State court rules against efforts to halt Pike Plan demolition in Uptown Kingston

State court rules against efforts to halt Pike Plan demolition in Uptown Kingston

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Developer Neil Bender’s William Gottlieb Real Estate’s efforts to halt the city’s plans to demolish the Pike Plan through litigation were dealt another blow on Monday, Jan. 27, when State Supreme Court Judge David M. Gandin threw out a preliminary injunction seeking to halt the demolition of the canopies on Wall and North Front streets. Gandin threw out the real estate firm’s arguments that the canopies are permanently affixed “…

Pike Plan canopies seem doomed

Affixed to the front of the buildings in the uptown neighborhood of Kingston, the Colonial Revival canopies erected to shelter the sidewalks a half-century ago seem ever more likely to be consigned to the dustbin of history. Mayor Steve Noble said as much when he announced his plans to see them dismantled. The common council approved a $1.2-million bond measure to pay for the demolition. And now, after five months of legal combat, county Supreme…