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...
Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation Preservation Matters – York Avenue School Samantha Bosshart, Executive Director October 2, 2013 School is Back in Session School 7 Fall always marks the time of year when students go back to school. Many may not realize that...
When I first came to Saratoga Springs I always noticed one particular building when stopped at the intersection of Franklin Street, Grand Avenue and Congress Street, 117 Grand Avenue. It stands taller with its steeply pitched roof and has much more detail than the...
Restoring historic buildings is never easy, but the results can be highly rewarding. Fortunately, Saratoga Springs over the last 40 years has seen many locals who, with creativity, fortitude and passion, have turned vacant and abandoned structures of great...
Walking along Broadway in the summertime is one of my favorite things about living in Saratoga Springs. Broadway is a playground, a place to have fun and to see and be seen. People watching here is as much a sport as horse racing. I like to imagine what...
You can see it in the Saratoga Race Course, which next year will celebrate 150 years of racing. You can see it in the Canfield Casino, the embodiment of Saratoga’s Gilded Age. You can see it all over the city from the stately commercial buildings that line Broadway to...
