />How apropos to the founders philosophy<br />The balance of those two buildings,<br />built 100 years apart ,<br />each of its own time.<br />The old and the new so harmoniously complementary and perfectly at odds<br />taking everything into consideration including the green space.<br />What is not built on ,being just as crucial as what is..<br />Lessons we need to learn or relearn quickly around here<br /><br /> The stage magic that Warren & Whetmore preformed ,captured my attention when I first came to visit Hudson<br /> The forced perspective that leads your eye to believe the distance and grandness of the courthouse<br />It isn't until you are almost through the door,that you realize<br />how close & small it actually is.<br /> You can see the the Alms house from the Courthouse and vice versa<br /> Out of the ashes ,this building was designed and built within a year.Prison Alleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10059050028975347899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-80638955825646193132012-05-11T09:32:17.610-04:002012-05-11T09:32:17.610-04:00I hope no statue was planned, Tom. IMHO it would h...I hope no statue was planned, Tom. IMHO it would have ruined everything.Carole Osterinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-73588024068035805732012-05-11T09:03:53.454-04:002012-05-11T09:03:53.454-04:00Do you know if the architects of the present Court...Do you know if the architects of the present Courthouse planned a statue for the top of the dome similar to a previous Courthouse? <br />The building that once stood to the West of the courthouse housed the C.C. Health Dept.<br />dates unknown.<br />The building to the East housed the C.C. Probation Dept. dates unknown.tmdonofriohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11370760970951114120noreply@blogger.com