Blue Anchor and other memories

There has been some talk of the Blue Anchor of late. I for one have some of the best memories of my life there. It was at the Blue Anchor that I really honed my skills in playing basketball, well at least I think they were skills. I remember playing one on one with Kevin "Cazzie" Dolan or James "Fish" McNamara to mention a couple. There were many nights and afternoons spent on that small court at the Anchor.
Of course one can never forget the card games and just listening to the jukebox, do they still have those. Several songs just jump out at me, Signs by the Five Man Electrical Band and Brick House by Earth Wind and Fire. Who can ever forget those summer nights just hanging out there and being with friends. Maybe doing a little drinking and partying.
We also cannot forget "The Path". Boy what crazy things happened there. I know in this politically correct world you're not supposed to say this but I'm going to as it has meaning to the memory, what about "Retard Hill". Or even those late night skinny dipping at Oakdale. One of my best memories was the initiation into the Anchor at Oakdale, all covered with eggs,peanut butter and whatever else and having to roll around in the sand and then go into the lake. WOW.
Do they still do these harmless fun things or have they all gone away? Too bad because they sure were fun and no-one got hurt.

Hudson Happenings

Sean actually sparked a thought for me. He asked how the real estate market is in Hudson and Columbia County, to be brief they are two differant animals. Hudson has that SoHo,Village kind of feeling beginning to really take over and the County is strongly influenced by weekenders.

Anyway my thought here is to give a few examples of how Hudson in particular is and has changed. The old church on the corner of 6th and Columbia has been bought and word is the Manager of Lenny Kravitz is putting a recording studio there. The old dress shop on 4th and Columbia is also a recording/music store. Just around the croner at the old bus garage an absolutely beautiful restaurant/night club is being built, also has recording for the music acts. I took a brief tour of the place a few weeks ago and all I can say is WOW. Hudson has never seen anything like it,ever. It has live entertainment,restaurant,bar on the 1st floor and a banquet facility upstairs. Of course there is Mexican Radio,Cia Maia,Swoon,Vico to name a few Restaurants, a new one called pm, just wine and tappas there. Waren Street has less and less antique shops and more and more art galleries and specialty stores. I think this is a great change. There can be just so many antique shops, at one time there was near 70 of them. The river front is being developed into public parks and public use, awesome idea.

I'm sure I forgot some and hopefully others will chime in here and let everyone know what they have seen as far as changes. There certainly is more to come, a Hotel in the 500 block of Warren Street is being discussed another new building is planned for 5th and Warren on the empty lot, proves to be interesting. There has been talk of a micro-brewery coming to town as well as talk of a whiskey distillery(all just talk right now).

Also Sean to answer your question, real estate in Columbia County as a whole has certainly slowed like the rest of the country. There, however, have been spurts of steady business. It will bounce back and continue to move forward. Hudson is without saying, unique, as we all know. It has a very long main strip,Warren Street, offering a 1 mile long business district with pretty pristine store fronts.

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