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this chair would be great for a prop at the halloween outlet.spooky!

creepy shit man, i didnt see this when i went there lol

simon- thank you for your post. it has to be said that halcyon hall is unsalvageable, no matter what other issues are debated here.

to wanderer- there still is no hard date set
on halcyon's demo, despite all the [wrong!]
PREDICTIONS I HAVE speculated on this board! i try to be up to date, and the halcyon saga has been as byzantine a story as there
ever has been in the annals of American preservation, or, non- preservation, as it were.. I'd bet that by the fall? but i also anticipate many more lawsuits!!! LOL!...
so....David Sloan was right, all hope for this building was lost by about 1994 at the latest,
on a structural, business, and practical basis.

Millbrook is inching closer though, to a resolution. The village held a meeting adressing the issue of code compliance of unsafe properties. The legalese / wording of the law was changed. Barricading or fencing off an unsafe property will no longer be acceptable as a remedy for an unsafe structure. This is the first step towards requiring the demolition of Halcyon to comply
with building codes.The change in the law is being touted as a remedy to derelict properties throughout the municipality. Anyone making this assertion is Full of Shit.
You can tell them Pat Ratchet Said So!

It is aimed squarely at The Bennett property
Situation. It's the only derelict property in Millbrook, literally! Has anyone been their lately? Every property is way dialed in... Millbrook is so beauttiful on a scenery basis.....


I would predict the blumenthal plan is dead in the water. In many ways that is unfortunate,
as THEIR PLAN DID PROVIDE FOR SOME PRESERVATION. The village may now be forced to demo out of compliance. This will cost millions, trust me. And that is before all the kickbacks that will be required. Anyone who denies that is a liar.

The positive end will be public safety [that is, if the asbestos is removed properly, WHICH IT NEVER IS!!! anyone who says it is, can ALSO BE INCLUDED ON MY LIST OF LIARS.]

With Halcyon gone, perhaps proper development could occur, as opposed
to the sledgehammer job that probably would have ocurred. Existing properties will be able to be free of the hindrance this adjacent
problem has visited upon them.

That the property would not be SO heavily overdeveloped is probably the smart concern.
Which must be balanced against the fiscal requirement of the village to have some plan
for the eventual disposition of this property.
Not to mention the actual owner of Halcyon Hall.

this has all gone on so much longer than anyone would have foreseen.

i do believe this year that their will be some resolution of alot of these matters, and that the building will be demolished sometime in 09. but i have been wrong before, haven't I heh..heh...

thanks as always Motts, for doing the things you do, the way you do them...

shameless plug: look for a pat ratchet guest column in the Poughkeepsie Journal ANY DAY NOW, about historic preservation.! ok....

what type of sadistic child draws a picture of a alligator eating a deer

The army national guard does not own the majority they are there to keep trespassers out , due to asbestos poisoning I know this because a freind of mine knows who bought the property to keep it from being torn down. by the state. (this would be a great univesity)
I think it is bigger than Kutztown U.

Is it still standong? I want to go see it so badly, but i am quite far away sonce im in oklahoma, but is there a chance i can go wander around the building?

Thanks Krista, I had the same thought as you about the first post.

To me, this looks like a nice comfortable chair to sit in with a coffee on a side table and perhaps a good book.

Or maybe it's just getting too close to break time!

Interesting..

F***in creepy

i am on a psp right now so it takes forever to type anything.i would like to go fishing with you off the back of the boat just as long as you bring the food.

What does 'depressing' smell like, I wonder....

I've never heard of a hospital that would turn away a convulsing patient because they didn't know what to do...

Anyhow, great pics as usual Motts!

Yes, thats right...no lonely chairs! However there was a soap dispenser, so all is right with the world yet again.

Wonderful as always Motts! I realize i kinda strayed away for a while. But as today is a particularly gloomy day here on Long Island...all i could think of was you. LOL!!!

It really feels out of place, like it doesn't belong here. Weird.

Wallpaper, wallpaper, yay!!!!!!!! Yeah, this is a perfect title.