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Comment on County would do it same way today by A closer look: Gemma Agreement » The Newburgh Advocate

A closer look: Gemma Agreement » The Newburgh Advocate — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:13:11 +0000

[...] to the account given by Assistant County Attorney Joseph Mahoney and Deputy County Executive Jim O’Donnell [...]

Comment on Orange County IDA justifies grant by No slaughter for Armory sacred cows » The Newburgh Advocate

No slaughter for Armory sacred cows » The Newburgh Advocate — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:12:28 +0000

[...] July 25, 2011, the post Orange County IDA justifies grant covered the OC IDA meeting of July 20th at which the Chairman Jim Petro presented the board’s [...]

Comment on Open letter to the Orange County IDA by No slaughter for Armory sacred cows » The Newburgh Advocate

No slaughter for Armory sacred cows » The Newburgh Advocate — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:11:53 +0000

[...] July 18, I posted this Open letter to the Orange County IDA, I reiterated these two issues, in addition to a statement from the State Comptroller’s [...]

Comment on Visit to Yale’s Paul Rudolph Hall by Kenneth DeGregorio

Kenneth DeGregorio — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:58:54 +0000

Thanks for the information, however, the article seems to imply that fixing/renovating the building will result in saving money as well as preserving this architectural landmark. Yale’s web site indicates that Rudolph Hall was a 122,150 square foot building; the Loria Hall project added another 85,800 Square feet. Using your numbers, Rudolph Hall was renovated for about $450 per square foot. I’ve seen articles that have listed the government center as a 159,000 square foot building and others that list it as 250,000 sq ft., therefore the renovation costs would be between $72 million and $113 million. There are those who don’t particularly like the design, but they only want to fix it in order to save money. They may find that, when all is said and done that they could have replaced it for about the same amount. The people who want to save it as an architectural landmark may find that modern construction code requirements (such as the ADA), and the necessary repairs may significantly change the structure. It might remain a “Rudolph” design in name only. Ironically, the Yale renovation has its own critics because there were major modifications to the interior and the “purists” feel that Rudolph’s artistic vision was destroyed. I don’t think anyone is going to be happy no matter what decision is made.

Comment on Visit to Yale’s Paul Rudolph Hall by Newburgh Advocate

Newburgh Advocate — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:24:58 +0000

Of the $126M, $55M was spent on Paul Rudolph Hall’s restoration/renovation, while the remaining $71M was spent on a new seven story building attached to Rudolph Hall/the Architecture School.

Comment on Visit to Yale’s Paul Rudolph Hall by Kenneth DeGregorio

Kenneth DeGregorio — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:10:41 +0000

Interesting article. The one thing that seems to be missing is how much it cost to fix it. According to a 2008 NY Times article, the cost of the renovation was about $126 million

Comment on Attornment Agreement contradicts county’s view by It wasn’t the clerk » The Newburgh Advocate

It wasn’t the clerk » The Newburgh Advocate — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:57:42 +0000

[...] View the lease agreement and attornment agreement. [...]

Comment on No slaughter for Armory sacred cows by Bob Shin

Bob Shin — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:37:16 +0000

How timely! Sacred cows all over the place! Penn State: Paterno/college football ogilarchy over child molesters. NFA: Copeletti/high school football ogilarchy over educating children. U.S.Congress: insider trading over representing their constituents. Banks and Wall Street: paying off the politicians(with insider trading?) while somehow escaping prosecution for destroying the world’s economy. And the biggest cow of all the Roman Catholic Pope promoting child molesters and abusers around the world! Flip them burgers!

Comment on Can Orange County IDA give Armory $500,000? by No slaughter for Armory sacred cows » The Newburgh Advocate

No slaughter for Armory sacred cows » The Newburgh Advocate — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:56:21 +0000

[...] was back on June 24 that I first asked about the propriety of the proposed OC IDA grant in this post, “Can Orange County IDA give Armory $500,000?” In that post, I wrote that there are [...]

Comment on Six are called, two show up by Michael G.

Michael G. — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:58:28 +0000

Why weren’t the other candidates questioned about why they didn’t show up? Could it be because this forum was thrown together at the last minute just 2 weeks before the election? Could it be that the audience and the moderators at a NAACP/Democratic(via Roxie Royal) sponsored event would be easily construed as biased? Thanks for putting up the entire video. If this is the best the Democratic Party could run, it is quite clear why this city is in such trouble.