Backers of the plan to build an Irish cultural center in a residential neighborhood in the Rondout District say they plan to appeal a city commission’s ruling that the building, as currently designed, conflicts with the area’s historic character.
The infrastructure at Cooper Lake needs to be refurbished to bring it into compliance with state safety standards. Separately, the city is considering raising the dikes to increase capacity.
The cost is 75 cents per hour. Payment will be by license plate number; no need to print out or display a ticket.
Potential guests are routed to one of six participating bed & breakfasts, commission-free, thanks to a site created by the owners of the Rondout Inn.
Charles Blaichman is one of the developers who transformed Manhattan’s Meatpacking District into some of the most valuable real estate in America. In Uptown Kingston, Blaichman is planning a smaller-scale revival, but one rooted in the same sense of a neighborhood with untapped potential.
Facilities improvements at Dietz Stadium, a proposed “food hub” in a vacant building on Wall Street and the planned redevelopment of a municipal parking lot into a garage and mixed-use building also made the list of projects that could benefit from the money.
Inspired in part by the council’s vote to declare Kingston a sanctuary city, there’s a new slate of energized Republicans looking to make waves this November. They share a core message: Fiscal conservatism, wariness about tax breaks for developers and skepticism about plans to build more low-income housing in Kingston.
All marching orders for Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s $10 million Kingston grant announcement last week came from headquarters in Albany. And that included the designation of invited guests.
Jim Boice Sr. said this agri-horror show “is not for the faint of heart.”
The Kingston business and fitness communities were saddened this week by the death of MAC Fitness owner and founder Lyle Schuler.