The Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation with guest presenter Nancy Baird Brown presented “Women’s Suffrage in Saratoga Springs” on October 27th at 7PM. On the Tuesday before Election Day, viewers learned about the pivotal role Saratoga Springs...
On Thursday, October 1st at 7PM Carol Godette explored several locations throughout Saratoga Springs during virtual presentation “Hidden Histories.” In the presentation Carol unearths the history of her Nelson Avenue home, the site of Ben & Jerry’s, former...
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...
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...
I don’t think there is a person who resides in or visits Saratoga Springs who doesn’t enjoy looking at the historic images of Saratoga Springs and taking a step back in time to see people strolling in front of the grand hotels that once graced Broadway, the tree-lined...
Of the many success stories Saratoga Springs can take pride in, the adaptive reuse of the Van Raalte Knitting Mill on High Rock Avenue to a professional office building is one of the most remarkable. Thirteen years after the mill closed in 1986, most people thought...
