A historic carriage house was located beside and behind Pete's Auto Parts, most recently a residence at rear of this parcel. Explore Downtown Utica's CoLa Neighborhood. Another view of the demolition is explained in the following post...
Arrow points to location of recently demolished building by @MVHealthSystem on this 1896 CoLa map. Learn more about the Carriage House lost at today’s “456” Columbia Street... https://t.co/jl4od8wu1p pic.twitter.com/J9AIRgDfLU
— BetterUticaDowntown (@BudsforBUD) December 7, 2019
December 2, 2019 - Read the history of what MVHS's called, "just an old buikding", the History of 456 Columbia Street (PDF). This carriage house was the first CoLa Neighbiorhood building lost in the #MVHSdowntown Urban Renewal battle.
October 30, 2019 - The first building to fall...
Historic Preservation: 0
— BetterUticaDowntown (@BudsforBUD) October 31, 2019
Destructive Urban Renewal: 1
456 Columbia Street stood proud this morning, but later crushed by @MVHealthSystem. Tonight @NoHospitalDwtn held a memorial... pic.twitter.com/l0ON2MHjoL
Read about the past and present Streets of Cola. Understand that damage to CoLa occured during Utica's Urban Renewal Project No. 1, and lots of Downtown Developemnts prove the hospital is not required.
We're not opposed to a new hospital, just do not bulldoze Downtown Utica's centrally located neighborhood. We say, "Build It At St. Luke's!", on Utica's current Oneida County Medical District.