Into the Hudson Valley
After an early departure from Buffalo, we drove toward our next rest spot in Hudson, NY. Along the way, however, I made three stops to photograph oddities on top of things: a large statue of a man sitting atop a five and dime in East Aurora, a tiny house on top of a factory building in Syracuse, and a large dog statue that once sat atop a factory owned by RCA (now defunct) called Nipper.
We got to our Airbnb in the woods by mid-afternoon. The place was tucked into woods right next to a very active Amtrak line that saw at least one train per hour. It was a perfect spot to post up between trips up the hill to the city proper, and had room for Myrtle to run around with her ball.
Hudson itself is very picturesque. Warren Street appears to be its main thoroughfare with the most shops and restaurants the city had to offer. After reading up on it a bit, it’s apparently referred to as “Williamsburg in the woods” due to all the NYCers who’ve come up and (unfortunately) gentrified Hudson. If you go off of Warren to any of the neighboring streets, you’ll see abandoned houses and boarded up buildings right next to fully renovated and well-maintained ones. It’s very clearly a city that’s been undergoing change for a time. The wealth gap is palpable in a place like this, sadly.
Despite the exorbitant prices for everything, we had a good time wandering around and taking in the sights as the sun began going down. Choosing just one image from today was difficult, but I’ve landed on this one because it’s representative of my favorite block of architecture I saw in Hudson.