fbpx
  • Subscribe & Support
  • Print Edition
    • Get Home Delivery
    • Read ePaper Online
    • Newsstand Locations
  • HV1 Magazines
  • Contact
    • Advertise
    • Submit Your Event
    • Customer Support
    • Submit A News Tip
    • Send Letter to the Editor
    • Where’s My Paper?
  • Our Newsletters
  • Manage HV1 Account
  • Free HV1 Trial
Hudson Valley One
  • News
    • Schools
    • Business
    • Sports
    • Crime
    • Politics & Government
  • What’s UP
    • Calendar Of Events
    • Subscribe to the What’s UP newsletter
  • Opinion
    • Letters
    • Columns
  • Local
    • Special Sections
    • Local History
  • Marketplace
    • All Classified Ads
    • Post a Classified Ad
  • Obituaries
  • Log Out
No Result
View All Result
  • News
    • Schools
    • Business
    • Sports
    • Crime
    • Politics & Government
  • What’s UP
    • Calendar Of Events
    • Subscribe to the What’s UP newsletter
  • Opinion
    • Letters
    • Columns
  • Local
    • Special Sections
    • Local History
  • Marketplace
    • All Classified Ads
    • Post a Classified Ad
  • Obituaries
  • Log Out
No Result
View All Result
Hudson Valley One
No Result
View All Result

Three-story building proposed for Main St. New Paltz

by Terence P. Ward
June 28, 2019
in General News
8
Three-story building proposed for Main St. New Paltz

Developers want to turn the former Moxie Cupcake building into a first-floor restaurant with a two-story boutique hotel with a rooftop deck and a view of the Ridge. (Photo by Lauren Thomas)

Developers want to turn the former Moxie Cupcake building into a first-floor restaurant with a two-story boutique hotel with a rooftop deck and a view of the Ridge. (Photo by Lauren Thomas)

The New Paltz village planning board was looking at a plan which might have felt familiar to them. They were being asked to knock down a one-story building and construct three stories which will include a restaurant. As had the application for the building at 51 Main Street, the application for 184 Main proposed a rectangular structure which would be prominent due to its height and location. Unlike 51 Main, which was built to maximize allowable height, this proposed structure would need a variance to build three stories in a zone capping buildings at two-and-a-half. The plans also showed a roof deck.

Milton resident Violet Jamal seeks to build a twelve-room, two-story hotel atop a first-floor restaurant on the lot sandwiched between Convenient Deli and the Awareness Shop. Board members learned that the broader vision guiding this idea was to replace the “receding residential” character of the streetscape by using this building to anchor the top of the “village experience,” theoretically encouraging commercial development to replace converted old homes into downtown.

Restaurants in this zone require a special-use permit. According to board attorney Rick Golden, they’re supposed to require no external changes in historic homes. There is no historic home on this property, though. 184 Main was built as a Jack-in-the-Box and has never lost that character, despite its varied history. It’s been a coffee shop, a hookah bar and a kayak salesroom in recent years. It’s also spent long periods empty. In this case, board members would have to decide how to apply the code in the context of a new building.

The rectangular building on architect Sam Dillehay’s plans is designed to look like one of those old brick factory buildings which got abandoned and then was revitalized as something trendy like art studios. The proposed restaurant would seat 100 (not including seating out front). With the twelve hotel rooms above, the building would be 43 feet at its high point, not including the roof deck. 

Noting that this was the highest point in the village, John Oleske said that the structure “feels a little hulking” as it’s now designed. Noelle Kimble suggesting reconsidering the idea of making it look like an old warehouse. On the other hand, the plan would improve perennial runoff problems in the area and reduce impervious surface on a lot that’s entirely paved over right now.

This project would require a number of variances. The applicant does want people to be able to drink on the roof, perhaps with a bar of some kind in operation. No firm plan for its use has been developed, and chair Eve Walter said that the guidelines in the NBR zoning — that being the only place in the village where roof decks are as yet contemplated — should inform that plan.

Walter said that making the project work would require pleasing a great many village volunteers and officials, as well as “the rest of New Paltz.”

Join the family! Grab a free month of HV1 from the folks who have brought you substantive local news since 1972. We made it 50 years thanks to support from readers like you. Help us keep real journalism alive.
- Geddy Sveikauskas, Publisher

Terence P. Ward

Terence P Ward resides in New Paltz, where he reports on local events, writes books about religious minorities, tends a wild garden and communes with cats.

Related Posts

Ulster County pool to reopen in June after major repairs and upgrades
General News

Napanoch woman dies after medical emergency at Ulster County Pool

June 26, 2025
Kingston Land Trust launches fundraising campaign for “teeny Yosemite”
General News

City folks learn kinda slow

April 22, 2025
Daytime raccoon sightings spark concern among Saugerties residents
General News

Daytime raccoon sightings spark concern among Saugerties residents

March 31, 2025
Proposed cannabis dispensary at Zero Place triggers traffic study
Community

Zero Place in New Paltz transformed into condominiums, sparking concerns for affordable housing board

April 17, 2025
Local LGBTQ+ advocates rally to oppose passport freeze
Community

Local LGBTQ+ advocates rally to oppose passport freeze

February 18, 2025
A cold Valentine’s Day message for bus passengers in New Paltz
Community

A cold Valentine’s Day message for bus passengers in New Paltz

February 15, 2025
Next Post
New York State Police announce DWI crackdown for July 4 holiday

New York State Police announce DWI crackdown for July 4 holiday

Please login to join discussion

Weather

Kingston, NY
77°
Clear
5:26 am8:35 pm EDT
Feels like: 77°F
Wind: 4mph S
Humidity: 63%
Pressure: 29.97"Hg
UV index: 0
MonTueWed
86°F / 72°F
88°F / 68°F
88°F / 68°F
powered by Weather Atlas

Subscribe

Independent. Local. Substantive. Subscribe now.

  • Subscribe & Support
  • Print Edition
  • HV1 Magazines
  • Contact
  • Our Newsletters
  • Manage HV1 Account
  • Free HV1 Trial

© 2022 Ulster Publishing

No Result
View All Result
  • News
    • Schools
    • Business
    • Sports
    • Crime
    • Politics & Government
  • What’s Happening
    • Calendar Of Events
    • Art
    • Books
    • Kids
    • Lifestyle & Wellness
    • Food & Drink
    • Music
    • Nature
    • Stage & Screen
  • Opinions
    • Letters
    • Columns
  • Local
    • Special Sections
    • Local History
  • Marketplace
    • All Classified Ads
    • Post a Classified Ad
  • Obituaries
  • Subscribe & Support
  • Contact Us
    • Customer Support
    • Advertise
    • Submit A News Tip
  • Print Edition
    • Read ePaper Online
    • Newsstand Locations
    • Where’s My Paper
  • HV1 Magazines
  • Manage HV1 Account
  • Log In
  • Free HV1 Trial
  • Subscribe to Our Newsletters
    • Hey Kingston
    • New Paltz Times
    • Woodstock Times
    • Week in Review

© 2022 Ulster Publishing