There was an article in the Times Union yesterday by Roger Hannigan Gilson about the demolition of the Furgary shacks which happened last week: "Hudson begins tearing down shantytown."
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| Photo: Will Waldron | Times Union |
Our review is ongoing. However, we anticipate recommending that a portion of the grant funds go to preserving one or more of the buildings, and/or installing educational signage and photographic documentation.
OPRHP determined the site met the criteria for listing in the State and National Registers of Historic Places in August 2015. Sadly, the shack of the greatest historic interest was one of the four shacks that were demolished last week.
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Is there currently an image documentation of every shack that stood there?
ReplyDeleteNot in one place, not as far as I know. But I'd wager it's all been photographed by lots of different people.
DeleteVery convenient PR, it does look quaint in the photos included with the article. I got some good photos last summer. The shacks in the back were so overgrown with vines and weeds you couldn't even see them, they just looked like a big bush.
ReplyDeleteI wonder which shack was of historic interest? Was it the one with the vinyl siding falling off, the one with the rotted wood siding and rotted floors with the trees growing up from the floor through it's roof, the one made of cement blocks or maybe the one with the whole roof collapsing? I noticed one of the most rotten ones is still there decaying. It is only standing because its leaning over against a big tree.
For those interested in what it looks like now I posted some pictures at: https://www.slowart.com/shantytown/
ReplyDeletePeople like you obstructed our efforts, got the shacks demoted in the DRI hierarchy (without the public's knowledge), and now you complain about their resulting condition.
DeleteThat is disgraceful behavior. It's bad faith. Shame on you.
How did I obstruct anything? I'm just an observer and had nothing to do with the DRI. If it's my opinion that the historical significance of the shacks is not worthy of the investment of hundreds of thousands of dollars of public funds, that's all it is, my opinion.
DeleteIf you ask me, what is disgraceful is the use of a contrived claim of historicity and use the shacks an an obstacle to prevent the city from creating a park. That also is only my opinion, as an observer. I think the photos speak for themselves.