Don't Be Fooled By The News or The Rumors! Business Is Up All Over Hudson! Way Up! Higher and Higher! Too High To Come Down! Rejoice, People! Rejoice!!!

Business is even booming on Green Street! Along the truck route and on the way out of town, no less!

Rob Perry and Colarusso Have Some Explaining (And Work) To Do!

Cracked concrete can now be easily seen all over the 14-month-old Ferry Street Bridge, particularly on the sidewalks but also on the street surfaces and the island between them.  The island surrounds the bridge's truss.  Yesterday, for the first time, I noticed two additional common warning signs of poorly mixed, poured and/or cured concrete: scaling and pitting.  Perhaps the best time to inspect the bridge is on a day when recent rain has had a chance to evaporate, as was the case yesterday.  This way you can see where water remains in cracks, pits, and scaled areas, sticking around to further damage the concrete surfaces.  And, boy, were there a lot of wet areas remaining on the bridge late yesterday afternoon!  

Concrete is supposed to be impervious to water, not take or soak it in.  Once the water gets inside the concrete, it doesn't leave easily.  And when that water freezes you've got a bona fide compounding mess on your hands.  An expensive, time-consuming, ugly, and embarrassing mess.  All of it preventable!

Well, Lookee Here, If It Isn't Our Violator-In-Chief!

Given that the NY State primary election was held 9 weeks ago and the general election isn't for another 8 weeks, you'd be hard-pressed to find a political sign of any kind on any property in the city.  At this point, any that remain are nothing but useless clutter, visual pollution, and, for good reason, code violations. However, besides the few election signs for Abdus Miah from 4 years ago along lower Columbia Street, there is one conspicuous and noteworthy green and white election sign that has been in front of a drab and joyless (and flowerless) house on North 6th Street for quite a while.  That sign says a whole lot about the owner of the house as well as how screwed up things are at City Hall.

How Low Has The City of Hudson Sunk?

Does 26 inches sound about right?  (I came across this long unmaintained sidewalk tree in the 500 block of Columbia about one week ago.)

No, Bob! Not Good Boy! Bad Boy! Bad Boy, Bob! Very Bad Boy! Bob!

 

The latest iteration of the coffee shop at 35 South 3rd Street seems to have no problem with leaving their black A-frame sign at 3rd & Warren overnight.  It's such a wonderful addition to the city, isn't it? Of course, the sign doesn't include the hours of operation, but what does Bob care?  On Sunday night at 6 pm when I came across that sign for the first time, Bob had been closed for an hour.

Should Galvan and Walter Chatham Be Charged With Crimes Against Humanity?

Hudson's latest gift from Galvan and their so-called architect, Walter Chatham, can be found at the end of their/our new sidewalk on South 4th Street in front of what is to someday be a luxury hotel and bar.

Conspicuous In Its Absence! (At Least To This Park Patron)

Gone is the lovely plastic porta john greeting everyone entering and leaving Oakdale Park that the Youth Department had been paying $225 per month for at least the past 5 years.  Either Calvin Lewis ran out of money to pay for the lovely plastic box, or he finally came to his senses over a year after he inherited it.