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Poughkeepsie Scenic Resources Inventory December 2018 Poughkeepsie Scenic Resources Inventory December 2018 Prepared for the City of Poughkeepsie as part of the Cornell University Course CRP 3072/5072: Land Use, Environmental Planning, and Urban Design Work- shop in Fall 2017 and Fall 2018 with Professor George Frantz Analysis (Fall 2018) Maurice Bradford Skye Hart Yi Yang Background Research (Fall 2017) Mara Basich-Pease Nicholas Cowan Carli Fraccarolli Tim Kim Alec Martinez Jesse Yang This project is funded in part by a grant from the New York State Environmental Protec- tion Fund through the Hudson River Estuary Program of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation A Natural Resources Inventory for the City of Poughkeepsie - Appendix D - Poughkeepsie Scenic Resources Inventory 279 Table of Contents Introduction 01 Demographics 02 Brief History 03 Past and Present Planning Initiatives 04 Existing Regulatory Structure 06 Land Use Districts 09 Existing Ecological Resources and Open Space 10 Surveys 11 Methodology 12 Results 15 Discussion and Suggestions 29 Acknowledgments 31 Appendix 32 A Natural Resources Inventory for the City of Poughkeepsie - Appendix D - Poughkeepsie Scenic Resources Inventory 280 INTRODUCTION Population This report identifies potential scenic resources in the City of Poughkeepsie. As of 2017, the U.S. Census Bureau Based on each parcel’s unique estimates the City of Poughkeepsie’s circumstances, they can be highlighted population at just over 30,000 people. as community assets, better maintained, Poughkeepsie’s population grew rapidly and/or protected from development or from 1900-1950 but peaked around 1950 change. Several site visits, a public with 41,000 residents. Between the 1950s survey conducted in fall 2017, and GIS and the 1980s, the City’s population data analysis served as the contextual declined, likely due to a series of factors framework in which the project was including the forces of conducted. deindustrialization. Poughkeepsie’s population has been consistently near Due to time, data, and constraints in 30,000 since that decline. gaining access to some properties, there may be issues with the identifications and recommendations made in this inventory. That being acknowledged, the Year Population Percentage project surveyed Poughkeepsie for Change scenic resources, which are public assets of visual or aesthetic contribution. 1860 14,726 27.9% These potential resources were identified and scored based on whether 1900 24,029 8.2% they possess environmental, historic, recreational, and cultural qualities. 1950 41,023 1.3% DEMOGRAPHICS1 1960 38,330 -6.6% The City of Poughkeepsie, a relatively dense urban area, lies on the western 1980 29,757 -7.1% shore of the Hudson River, about seventy-five miles north of New York City in the mid-Hudson Valley. Covering 5.14 2000 29,871 3.6% square miles, it is one of two cities within 2010 32,736 9.6% Dutchess County, and it is surrounded by the larger town of Poughkeepsie. 2016* 30,267 -7.5% * Census Bureau 2016 estimated population. 1 U.S. Census Bureau. “City of Poughkeepsie.” 1 | P a g e A Natural Resources Inventory for the City of Poughkeepsie - Appendix D - Poughkeepsie Scenic Resources Inventory 281 Housing & Education Income Levels Around 80 percent of residents have Compared with the Town of Poughkeep- obtained at least a high school diploma, sie and New York State, the City of while 23% have obtained a college Poughkeepsie’s median household degree. The employment sector for income is significantly lower. While the Poughkeepsie residents is dominated by Town of Poughkeepsie averaged a educational services, health care, and median income of $71,584 from 2012- social assistance, bolstered by the 2016 and New York State averaged a presence of three higher education median income of $60,850 in those years, institutions in the city or larger town: the City of Poughkeepsie averaged a Vassar College, Marist College, and median income of $39,067. Dutchess Community College. In total, these colleges add a student population Land Use of 19,253 during instruction. Further, Land use trends have evolved along with because of these colleges, the rate of the development of industry. While the renting is much higher. Of the 13,984 total city currently retains a density of 5,890 households, the percentage of owner- persons per square mile, the density has occupied housing was around 35 fluctuated from around 4,500 persons percent. From 2012-2016, the median per square mile in 1900, peaking in 1950 value of owner-occupied housing units closer to 8,000, and settling back down to was $193,100, while the median gross densities between 5,800 and 6,400. The rent from the same time period was changing densities also align to the $1,033. 