Before and After

This before and after comes from Habitat for Humanity. It was a home mostly built by women, and was dedicated on Mother’s Day, May 13th. Everything on the inside is brand new. You can see tons of more photos of the progress on Habitats Facebook page here and here. YNN was there to capture the moment, and you can see a short video of the dedication.

Habitat is bringing Newburgh back one house at a time. The have already restored and built more than 50 houses, and plan to do another 50 in the next five years to come!

Pictures from Habitat for Humanity Facebook Page

If you live in the Heights Neighborhood, you surely are familiar with this building at 69 Bay View Terrace. It used to be a dilapidated graffiti magnet, and today it is an all girls private catholic academy. Newburgh Restoration posted about it in Dec. 2010, and already there were huge improvements made.

Minuta Architecture drew up the plans for the site. Some of the upgrades to the structure that were mentioned were: raising the entire building off the original foundation, energy efficiency by upgrading the windows and insulation, adding to the structure, and well as obvious major cosmetic repairs. What can be seen today is a beautiful restoration and reuse of a grand Newburgh home.

If you’d like to share your own before and after project to your home, feel free to contact me.

– Photos from Minuta Architecture and Rob Yasinsac

This house on Henry Street has come a long way. It was once falling apart and exposed to the elements. Now, it’s the poster child example of what private citizens can accomplish with the run-down buildings of Newburgh. Minuta Architecture did the work of planning the new facade. Now it looks gorgeous and Henry Street is looking a little brighter. Imagine if a couple of houses on each block could undergo such a transformation?

It seems like slowly the house run down homes around the bluff are getting fixed up one by one. Like this home that was bought, fixed up and then sold by neighbors on the bluff.

See 11 Henry during construction.

And here’s a close up of the details, just because it looks that GOOD!

The architectural details of this home have made this renovation a favorite. It is so pleasing to see that the details were salvaged! Even though a new porch was needed, the entire cornice and shingles were saved, keeping the historical character of Newburgh intact. Habitat for Humanity did a wonderful job. Click here to see the entire photo album of work done on this home. It was one of three homes restored on Benkard.

Now, just imagine if more homes were restored like this in Newburgh! The city has a lot of homes that need restoring.

Pictures from Habitat for Humanity Facebook page