3 days ago · Back in July, we reported that the future of the Pike Plan canopies was up in the air as local officials explored the idea of removing them. Kingston Mayor Steven Noble and Kingston Common Council President Andrea Shaut proposed a $1.2 million project that would focus on removing the canopies attached to over 40 buildings in the historic uptown ...

20 hours ago · KINGSTON, N.Y. – Kingston Mayor Steve Noble this week announced plans for the removal of the Pike Plan canopies in Uptown Kingston, and the Common Council voted Wednesday in favor of a $1.2 million demolition project, expected to remove more than 40 canopies along Wall and North Front streets.

2 days ago · Much of the discussion around demolishing the Pike Plan has occurred behind closed doors since the Common Council called off a vote on demolishing the canopies in August 2024. Pledges by Noble to ...

3 days ago · The council approved a measure 6-2 to borrow $1.2 million to begin removing the Pike Plan canopies in front of buildings on Wall and North Front Streets. Kingston Mayor Steve Noble says demolition ...

3 days ago · KINGSTON, N.Y. — The Pike Plan could be demolished as soon as April after the Common Council voted 6-2 Tuesday night to remove the canopies on Wall and North Front streets Uptown even while ...

K INGSTON, N.Y. — The Common Council is set to vote Tuesday on demolishing the Pike Plan canopies on Wall and North Front streets, even as the project faces ongoing litigation from Neil Bender ...

Sep 27, 2024 · The Pike Plan is a colonnaded canopy built between 1973-1976, which is affixed to 44 designated historic structures within the Kingston Stockade Local, State, and National Historic District.

The Pike Plan is a beloved staple and revered icon in historic Kingston Uptown. The Pike Plan canopy and streetscape were designed and built between 1969 and 1976 in Kingston’s historic Uptown commercial center along Wall and North Front Streets.

In the 1970s, the City of Kingston affixed a wooden canopy known as the Pike Plan Canopy to portions of structures along Wall and North Front Street in Uptown Kingston, New York. This canopy system covers the heart of the Uptown shopping district and highlights local shops.

Apr 11, 2024 · Under an arrangement called the Pike Plan, the canopies designed by Woodstock architect John Pike began to blend in the mind’s eye with the original facades. To some, they became part of what the Stockade District had always looked like.