Columbia County Morning News reports the demolition of the Colonial Revival house at 117 Fairview and the outbuildings on the site has begun. Click here to view a video clip.
Below are the most up-to-date renderings in Gossips' files of the apartment buildings that will be constructed on the site.
The project, which will provide twenty-six market rate units, was granted site plan approval by the Hudson Planning Board in May 2025, two years after the application was first presented in June 2023.
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Progress. This is precisely what Hudson needs. Hope the landscaping is nicer than the rendering but more market-rate apartments will lead to lower-priced housing in the city and its immediate surroundings. This is a good thing, and I'm glad that the property owner/developer stuck it out through some of the worst of the PB's churlish behavior.
ReplyDeleteMarket rate apartments are not progress. We have those already.
ReplyDeleteSupply. Demand. yada yada.
DeleteRespectfully Concerned Citizen -
ReplyDeleteAll housing helps. This is a frequently debated topic, often unclear in the politicized press, even though the data is quite clear so please see below:
1. Movin’ On Up: How Costly New Homes Create Affordable Old Homeshttps://cayimby.org/blog/movin-on-up-how-costly-new-homes-create-affordable-old-homes/
2. From the FED: How New Apartments Create Opportunities for All
https://www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2024/how-new-apartments-create-opportunities-for-all
See "Chain of Moves" concept.
And then here is the evidence from the National Multi-Family Housing Council with a nice graph:
Austin's Rent Drop Isn't "Weird"—It's Economics
https://www.nmhc.org/news/research-corner/2025/austins-rent-drop-isnt-weird-its-economics/
The question is how we can build more faster, at all price points.
How can we send out a bat signal to private developers, especially of Missing Middle Housing, at all price points, that Hudson has a functioning Planning Board again and that we welcome renovation and new builds.
Michelle Tullo should be spending every single day working to move the Kearney Mill Street development to a suitable new site in Hudson or Greenport before that grant money is lost and re-assigned. Failing to do so is antithetical to her only job.
That can happen in parallel to dozens of ADUs springing up, former Galvan (now Bard) buildings coming online and going on the market. At least one recently sold bringing a new family to Hudson.
It's time to build.
Hudson Common Sense,
DeleteIt’s time to build? Are you opposed to build on Mill Street? How about the building on Seventh Street and the others? Why like this one? Is it because it’s in the Fifth Ward and not in “ Hudson Proper” ?
Hi Nick,
DeleteWe are not closely familiar with the 117 Fairview project and cannot assess the adequacy of its parking plan and Joyner's Planning Board’s review on that issue.
Also weird that this took 2 years... for a simpler, smaller, market rate development compared to other larger publicly funded and more complex projects that moved through faster...
That said, 117 Fairview is a market-rate, mixed-use project. There is no indication that it violates SEQRA, involves a land or deed dispute, a flood zone, or features mayoral interference or non-arm’s-length transactions of the sort seen at Mill Street.
Our commentary has been consistent in supporting distributed development, Missing Middle housing, and increased density citywide, short of seven-storey buildings that do not fit Hudson’s historic and architectural character and are often ill-suited to local soil conditions.
All standard pro-housing positions.
More housing, more tax parcels to spread the public service cost.
So yes... It's time to build (legally!)
Anyone with any common sense is against the Mill Street project -- it's in a fucking flood plain for fuck's sake. It seems to me, Nick, that you're little more than a shill for your billionaire patrons who are only interested in Hudson as a tax dodge. You don't live here (neither do they) but you seem ok using this city and its population for your and their own ends. And, as an aside, you can't seem to get enough of the taste of their collective ass you keep kissing so lovingly. At least you're good for a bit of entertainment.
DeleteJohn Friedman, I live on Oakwood Blvd and have for 33 years. My husband and I raised our children in our house. I think we’ve earned the right to not want this three story monstrosity across the street from our home. We were part of the neighborhood concerned about this project as is. We did not oppose the project, per se , we opposed the size of it and all of the problems that are sure to come. I hope I am wrong , truly. At this time that I’m writing this , my house is shaking from the demolition.
DeleteHi Nick -
DeleteWould you consider please adding an initial, or letter or emoji to your Blogger user name and profile.
