NPA facilitates sale of Train Station |
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The Newburgh Preservation Association recently helped facilitate the sale of the former West Shore Train Station to Ray Yannone of Storm King Builders. The 1914 station was designed by Warren & Wetmore, the same firm that designed New York City's Grand Central Station.
The train station has been on the NPA's radar for years. In March 2008, NPA asked architect Peter Smith to make an assessment of the building. The report, issued a week later, expressed both the danger and near destruction of the facility. Galvanized into action, NPA President Nancy Billman, Vice President Stuart Sachs, Giovanni Palladino and Andrew Nunez, president of the Historical Society, took immediate steps to save the building.
A task force including NPA, the Historical Society, Rick Milton, and the City's Cheryle Branson met several times to persuade the former owner of the risks involved and to urge that the building be rehabilitated or sold. After several meetings, the building was sold to Storm King Builders. During the summer of 2009, Ray Yannone and his crew stabilizing the building. The flags were added to help celebrate Flotilla Day and Flag Day - part of Newburgh's quadricentennial celebrations in 2009. |
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| Statement of Principles |
In the spring of 2009, the Newburgh Preservation Association considered developing a deeper principals statement that would underlie the work we do in the City and what our organization stands for. The more we considered it, the more we thought the Charter for a New Urbanism, developed in 1995 by the Congress for a New Urbanism (CNU), set out a series of principals that are synchronous with ours. We therefore have adopted it as our Principles Statement. Please read through the Charter and visit www.cnu.org.
Consider joining our organization and become active in our efforts to re-constitute Newburgh as one of the jewels of the Hudson River Valley through preservation of its historic buildings, streets and parks. There is a lot of work to do. The more people who are involved, the faster our work will be done." |
| DRC News |
In the summer of 2009, Newburgh high-school students learn about preservation in a Field School sponsored by the World Monuments Fund, Habitat for Humanity, the City of Newburgh, and NPA. For details and press coverage, see the DRC site.
Sited on a bluff with its imposing portico of Ionic columns overlooking the Hudson River, the Dutch Reformed Church was designed by one of America’s most prolific 19th-century architects, Alexander Jackson Davis (1803–1892). Built between 1835 and 1837, the church is an outstanding example of the Greek Revival style. As Newburgh fell into economic decline in the mid-20th century, the church was abandoned by its congregation and, left unoccupied, has been rapidly deteriorating. World Monuments Fund placed the church on the 2006 Watch to draw local, national, and international attention to the plight of the church. WMF is currently supporting roof design work that will go into construction later this year. |
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