ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This study is the result of a Spring 2017 Historic Preservation Studio II at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP). The report is student produced, by the following team:

Allison Arlotta Ethan Boote Yiyang Li Adam Lubitz (Teaching Assistant) Morgan O’Hara Siri Olson Ziye Tang Katherine Taylor-Hasty

Faculty: Erica Avrami, PhD, James Marston Fitch Assistant Professor of Historic Preservation

Many people and organizations in Poughkeepsie were generous with their time and resources in support of this research, for which the team is extremely grateful: Roy Budnick and Corene Concepcion-Rivera, Mid-Hudson Heritage Center Elizabeth Druback-Celaya, Allan Co, Anna Hermann, and Lindsay Duvall, Hudson River Housing, Inc. Paul Hesse and Deborah McDonnell, City of Poughkeepsie Holly Wahlberg, Historian Jane Watson, Filmmaker Harvey Flad, Professor Emeritus, Vassar College Joshua Simons, Benjamin Center, SUNY New Paltz Kira Thompson, Poughkeepsie Public Library Sam Busselle, Social Justice Advocate Special thanks go to the business owners and operators in the Main Street community who shared their knowledge with students through interviews: Refugio Contreras, C & F Shoe Repair Melina and Domenick Diecidue, Main Street Pizza Brud Hodgkins, Indoor Organic Gardens of Poughkeepsie Hammad Hameedi, City Drug Steven Chickery, Hudson Valley Office Furniture Jade and Mike Boyce, Queen City Tattoo Pat, Pat’s Kitchen Raymundo Ojeda, Giselle’s Bakery Patrick McGuire, The Poughkeepsie Grind

This studio was developed through the Hudson Valley Initiative (HVI), established at GSAPP to facilitate applied research into the complex spatial, ecological, and economic opportunities of this vast region. HVI serves as an interdisciplinary clearinghouse for urban design, architecture, landscape, preservation, and planning work.

Many Columbia faculty, staff, and collaborators provided important guidance during the studio process and reviews, including Kate Orff, David Smiley, Lee Altman, Michael Murphy, Sandro Marpillero, Jorge Otero-Pailos, Andrew Dolkart, Jennifer Most, Belmont Freeman, Bryony Roberts, Carol Clark, Chris Neville, Michael Adlerstein, Claudia Kavenagh, Liz McEnaney, Jacqueline Klopp, and Nicholas Hamilton. Their invaluable input and support are greatly appreciated.