Preservation Alert: Skidmore College North Broadway Entrance
Proposed Changes to North Broadway to be Reviewed TOMORROW The Foundation appreciates the important role that Skidmore College has in our community as an educational institution and the economic benefits it provides as well as it appreciates the college’s desire to be...
Preservation Alert: City Hall Renovations
Proposed Interior Renovations to be Reviewed TOMORROW The Foundation is pleased that the Department of Public Works is presenting the proposed renovation plans of City Hall, a Local Landmark, to the Design Review Commission for review at the DRC meeting on Wednesday,...
Throwback Thursday: Algonquin: Late 19th Century Luxury Returns to Downtown
Walking downtown I had always noticed the Algonquin Building – the name above the prominent arched entry with engaged columns, the decorative terra cotta and brick, and, from a distance, I always loved seeing the sun play off its polygonal domes. Upon entering...
The Value of Preservation
There is no other city like Savannah, Georgia. Only there can you walk from the port on cobblestone streets to charming squares with live oaks dripping with Spanish moss and beautiful fountains surrounded by mansions. Like Savannah, Saratoga Springs is...
15 Church Street
Last night for the first time I walked past the long vacant building known to many as “the purple building behind the post office” and was excited to see it bustling with activity. It gave me a renewed sense of hope for the other long vacant, neglected buildings in...
Urban Renewal Impacts a Community
The Saratoga Springs Urban Renewal Program was arguably one of the most ambitious and controversial projects undertaken during the 102 year history of the City of Saratoga Springs. Lasting from 1962 through 1986, it was the largest urban change of the City’s...