tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post6054016504623190992..comments2024-03-28T14:32:11.018-04:00Comments on Ramblin' with AM: The Long Goodbye Continuesbookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-13954224110898918112012-07-12T20:52:51.595-04:002012-07-12T20:52:51.595-04:00A sad story and I feel for you and the tenants tha...A sad story and I feel for you and the tenants that were there at the time. I love these old buildings and I am sorry for what the tenants had to go through. I am glad the building is slowly being restored. I hope all the apartments can be occupied again. There is a former jailhouse in Owego, NY (one of the villages seriously flooded here in upstate NY) that is closed now but they tried to have a restaurant, and I think apartments, there too.bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-15379002409995246402012-07-12T20:48:01.006-04:002012-07-12T20:48:01.006-04:00Thank you. I've done a little Internet resear...Thank you. I've done a little Internet research on the building a.k.a. Air Force Plant 59. The building is still "one of the largest wood structures in the United States". Several other times the building was slated for deactivation and got another life. As for the rumor about the power generation - I would love to hear more about that. I have no fond memories of Goudey Station, and that would be the ultimate irony.bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-63763369686213800562012-07-12T09:07:43.206-04:002012-07-12T09:07:43.206-04:00Less than a month after I moved out of an apartmen...Less than a month after I moved out of an apartment building last August there was a fire in one of the units and the whole building had to be evacuated due to smoke and water damage. I felt incredibly lucky I had moved and didn't lose everything. I felt sorry for all the people who lost their low-rent housing. It is a heritage building, an inn from the 1850s that later served as a temporary courhouse and jail. For months the building stood fenced and locked up. It is across the street from the farmers' market, so I saw it every week. <br /><br />A couple weeks ago I noticed one ground-floor unit was open again. I saw a man walking his dog through a door, someone unfamiliar. I could never live there again. I can't imagine how anyone who was living there and lost their belongings in the fire could ever live there again. Still, I was relieved to see someone is.Vanhttp://www.vanwaffle.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-59430004003120436342012-07-12T07:31:50.713-04:002012-07-12T07:31:50.713-04:00There is a rumor floating that if the Air Force te...There is a rumor floating that if the Air Force tears down the old GE plant (at one time the largest wood building in the world) and whoever is responsible pulls down Goudy station (old coal power station, then an initiative could take place installing MW photovoltaic power and tie it into through the existing grid connection that Goudy station had.jcwinniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08881601751116927460noreply@blogger.com