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At 748 Warren Street, there is both an oriel (at the right) and a bay (at the left) in a single facade.
and the one at 721 Warren Street, where huge panes of plate glass make the oriel seem more like two stacked display cases.
and the one at 721 Warren Street, where huge panes of plate glass make the oriel seem more like two stacked display cases.
Worthy of notice are the oriel at 715 Warren Street, which like the house to which it is attached looks amazingly like the residence of the crooked man of nursery rhyme fame
Today we wind up our oriel ogling by looking at the oriels in the last three blocks of Warren Street. The search for oriels is not as rewarding here as it was in the 400 block or the 500 block. In the last three blocks combined, there are a total of only nine oriels. In the 600 block, remarkably, there is only one: this one at 610 Warren Street. (My building).
This is one of my very favorite houses here. Now I finally know something of its history! :) It was ten years ago today--May 26, 2002--that Cassandra Danz, a.k.a. Mrs Greenthumbs, died of breast cancer at the age of 55. Gossips pays tribute to Cassandra by making her house--611 Union Street--our "Jane's Walk" site for today.
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We'll linger on the 500 block of Warren Street to ogle the oriels. Of all the blocks of Warren Street, the 500 block has the greatest number of oriels, besting the 400 block, which has thirteen, by two. By far the most impressive are the oriels on this row of four identical houses—512, 514, 516, and 518--built in 1882.
This bank was the target of the elaborately planned and disastrously executed heist in the 1959 film Odds Against Tomorrow. The plot of the film required a bank with a side entrance. The story goes that scouts were sent out to look for such a bank and found it here in Hudson, which is why the greater part of the movie was filmed in Hudson. This picture of the bank is a still from the movie. Kitty corner from me. Very good movie.
Some of the Hudson River School painters bought their supplies here. The story goes that the panes of colored glass were used to judge the purity of paint colors. Since the colors in the stained glass remained constant, a level of consistency in the colors of hand-mixed and hand-prepared oils could be achieved by comparing them with the colors of the stained glass.
The building at 508 Warren Street deserves attention for the beautifully preserved squares of colored glass along the base of its display windows.
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The pursuit of oriels up Warren Street brings us to the Hudson Opera House, which, of course, does not have an oriel. The particular focus of our attention to this monumental 1855 municipal building is the ornamental iron work.
The 400 block of Warren Street may be the most gratifying block yet for ogling oriels.
Historic Hudson is participating in Heritage Weekend by opening the Dr. Oliver Bronson House, Hudson's only National Historic Landmark, to the public from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.
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Cats Need Your Help There was a fire at the headquarters of Animalkind last night. Fortunately, no animals were injured or lost, but this morning, an army of volunteers was busy moving cats and equipment out of the building.
While the sprinklers were good for extinguishing the fire, they also contributed to extensive water damage to the three floors of Animalkind, located at 721 Warren St., Hudson. “It’s in really bad shape,” Hecker said. “The sprinkler system went on, which is good, but then it soaked everything and went all the way to the basement. There was four inches of water on each floor and the ceilings are wet and falling. It’s just a nightmare.” PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN!
The house, which had a gambrel roof characteristic of Dutch vernacular architecture, is generally believed to have predated the arrival of the Proprietors in 1783.
This brick wall is perhaps the most intriguing architectural relic in Hudson. It stands along the east side of the house at 124 Union Street and, with its four fireboxes and chimney flues, is all that remains of the very early Hudson house shown in this picture.
Café le Perche is a beautiful bakery/café right in the center of town. The owner actually imported a massive oven from the Le Perche region of France, to properly recreate the baguettes he sampled there. I was impressed, and more than a little intrigued.
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Get Yourself Some Hudson History Coming up in May or perhaps June, the Department of Public Works will be auctioning off unused equipment, including a couple of fairly new trolley buses. Although the average person may not have need for a trolley bus, the auction does include something that might appeal to many: fire alarm boxes.
At noon on Saturday, the Hudson Pride Foundation is planning a parade volunteer meeting at 554 Warren Street. People are invited to come and find out how they can be part of the fun when the Pride Parade takes to the street on Saturday, June 16.
At one time, as this picture shows, flags flew from tall vertical flagstaffs mounted on the roofs of buildings up and down Warren Street. Vincent Mulford continues the tradition on his building at 417-419 Warren Street.
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become a winemaker – here in the Hudson Valley Posted April 13, 2012 by hungryinhudsonny in here and there. Tagged: drinking, happenings, wandering. Leave a Comment
Executive Actions, the second in a trilogy of political thrillers, which is set right here in Hudson: "Grossman still calls Hudson home." Central to the novel is an assassination attempt on a presidential candidate during a primary stump speech being delivered in our very own Seventh Street Park.
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Hudson Chocolate Bar - 4 Front Street Hudson, New York 12534
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Cynthia Goehring I really need to visit you, Dru.
Hudson Chocolate Bar - 4 Front Street Hudson, New York 12534
A visual souvenir worth sharing: Claverack Landing’s concert with flutist Amy Robinson and classical guitarist Frederic Hand, performed last Saturday at one of Hudson’s best- looking spaces, the main chapel at Christ Church Episcopal. –S.B
Hudson and Columbia County Where Historic Meets Hip by Peter Aaron and photographs by David Morris Cunningham, March 30, 2012
Another rumor du jour of the could- it- be- true? kind: Eleanor Ambos, who owns the former Elks Club villa on Union, the Allen Street School, and the Pocketbook Factory, is in final negotiations to sell the latter of these properties to the Seattle-based Ace Hotel Group. Ace gave new life to the former Hotel Breslin in New York City (my own pic below) and other properties in Seattle, Portland and Palm Springs, and has been called a “mega-chain waiting to happen” by Wallpaper magazine; the N...
The Chai Shop is soon to open at 444 Warren Street, within the home furnishings store Lillie K. Traders.
Grazin' Diner, the first animal rights approved restaurant in the US (Hudson).
Yay! Truck Pizza and lots of ethnic food wagons coming! Yum!
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Frederic Church’s Olana stands out against the low afternoon mid-winter sun. Olana now has a new site manager. | David Lee/Hudson-Catskill Newspapers
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Lois Strasberg Wonderful place... in the perfect spot, perched over the Hudson! GORGEOUS!!!!
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Kathleen Kaminski I adore that house!
Drusilla Kehl It really looks like something from a Grimm's fairy tale!