tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post6075786548225056739..comments2024-03-28T17:55:31.180-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: Disposable HudsonCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-61136731567473919812011-02-11T08:02:48.180-05:002011-02-11T08:02:48.180-05:00The fact that Cleveland Samuels, on the Board of t...The fact that Cleveland Samuels, on the Board of the Association, thinks that razing the house is a good idea -- well, this tells you the huge gulf in sensibilities in this town. Cleveland started one of the few minority-owned and operated businesses in town (Landscaping), has/had kids in our schools (his daughter was in my son's class), etc. Could I suggest that someone (Carole? Tim?) write a nice, calm, straightforward, informational and educational letter to the RS explaining the need to preserve these "old" houses.<br />--pmPeter Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12627451247693034161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-48825667456044238532011-02-10T14:51:54.497-05:002011-02-10T14:51:54.497-05:00If they go ahead with their crazy plan we will ha...If they go ahead with their crazy plan we will have to form a 'save the house' group which was successfully done when the hospital wanted to raze the Cavell House (now the NYOncology Center) for a parking lot. The health people are really interested in parking lots.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14147241257381928706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-12623504616562108832011-02-10T13:02:18.081-05:002011-02-10T13:02:18.081-05:00It can't be in the water, Peter. Didn't we...It can't be in the water, Peter. Didn't we just--not ten years ago--invest in a state-of-the-art water filtration system--one we're still paying for with that rent-to-own deal struck with Colarusso for the land around the City's secondary water supply?Carole Osterinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-60823727817280619432011-02-10T12:36:37.114-05:002011-02-10T12:36:37.114-05:00The best thing Hudson could do is invest in a stat...The best thing Hudson could do is invest in a state-of-the-art municipal water filtration system. That might be the remedy for a lot of the stupidity hereabouts.peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15516536444700341403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-33647733425417641612011-02-10T11:58:34.888-05:002011-02-10T11:58:34.888-05:00The rest of the planning establishment recognized ...The rest of the planning establishment recognized decades ago that it harms the urban realm to not have buildings close to the street. Why haven't Hudson's planners understood this? Why do they remain trapped in a destructive suburban mentality?Matthew Frederickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222978914264709892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-48507463695504461202011-02-10T11:45:20.211-05:002011-02-10T11:45:20.211-05:00Does the mental health association check the menta...Does the mental health association check the mental health of its members, or those who sit on the commission? Because this idea isn't just stupid, its insane.David Marstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805425229362358449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-5397383044111302172011-02-10T10:18:17.789-05:002011-02-10T10:18:17.789-05:00I stand corrected--by myself. The group houses pro...I stand corrected--by myself. The group houses proposed for Greenport were to be on Arthur Avenue not Anthony Avenue.Carole Osterinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-45016694013275481792011-02-10T08:59:49.551-05:002011-02-10T08:59:49.551-05:00Peter--The Mental Health Association of Columbia-G...Peter--The Mental Health Association of Columbia-Greene Counties does own the building and has run a group home there for a while. I first became aware of the group home in April 2010, when the same Mental Health Association was trying to create two similar group homes on Anthony Avenue in Greenport. At a neighborhood meeting protesting the new facilities in Greenport, a retired Hudson police officer passed around a report listing the 911 calls made from 900 Columbia Street as evidence that the facility was something they did not want in their neighborhood. <br /><br />The Mental Health Association of Columbia-Greene Counties has been around for a while. Check out their website: www.mhacg.org. They used to be located in the building that is now FACE Stockholm. They now have their offices in the building on Union above Seventh that was built to be an A&P--or some supermarket. At last night's meeting, Whitbeck made the comment that the facility does not have to comply with city ordinances (which ones he meant, I don't know), implying that they were appearing before the Planning Commission as a courtesy, and they didn't need site plan approval. (He couldn't have gotten it last night anyway, since there wasn't a quorum.) He also indicated that a "state agency needs to commit to the financing." I wonder if that state agency cares that it may be financing the demolition of a historic house.Carole Osterinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-72016018916162867932011-02-10T07:32:16.340-05:002011-02-10T07:32:16.340-05:00Carole,
Does the Mental Health Association own t...Carole, <br /><br />Does the Mental Health Association own the building? What do we know about them? This is a beautiful building; must be saved.Peter Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12627451247693034161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-13254267987354867642011-02-10T06:58:39.944-05:002011-02-10T06:58:39.944-05:00Hudson needs to swap this major historic building ...Hudson needs to swap this major historic building for one of her vacant plots. Mental Health Assoc. can then build without the need to demolish. When construction is completed the residents can relocate and this magnificent property sold for more than the vacant plot of land traded.<br /><br />This proposal is absolutely INSANE and those in support need to have their heads checked.vmulfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12445066480777449713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-18421438121456836972011-02-10T05:52:10.611-05:002011-02-10T05:52:10.611-05:00Agreed.Agreed.Debby Mayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708345568234342495noreply@blogger.com