…Died and Went to Hudson
Ok, I guess I’m easy… but give me a town that’s just “off” enough that it doesn’t attract every Tom, Dick and hairy, black-socked tourist … That has no Starbucks, no chain restaurant… no chain anything, and no souvenir-hocking vendors. — Fill it with artists, eccentrics, washed-up rock stars, “townies” — including the toothless, and the sidewalk philosophers. Add water views, amazing landscape vistas, a hodgepodge of architecture with a history, a personality and a craftsman behind it. And then load the main street with shops owned by displaced, independent merchants from Manhattan … stocked with fabulous finds of no particular vintage, and artists’ creations of no definitive use. Heaven!
When I rolled into Hudson, NY around noon with my favorite extant architect and friend, Michael Glynn, we hit the ground running… these stores close at 5! Here’s what we saw.
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The whole town is a great mix of architecture
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Even the back alleys are beautiful
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…Here’s a home at the end of Warren Street (the main drag)
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A repurposed printer’s store complete with the original RGB colors in glass — the 1800’s method of color matching
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More “texture” on Warren Street
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The owner of Skalar, a contemporary furnishings store… and one of the many NYC transplants
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Ken: artist and owner of Kendon Antiques (more pictures below of Ken’s studio)
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A street artist — hand crafter of mini silhouette scenes
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Diner who dresses like his dog
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Local bakery and local color
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Store chocked full of great stuff…all the way through the back door
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More random great stuff
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Love this planter!
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There’s plenty of nice modern furniture
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…And antique toys
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The window of Vincent Mumford’s store.. he has wonderful things… most sport “sold” tags
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Science lab lighting
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A mini “stage” light shot against a vintage set mural
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Chandelier made from cardboard product boxes
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Hudson’s answer to Stop & Shop
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One of Ken’s illustrations
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We got an impromptu tour of his studio
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One of his dog illustrations
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He makes his own paper in his studio
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We left Hudson and grabbed a milkshake for the road. We used to always stop here on the way home from skiing growing up… not much is lit up here anymore
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One of my three Hudson purchases