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Friday, November 3, 2017
Motivations, Actions Taken, Lessons Learned
If you missed Peter Cipkowski's excellent presentation "A Brief History of Hudson's Experience with Urban Renewal" when it was originally offered on October 26 and when it was repeated last night, you can now watch Dan Udell's video documentation of the talk by clicking here.
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An amazing presentation -- and a reminder to us (the folks living here now) how essential some epistemological modesty (my new favorite term) is.... The presentation last night might have been titled, "What well-meaning people did to Hudson!" Thus, in our new DRI era, the question is how to avoid the "well-meaning" trap. But there are many lessons to be learned from Mr. Cipkowski's wonderfully researched and delivered history of Hudson's "Urban Renewal" period.
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting this and Dan for recording.
ReplyDeleteIt has always been my understanding that urban renewal coincided with the rise of the "mall" which emptied downtowns all over the country. The new modern mentality of living made the old ways unworthy for progress.
When Albany was torn down most of the land was owned by slumlord politicians who benefited from urban renewal.
I am certain Hudson has a similar dark secret.
20 years ago, the files of the Hudson History Room at the library used to contain copies of the original Urban Renewal proposals, crafted under the guidance of Mr. Koweek as I recall. These included multiple towers as large or larger than Bliss Towers located along the Promenade at the waterfront, which would have made Hudson look like the Jersey palisades. Not sure which heads cooled that idea off.
ReplyDelete20 years ago, the files of the Hudson History Room at the library used to contain copies of the original Urban Renewal proposals, crafted under the guidance of Mr. Koweek as I recall. It has been a long time since I saw these, and librarians since Frank’s departure have made it increasingly difficult to access such materials... But they are worth finding, if they still exist.
ReplyDeleteThe files included renderings showing multiple towers as large or larger than Bliss Towers located along the Promenade at the waterfront, which would have made Hudson look like the Jersey palisades.
Not sure which heads cooled that idea off, but clearly it did not happen.