The Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation is excited to announce the generous $50,000 contribution from The Carruth Foundation, a Texas-based organization, to help underwrite the rehabilitation of 65 Phila Street, the long-neglected Alexander A. Patterson House....
On Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 6PM this project at 269 Broadway will go before the Design Review Commission (DRC) for Historic Review of a new 6-story mixed-use building with on-site, underground parking within the Transect-6 Urban Core district. We strongly urge...
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...
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...
