In Hudson , a 19th-century whaling town-turned-hotspot , the modern intersects with the traditional , making it the perfect place for art and antique collecting . Wm . Farmer & Sons ( 20 S . Front Street ), across from the train station on the waterfront , is a great place to start or end your visit . The boardinghouse / restaurant / barroom offers craft cocktails , snacks and farm-to-table dishes as well as comfy , quirkily designed rooms and suites . Start your exploration at Basilica Hudson ( 110 S . Front Street ), a nonprofit , multidisciplinary arts center , also on the waterfront , in a solarpowered reclaimed 1880s factory . Its Back Gallery shows local artists . The Basilica also hosts weddings and community events ; weekend happenings include food and literary programs , performances , music and an annual Thanksgiving weekend flea market .

After checking out The Other Company ( 99 South Front Street ) for an eclectic mix of furnishings from the 1500s to the 1950s , head to Warren Street , Hudson ’ s mile-long main street . The Limner Gallery ( 123 Warren Street ), on the western end , left New York City for this hipster mecca . Warren Street ’ s quaint clapboards and Federalist houses give way to antique shops at Third Street . The Hudson Mercantile , Furlong and Warren Street Antiques can satisfy every lifestyle and budget , including fossilized Cretaceous fish , Chinese landscape paintings , 1970s Soviet propaganda and Japanese robot bunnies .

Further east are Skalar Modern ( 438½ Warren Street ), offering Midcentury Modern European furniture ; Naga North ( 536 Warren Street ), presenting Japanese and Art Deco items ; and the Space-Age Magic Hill ( 558 Warren Street ). The Stair Gallery ( 549 Warren Street ) holds monthly auctions . White Whale Limited ( 410 Warren Street ) sells coyote claws , wooden nickels and antique livestock tags . “ We try to get at least a dollar from everyone who comes in here ,” says its proprietor , who ’ s named Ishmael , like in Moby Dick .

Carrie Haddad Gallery ( 622 Warren ), opened in 1991 , established Hudson as an arts center . 510 Warren Street Gallery shows local and national artists . And Hudson Opera House ( 327 Warren Street ) exhibits notable local work in its stately restored halls .

Yet no gallery symbolizes Hudson like J . Damiani Gallery ( 237 Warren Street ). Founded in 2007 by retired art teacher Joan Diamani , the gallery displays her striking large-scale photographs of Columbia County and Italian cities , Hopper-like paintings of barns and empty restaurants and surrealist giclée-printed photographs of stallions thundering through eerie urban courtyards . It ’ s classic , contemporary and edgy . In other words , it ’ s Hudson .

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