Friday, December 18, 2020

Following Up: 75 North Seventh Street

In August, Dan Kent of the Galvan Foundation informed the Common Council in a letter that Galvan was "withdrawing from proceeding further with the 75 North 7th Street Project."

That was on a Tuesday. The next day, Charles Gottlieb, the land use attorney who is part of the Galvan team for the project, was before the Zoning Board of Appeals to appeal an interpretation of the city's zoning code made by code enforcement officer Craig Haigh.

Nothing much has happened regarding the project in the ensuing months, but at the ZBA meeting this past Wednesday, it was announced by ZBA chair Lisa Kenneally that Haigh had withdrawn his objection to the project after consulting with assistant city attorney Jeff Baker, and as a consequence the appeal had been withdrawn. 

What's next for the project is not known.
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9 comments:

  1. BILLDecember 18, 2020 at 2:21 PM

    Look at that monstrosity on little 7th Street, where 2 or 3 perfectly good houses currently exist. It's absurd. This is what we get when the City allows a developer to name a neighborhood, in this case Galvan's "The Depot District." They feel like they own the neighborhood (if not the entire City) and they will do as they see fit. Even if it is obviously a BAD FIT for Hudson.
    Who will make them act more responsibly?

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    1. John KaneDecember 18, 2020 at 2:59 PM

      Voters.

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    2. Cheviot ViewsDecember 18, 2020 at 8:03 PM

      " Haigh had withdrawn his objection to the project after consulting with assistant city attorney Jeff Baker and Galvan withdrew the appeal ... Sounds fishy. The details please? Yes, it's a monstrosity.

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  2. Carole OsterinkDecember 18, 2020 at 9:17 PM

    Cheviot Views--See the post I published about it in August: https://gossipsofrivertown.blogspot.com/2020/08/it-isnt-over-until-its-over.html. Haigh's objection had to be with setbacks and lot coverage, requiring area variances.

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  3. tmdonofrioDecember 19, 2020 at 9:54 AM

    I bet all you readers would be jumping for joy if the proposed multi level apartment building was made available to all residents of Hudson Terrace.
    Just think it thru, modern up-scale apartments in place of Hudson Terrace on the West side of Front Street.
    Hey, isn’t that your long term goal?
    So, allow Galvan to build it, you can enjoy the cake and eat it too.

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  4. Signe AdamDecember 19, 2020 at 3:48 PM

    There is nothing mentioned about dealing with parking for 77 housing units plus whatever the retail or whatever those spaces will be. Once that brewery is finished that whole section of town will be busier so traffic and parking will be much more important than it is now.

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    1. tmdonofrioDecember 20, 2020 at 3:53 PM

      The large warehouse and property across street may be possible parking for residents.
      That depends on approval.

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  5. HolstDecember 19, 2020 at 9:23 PM

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  6. BILLDecember 20, 2020 at 4:05 PM

    how far down the alley does this thing go?

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