There are very few 20th-century buildings on Warren Street, and those that exist were typically built after 19th-century buildings were destroyed by fire. Such is the case with 427 Warren Street. The building that originally stood on the site burned in February 1951, in a spectacular fire that reportedly caused $300,000 in damage (which is the equivalent of more than $3 million today). The picture below shows the building that originally stood on the site, as the fire fighters work to put out the fire.
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The building that was constructed in its place wasn't originally the headquarters of the Hudson Police Department, but the HPD moved there sometime in the early 1980s.
Now, the work to redesign the facade of the building has begun. The picture below was taken yesterday.
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| Photo: Peter Jung |
The Hudson Police used to be in the current City Hall where the treasurers office resides. Then in approximately 1980, they moved into 427 Warren which was formerly occupied by New York Telephone. That was the local office for New York Telephone and had a teller drawer where you could pay your phone bills. Almost conveniently behind it on Union street was the NY Telephone relay switching office which is now Verizon.
ReplyDeleteIs that considered an art installation? Certainly it is NOT a building facade for real.
ReplyDeleteWhat is going in there? There is no door?
ReplyDeletewhat exactly is it proposed to be ? it is an unclear piece of architecture.
ReplyDeleteHolst and j kay: This was described at the Historic Preservation Commission meeting on August 14 as a "glazed French door storefront opening." I'm not certain if just the center pair of doors opens or if all the doors open. The review of the project by the HPC can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAWSo8YMrEs. The discussion begins at 3:48:26.
ReplyDeleteHi Carole
Deletedoes not look much like too many french storefronts but okay. or even french doors in the classic sense.
https://nl.pinterest.com/gabriel4la/french-store-fronts/
in all, however, its a vast improvement and a big investment -- good for hudson.
DeleteThis does seem a more liberally interpreted definition of 'historically appropriate' than we are used to from the HPC.
ReplyDeleteI thought the sale agreement was that the building had to be rebuilt with three stories - which was the concern of the stability of the first floor - obviously i was wrong. Interesting look however.
ReplyDeleteThere was no such requirement. I seem to recall Tiffany Garriga wanting to make developing affordable housing in the building a condition of the sale, and at a BEA meeting in January 2019, Rick Scalera, who may have been speaking on behalf of Galvan, wanted to know if the City had established whether or not the building was structurally capable of supporting additional floors, but in the end, the only conditions of sale were that redevelopment be completed within two years and that 1,500 to 2,000 square feet of the street-facing ground floor be devoted to a commercial use. https://gossipsofrivertown.blogspot.com/2019/01/selling-427-warren-street.html The sale of the building was completed in July 2019, so the redevelopment is happening within the time frame.
DeleteAHH right - it was the request about the building being structurally capable of supporting additional floors that I was thinking of. Thanks Carole
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