Comments for A Real Castle For Sale

A Real Castle For Sale

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:43:59 -0600

The New York National Guard, has put up for sale its old Glen Falls, N.Y. Armory...

Comment from BillT on 2009-10-23

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:46:56 -0600

Well, there *was* a unit there when you left.

Ummmmmm, just out of curiosity, how many of those guys followed you?

Comment from olga on 2009-10-23

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:33:32 -0600

you see, Bill, 4 years out of the state and I already had no idea that they have no unit to occupy the castle :o)

Comment from BillT on 2009-10-23

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:41:08 -0600

...or just give it back to the NY NG??

New Yawk would just put it back on the auction block -- there's no unit to occupy it. The last outfit there was a Med Company, but it moved to a consolidated facility in August.

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2009-10-23

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:09:41 -0600

Needs parapets. And embrasures.

And room for ranges, too.

Perhaps we could move it out here...

Comment from April on 2009-10-23

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:49:10 -0600

Shoot, if I had a million to buy and repair, you betcha! My husband has always wanted to be king. If he had is own castle, and could just pretend, we'd all be happy.

Comment from olga on 2009-10-23

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:43:36 -0600

Well, upstate NY is not that bad on the gun laws... It's the downstate that's a gun-rights nightmare...
Love the building, if I had the $$ to buy AND fix.. or just give it back to the NY NG??

Comment from Heartless Libertarian on 2009-10-23

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:53:29 -0600

The only other issue would be NY's gun laws...not, if you could persuade Glens Falls to secede from NY and join neighboring Vermont...

Comment from BillT on 2009-10-23

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:16:46 -0600

I *know* that building. It's definitely a "fixer-upper" -- particularly with regards to the floor (sixty-year-old linoleum tiles), walls (solid plaster, though), ceiling (not too bad), wiring (cloth-wrapped aluminum), plumbing (imagine a three-story outhouse), and heating (if you don't have a Black Seal, don't even mess with it).