June 26, 2015 will mark the centennial of the Spencer Trask Memorial and in preparation, the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation (SSPF) has partnered with the City of Saratoga Springs to restore this nationally and locally significant memorial. In 1913,...
Many may have read the article that was featured in the Saratogian on Monday, August 22nd regarding the demolition of 172 Ballston Avenue. This letter was submitted to the Saratogian’s Reader’s View to provide perspective. August 26, 2011 NEGLECT IS...
Joseph Boff, owner of the historic Winans-Crippen House at 66 Franklin, has withdrawn his application to the city’s Design Review Commission to demolish the building, saying he now aims to sell it. He has asked the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation to assist in...
On Monday, April 11, Supreme Court Justice Thomas D. Nolan, Jr. issued a permanent injunction preventing the demolition of the historic Winans-Crippen House at 66 Franklin Street, Saratoga Springs without either approval of the City’s Design Review Commission or an...
Walmart today announced that it has withdrawn its proposal to build a Walmart Supercenter at a location within the boundaries of Wilderness Battlefield — the site of one of the most important battles of the Civil War. The company instead plans to work with the local...
Say “Salem, Massachusetts,” and of course, the Salem Witch Trials springs to mind. There are ample reasons to think Salem might have some wronged spirits still haunting the place. And among those inclined to think so, the Old Salem Jail had the reputation for being...
