Preserving the Process In its editorial of December 2, 2012 “City should let 66 Franklin St. be demolished,” the Saratogian properly recognized the Historic Review Ordinance requirement that the owner of 66 Franklin Street submit a proposed development plan in...
Finding serious deficiencies in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) on the proposed demolition of the Winans-Crippen House at 66 Franklin Street, the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation (SSPF) has filed for a temporary restraining order to block the...
Franklin Square was one of the city’s most desirable neighborhoods at the time local merchant David Winans commissioned noted architect J.D. Stevens, who had designed the United States and Grand Union Hotels on Broadway, to design his new home he would build in 1871...
THIS PLACE MATTERS! Important Public Hearing on the Fate of Winans-Crippen House – 66 Franklin Street Tomorrow, Wednesday, August 15 at 7pm City Council Chambers, City Hall Please attend and show your support for preserving Saratoga Springs’ rich...
In recent weeks, I have shared with you several of this city’s most important and inspiring preservation success stories: the Adelphi Hotel, the Batcheller Mansion Inn, and the Adirondack Train Station. These architectural landmarks are with us today because caring...
Opinion, Editorial, in the Daily Gazette, August 8, 2012 In December 2008, four month after he bought the Winans-Crippen House in his City’s Franklin Square Historic District, Saratoga Springs real estate developer Joseph Boff decided that it wouldn’t be...
