Remembrance of What Didn't Happen

Hudson's largest DRI (Downtown Revitalization Initiative) project, first called "Hudson Connects" and later known as "Hudson Streetscapes," included a lot of features that never happened, because the money allocated for the project ($4 million) was insufficient to pay for what had been proposed. All the things that were eliminated are documented in this Gossips post, published last June: "Hudson Connects--The Vision and the Reality." 

The "Hudson Connects" plan focused on the part of the city below Second Street, and the centerpiece of the plan was a raised "pedestrian plaza" at the western end of Warren Street, leading into the lavishly redesigned entrance to Promenade Hill.

That grand design never happened. Yet, bizarrely, there is signage warning drivers approaching from the south and the north that there is a "raised intersection" ahead, although in fact there is no such thing. These pictures of the signs were taken today.

Yet another example of the quirkiness of Hudson.

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