HUDSON, NEW YORK


HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL
The Hudson River, 21st century (l);  Frederick Edwin Church's Olana preserved.  Olana is away from downtown, with "country" look similar to Claverack (lots of fields) - but Claverack has Dutch farm houses close to the street and not "Persian" mansions high on a hill!

From About Town's master's thesis on historic and architectural landmarks in Hudson and Claverack, N.Y.:  Original art @1970.   The survival of Olana not at all a certainty when this thesis and its illustrations done.

The character of the "main" street and the "cross" street in downtown Hudson should have made the backbone for any redevelopment or as it turned out, rebirth, of the city.  That was our assumption.  And Hudson has flouroushed as the years went by, becoming, we understand, an arts and antiques-centered community!

The "Main" Street

The "Cross" Street

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Religious institution on the "main street"

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Single family homes on the main street, also - this one near the river...and some further away from the river...

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One of several churches, but this was also on the main drag.

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Multifamily residences

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On a cross street on the way to the court house.  Now offices for lawyers, we think.

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Cross street housed major institutions, such as the court house square and at the other end, what is now the Department of Taxation (above).  Not pictured here:  the County Courthouse (which look exactly like a courthouse of the vintage of other landmarks illustrated)!

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