NPA facilitates sale of Train Station
The Newburgh Preservation Association has recently helped facilitate the sale of the Newburgh Train Station to Ray Yannone of Storm King Builders. The former NYC Train Station was originally built in 1914 and was designed by the same architectural group that designed New York City's Grand Central Station; McKim, Mead and White.
The train station has been on the NPA's radar for three years and 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 of the Historical Society took immediate steps to save the building.
After several meetings with the original owner and the City of Newburgh, NPA helped persuade the former owner to understand the risks involved and urged concrete steps be taken to either sell or rehabilitate the station. Working as a team with the Historical Society, Rick Milton and NPA board members - Nancy Billman, Stuart Sachs, Mary McTamaney, Cheryle Branson, Giovanni Palladino - the building was sold to Storm King Builders. They have received building permits and are currently stabilizing the building. They also hope to stabilize the bricks as soon as possible and have the roof completed by June. |
