Change Coming to Warren Street

It's been almost six years since Mexican Radio closed in August 2019, after nearly twenty years in Hudson. Since then its building at 537 Warren Street has stood empty.

At long last, it appears the building is to be put into service once again as a restaurant, one that was described as having "a general store feel." Last Friday, the proposed changes to the exterior of the building, to make it ready for its next life, came before the Historic Preservation Commission. One of the proposed changes is the removal of the mural on the east side of the building, which was painted by Stirling Krusing in November 2009. The mural was painted on metal siding. Under the metal siding there is brick, and the plan is to remove the metal intact so that the mural can be preserved.

The colorful paint that distinguished the building when it was a Mexican restaurant is being replaced by somber black. 

The most significant changes proposed are to the east wall of the building, along the pocket park, where the addition of a number of windows and doors is being proposed. 

The plans for the building will be the subject of a public hearing on Friday, March 28, at 10:00 a.m. Because the renderings reproduced here suggest extensive changes to the pocket park, which is city property and not actually part of the project, the HPC suggested that new renderings be prepared for the hearing public that focus on the building and represent the park more as it currently is.

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