Spano trying to cell new prison museum plan.Saying Sing Sing prison could become the Alcatraz of the east, Westchester County Executive Westcheste County Executive is the head of the executive branch of the Westchester County government. The county executive has power to veto acts of Westchester County Board of Legislators [1] History Andy Spano has called on the state's Empire State Development Corporation to fund construction of a prison museum that he thinks would be a major tourist attraction Noun 1. tourist attraction - a characteristic that attracts tourists attractive feature, magnet, attractor, attracter, attraction - a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts; "flowers are an attractor for bees" for the northeast. In a letter to Charles A. Gargano, chairman of the agency that promotes tourism and economic development in the state, Spano said that Sing Sing could be the perfect catalyst for the Hudson Valley
The Hudson Valley refers to the canyon of the Hudson River and its adjacent communities in New York State, generally from northern Westchester County northward to the cities of Albany and Troy. tourism industry, attracting tourists from all over the world. He said the internationally infamous prison, which was the site of the nation's first electric chair and a favorite subject of Hollywood in the '20s and '30s, was ideally located on the river where ferry boats could deliver visitors. The idea of a museum at the prison has been endorsed by both the National Trust for Historic Preservation Historic preservation is the act of maintaining and repairing existing historic materials and the retention of a property's form as it has evolved over time. When considering the United States Department of Interior's interpretation: "Preservation calls for the existing form, and Historic Hudson Valley Historic Hudson Valley is a not-for-profit educational and historic preservation organization headquartered in Tarrytown, New York, in Westchester County. Its mission is “to celebrate the region’s history, architecture, landscape, and material culture, advancing its , which operate tourist attractions like Lyndhurst, Sunnyside and Kykuit. Under the tentative plan, it would cost about $5.8 million to turn the prison's former power plant into a museum building and create a tunnel that would lead to Sing Sing's original cell block, which would house a replica of the electric chair and other prison memorabilia. He estimated that it would cost between $500,000 and $800,000 to operate the museum, all of which could be raised from tourism proceeds. Based on tourist attendance figures at other prisons, Spano said he estimated that Sing Sing could generate about $20.5 million a year for the state, with $10.7 million going directly to Westchester's economy. The museum, he added, is estimated to create 257 new jobs, 113 of those in Westchester. The prison museum, Spano said, could spawn an entire waterway waterway, natural or artificial navigable inland body of water, or system of interconnected bodies of water, used for transportation, may include a lake, river, canal, or any combination of these. industry along the river, attracting pleasure boaters to a new destination. There are 13 million registered boats and more than 70 million recreational boaters nationwide. "Sing Sing was a famous tourist attraction in the 1920s," said Spano. "At the height of its popularity more than 3,000 people a day toured the prison, and I don't see why that cannot happen again." Jerry Mulligan mul·li·gan n. A golf shot not tallied against the score, granted in informal play after a poor shot especially from the tee. [Probably from the name Mulligan.] Noun 1. , Westchester's Commissioner of Planning, said that everyone approached about the project was very excited, including the National Trust for Historic Preservation. |
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