Everyone I know who has dined or attended an event at Pocketbook Hudson has had nothing but good things to say about it. The same cannot be said about the people who live in the neighborhood immediately surrounding the repurposed factory building which describes itself as "not just a hotel destination but a living, breathing place for care, creativity, and transformation." The neighbors complain about constant noise from the mechanicals situated on the roof and about patrons parking on the street and taking up their parking spaces.
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| Photo: Boutique Hotelier |
The neighbors' complaints are the subject of an article that appeared this afternoon in the Register-Star: "Hudson residents say Pocketbook hotel 'diminishing our quality of life.'" The neighbors are expected to attend the Common Council meeting en masse next Tuesday to demand the City take action to redress their grievances.
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The damage has been done and it will be really difficult if not impossible to undo. The reason it has come to this is thanks mostly to the Hudson Planning Board (a creation of our former mayor) that approved the project but never should have. The PBH's so-called Parking Study for the project was complete bullshit, just as Galvan's was for their Depot project, and I believe the same engineering company concocted both studies.
ReplyDeleteOf course, our mayor lives in the neighborhood. Will he show up to the meeting to complain, too? Or is he a supporter of the insanity that the PBH is?