Can you imagine our downtown with unattractive and vacant storefronts, empty upper floors, and few year-round restaurants and businesses? Can you imagine the beautiful building that is home to Universal Preservation Hall and its lively performances not existing? Can...
Over the years, I have shared success stories about several large-scale preservation projects that would have not been possible without the combined 40% State and Federal Commercial Tax Rehabilitation Credits – the Adelphi Hotel, Algonquin, and Woodlawn Row Houses to...
The designation of local historic districts has always been controversial in Saratoga Springs. Julie Stokes, founding Executive Director of the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation, recalled Monday night. “It was contentious and the final meeting literally took...
On Tuesday, January 30, 2018 the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation and Sustainable Saratoga presented a program about building heights in Downtown Saratoga Springs. The program began with a presentation by George Jacquemart, a principal at the planning and...
We use roads every day – whether we drive, bike, or walk along them. They get us to the places we need to go. We rarely think about their historic development and their impacts on our community. The first roads in early America were originally Indian and military...
Preservation Matters 1 Fifth Avenue Samantha Bosshart, Executive Director November 14, 2013 24th annual Candlelight House Tour Dec. 6 Each year on the first Friday of December the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation rings in the holidays with the...
