tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post6019923210304524645..comments2024-03-28T17:55:31.180-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: A Lost SurvivorCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-46258282262733232692012-11-03T13:58:15.282-04:002012-11-03T13:58:15.282-04:00I could wish that we all paid more attention to th...I could wish that we all paid more attention to the several historical structures which still survive at our waterfront.<br /><br />Looking at the land from the water gives one an entirely different perspective. The lay-out and logic of the waterfront as a single artifact reaches back to its origins as Claverack Landing, and are still evident in structures such as: multiple wharves; a wooden bridge that nobody seems to care about; several foundations; the boat houses at Furgary, some dating to the 19th century.<br /><br />Today I spoke with two different 90-year olds who grew up at Hudson's waterfront in the 1920s. (I was trying to date the first Pulver Gas and Oil Company tanks for the sake of the city's BOA program.) <br /><br />Considering the general interest in history hereabouts, at least the professed interest, future generations will be outraged that we took these old folks and the waterfront itself for granted. What say we make the effort.<br /><br />unheimlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.com