Original Partition Street Project Design 2004
In 2004 Brad Will of Ashokan Architects in Kingston New York was asked to draw some design plans for a convention center and retail project at the former Cantine Mill Paper Mill site in Saugerties. After several weeks of hard work the design plans, which included elevation and two separate versions of site plans, Brad and his partner presented the ideas to Tom Struzzieri of HITS (owner of Horses in The Sun).
Brad accepted the challenge as it was a historically significant location on the Esopus Creek and his repertoire included many similar projects.
Four years later, the design was used to obtain an Empire State Corporation grant of $780,000.00 and presented by Struzzieri as his new plan to revitalize the lower half od Saugerties Village. However, things changed and the idea didn’t “pencil out”, which lead to a new new design plan.
Now, the latest plan has two massive parking lots which greet visitors to Saugerties Historic Village and a wall of building which completely obscure any chance for the public to enjoy the magnificent Cantine dam.
OSI – Open Space Institute