2 | P a g e A Natural Resources Inventory for the City of Poughkeepsie - Appendix D - Poughkeepsie Scenic Resources Inventory 282 zoning outlined within the historic Poughkeepsie because of its strategic comprehensive plans, expanded upon in location between two existing major the section titled “Prior Planning cities, Albany and New York. This, along Initiatives.” with Poughkeepsie’s closeness with the river, made it a sensible stop for traders BRIEF HISTORY between the two cities.3 The town was “officially” founded in 1687 when a few Poughkeepsie is located on the home- settlers were issued a land patent by the lands of the Wappinger, a community that 4 governor of the colony of New York. is part of the Lenape Nation. De- mographics, settlement patterns, and The maps below from 1903 and 1943, land use practices changed when British respectively, show the region as it and Dutch settlers colonized the area in developed over the years. The growth of the late 17th century.2 The colonizers the City of Poughkeepsie is especially chose to settle in what is currently prominent. Technological advancements 1903 Poughkeepsie Topography Map (Left) &1943 Poughkeepsie Topography Map (Right) 2 Diaz, Michael. “A Short History of 3 Palaia, Joe. “History of Poughkeepsie.” The Poughkeepsie’s Upper Landing.” Poughkeepsie Hudson River Valley Institute. McManus Library, Upper Landing Park. Chapter 1: Native Marist College. Web. Accessed 8 Oct. 2017. Americans, the Dutch, and the English. Web. 4 Diaz, Michael. “A Short History of Accessed 8 Oct. 2017. Poughkeepsie’s Upper Landing.” 3 | P a g e A Natural Resources Inventory for the City of Poughkeepsie - Appendix D - Poughkeepsie Scenic Resources Inventory 283 like the Hudson River Railroad, which Consolidated Plan.7 This plan set forth opened in 1851, and the automobile much both housing and community later, solidified Poughkeepsie’s trader development needs in one document and economy and helped turn it into a suburb established priorities and strategies for 5 of New York City. meeting identified needs, consistent with available funding sources. Finally, in However, the establishment of major 2012, Dutchess County and the City of universities like Vassar College and Poughkeepsie released the 2013-2017 Marist College, and the later location of Consolidated Plan, which is a IBM in the town helped transform the comprehensive document promoting a demographic of Poughkeepsie to be a coordinated approach to housing and more educated and independent city. community needs, and fostering the coordination of all programs funded by PAST AND PRESENT PLANNING the U.S. Department of Housing and INITIATIVES Urban Development (HUD).8 These plans, along with the other plans that follow, The City of Poughkeepsie has released outline the history and vision for the multiple city plans, stormwater future of the City of Poughkeepsie. management programs, and waterfront redevelopment initiatives over the past 20 years. Comprehensive Plans In 1998, The Chazen Companies and Rapport, Meyers, Whitbeck, Shaw, and Rodenhausen, LLP, published the City of Poughkeepsie Comprehensive Plan that proposed strategies for policy and Other Plans Related to the Project capital improvements and established a program for development of the city.6 In 1) Poughkeepsie Waterfront Rede- 2007, the County of Dutchess and the City of Poughkeepsie, along with Saccardi & velopment Strategy (2015): Schiff, Inc., released the 2008-2012 The Waterfront Redevelopment Strategy is a comprehensive ac- tion plan for revitalizing the Hud- 7 Dutchess County, et al. “County of Dutchess & 5 Palaia, Joe. “History of Poughkeepsie.” City of Poughkeepsie 2008-2012 Consolidated 6 The Chazen Companies, and Rapport, Plan.” July 2007. Meyers, Whitbeck, Shaw, and Rodenhausen, 8 Molinaro, Marcus J., et al. “2013-2017 LLP. “City of Poughkeepsie Comprehensive Dutchess County and City of Poughkeepsie Plan.” Nov. 1998. Consolidated Plan .” July 2015. 4 | P a g e A Natural Resources Inventory for the City of Poughkeepsie - Appendix D - Poughkeepsie Scenic Resources Inventory 284 son River waterfront with a focus “enduring concerns about building on its connectivity to the city of vacancy, crime, public safety, Poughkeepsie.9 Goal statements open space, and underutilization include: “(i) Build a continuous of land,” it works parallel to the Greenway Trail along the river- enhancement of open space front; (ii) Knit together surround- within the most central district of ing City plans, projects, and the city. neighborhoods; and (iii) Create a high-quality waterfront park and 3) The Poughkeepsie Innovation regional destination center District (PID) Plan (2018): between Main Street, the Railroad The PID is a plan to revitalize the Station, and Walkway Elevator.” core commercial section of As these scenic resources inven- downtown Poughkeepsie and tory (SRI) catalogues scenic transform it into an economic resources within the city, it is center that features an impossible to ignore the artistic/historical, attractive, and prominence of the Hudson River pedestrian-friendly design. waterfront as both a macro- and Currently, the area is in economic micro- landscape. decline, which contributes to the persistence of unemployment in 2) Poughkeepsie City Center Revi- the city, causes an increase in talization (PCCRP) Plan (2014): vacant and abandoned properties, The PCCRP works to enhance the and explains the city’s problem of existing functions of Poughkeep- great urban poverty.
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