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...
The George S. Bolster Collection: Documenting the Old, Imagining the New
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...
The Van Raalte Mill
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...
Movies Make Memories: Community Theatre
There is something about going to the movies that creates memories that last. I will probably always remember that I saw “Gravity” in 3D the first night the new Bow Tie movie theater opened to the public. It was the first time that movies were shown in a commercial...
1874: A Year Like No Other
As racing season nears and the crowds on Broadway grow, it is hard to imagine what the crowds of strollers would have been like in 1874, the only season that all four of the grand resort hotels on Broadway were open – Congress Hall, the Grand Central Hotel, the Grand...