It is easy to confuse accounts where there is just one common name like "Peter" or Nick.
https://www.peggyktc.com/2019/03/customize-your-blogger-profile.html
re: 117 Fairview & Parking
Parking is obviously the multi-headed Hydra monster in town... and we at HCS have not studied it closely.
Hopefully the new Planning Board can set clear guidance and very sorry that you will be dealing with construction noise. Warren and Union was a mess for a long time when the utility company dug up the street... and one of our other editors lived through a massive 3 year construction next door by one of the area philanthropists... and permanently lost direct light.
On Parking... food for thought see this piece in Strong Towns on "Why I love Trade Joe's Parking Lots"
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016-3-16-trader-joes
I apologize as I've clearly mistaken you for someone else. No one needs to "earn" a right to not want something. But you can't earn the right to force a change in the zoning law except through the legislative process (the PB isn't part of that). I understand no one likes annoyances -- I'm not thrilled when a large truck rumbles by my house nor the amount of dust that settles the windows on the front of my house. And the current construction 3 doors down from me makes it hard for me to see oncoming traffic when I back out of my driveway. But this too shall pass (well, not the trucks, but the construction). And, in the end, I'll have a new neighbor. They may be complete assholes (one of my current next door neighbors is a stunning asshole -- you just never know (hint: he used to be the city council president until 3 weeks ago)). But more likely they'll be just folks. I hope you end up with a lot of "just folks" as your new neighbors.
DeleteJohn Friedman and Hudson Common Sense- The annoyance of the demolition and , what I’m sure is months of construction, is a temporary thing and not really my point. My issue is that you think it’s good that this project, as big as it is, is ok in this location. I agree that Hudson needs housing, but this size of complex does not belong in these neighborhoods for a plethora of reasons. Of course we knew this was going to start at some point , but the reality of it is still hard to swallow.
DeleteCarole gave me the name Nick for this blog , but I’ll gladly give my name- Theresa Nicholson 4 Oakwood Blvd.
For clarification, I do not give people pseudonyms. The machinations of Blogger might conjure up a name that was previously used which the commenter finds difficult or impossible to change or override, but I have nothing to do with the published identity of commenters.
DeleteDear Theresa / Nick -
DeleteYou can go here yourself;
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Then.... this is not a 5th Ward vs other ward issues. There is construction everywhere. That said, sincere sympathies and hopefully the construction crew is fast and communicative.
More (legal) density leads to more tax revenue, hopefully lower rent and lower tax increases.
(Since this tax parcel does not require more municipal paving and water/sewer lines, and the HCSD budget seems decoupled from enrollment, and enrollment is falling)
Hudson Common Sense- I’m not inclined to say “ one ward vs another ward” . Every ward in this little city of ours is important . I love my hometown. Change can be very good and welcomed, just not in this situation, in my opinion. This is the last comment I’ll be posting on this subject.
DeleteMy Regards,
Theresa/Nick
More supply means less demand which leads to lower prices.
ReplyDeleteThe residents of Parkwood and Oakwood were disregarded. Not one above making comment will be affected by construction vehicles, increased traffic, parking hassle on a busy bus route and speedway to the nearby schools. You can only cry quality of life if your against a quarry.
ReplyDeleteThe development is pursuant to the city's zoning code. There's demand for housing and it should come as no surprise to anyone in or adjacent to a multi-family zoned district that property owners and developers seek to meet that demand. The residents weren't disregarded -- the planning board spent 2 years (2 years -- it won't take that long to build) dicking around and, throughout, the residents made their feelings known. But they live in a multi-family zoned district so -- no surprises.
DeleteAs for traffic, parking, construction vehicles . . . that's the cost of living in a city or busy town. There are plenty of rural areas all around Hudson and Greenport (north Greenport is, indeed, quite rural and lovely). If the project is simply too much for someone, they can move. This is true for those who live on the truck route (as I do) or near the waterfront. (PS -- it ain't the quarry or the dock that most people have a problem with, it's the truck route.) But you can't complain about development of multifamily housing in a district that's zoned for it. I guess, actually, you can -- but it's pointless: such construction is as of right.
What will be done to prevent the inevitable vehicle crashes on Fairview this development will produce? Probably nothing.
ReplyDeleteCarole, my apologies. I did not know the machinations of how blogger works. As you know , I’m not a regular on here.
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