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Architecture

Debar Pond Lodge: History & Controversy

October 2, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Debar Pong Lodge in 2020 (courtesy Adirondack Architectural Heritage)For the past 20 years – but increasingly over the past three years – state legislators, local and regional government officials, state agencies, environmental and economic development groups, and others have deliberated over the future of Debar Pond Lodge, which was built in about 1940.

The 10-bedroom lodge and support buildings are located on New York State “Forever Wild” Forest Preserve land in the Northern Adirondack Park town of Duane, Franklin County, and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [Read more…] about Debar Pond Lodge: History & Controversy

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: AARCH, Adirondack Architectural Heritage, Adirondack Wild, Adirondacks, Architecture, Article 14, Brighton, Debar Mountain Wild Forest, Debar Pond Lodge, development, Duane, Easements, Forest Preserve, Franklin, Franklin County, Historic Preservation, Protect the Adirondacks, Santa Clara, Waverly, wilderness

Saratoga Springs Preservation Recognition Awards

September 11, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

saratoga springs preservation foundationThe Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation (SSPF) will award 17 community members and groups Preservation Recognition Awards as part of their Annual Meeting on Wednesday, September 13, from 5 until 7 pm in the Music Hall at City Hall, 474 Broadway in Saratoga Springs.

The Recognition Ceremony will highlight projects within the city that have preserved the architectural heritage of Saratoga Springs. [Read more…] about Saratoga Springs Preservation Recognition Awards

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Architecture, Historic Preservation, Saratoga County, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation

Ballston Spa’s 19th Century Grand Balls in Competition

August 16, 2023 by Guest Contributor 3 Comments

Brookside Museum Ballston Spa Saratoga CountyMany citizens of Ballston Spa in Saratoga County will be aware that in the nineteenth century the east end of Front Street boasted a sumptuous hotel called the Sans Souci. Some of these residents may have mused upon the great events, including grand balls, which might have enlivened this hotel back in the day, even ones graced by the presence of European royalty on occasion. [Read more…] about Ballston Spa’s 19th Century Grand Balls in Competition

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Architecture, Ballston, Ballston Spa, Brookside Museum, Cultural History, Dance, Historic Preservation, Saratoga County, Saratoga County History Center, Saratoga County History Roundtable

Silver Bay’s Historic Fisher Gymnasium Rehabilitation Project Moving Forward

August 14, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Fisher Gym Silver Bay YMCASilver Bay YMCA is one of this year’s Preserve New York (PNY) grantees. Their grant of $11,200 will fund a facility condition assessment of the historic Fisher Gymnasium. [Read more…] about Silver Bay’s Historic Fisher Gymnasium Rehabilitation Project Moving Forward

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Architecture, Grants, Hague, Historic Preservation, Lake George, New York State Council on the Arts, Preservation League of New York State, Preserve New York, Silver Bay YMCA, Warren County

Adirondack Architectural Heritage Announces 2023 Preservation Award Winners

August 6, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

aarch logoThe Adirondack Architectural Heritage (AARCH) Preservation Awards program annually recognizes exemplary historic preservation work throughout the Adirondack region, including sensitive restoration, rehabilitation, adaptive use, long-term stewardship, and individual achievement by individuals and organizations.

The recipients of the 2023 AARCH Preservation Awards, which will be honored at their Preservation Awards ceremony on Friday, September 22, are: [Read more…] about Adirondack Architectural Heritage Announces 2023 Preservation Award Winners

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Events, History Tagged With: Adirondack Architectural Heritage, Adirondacks, Architecture, Ausable Forks, Crown Point, Diamond Point, Essex County, Franklin County, Historic Preservation, Lake George, Lake Placid, Loon Lake (Franklin County), Schroon Lake

Early Forts Near Old Saratoga: Some History

August 3, 2023 by Guest Contributor 2 Comments

Fort Vrooman, Fort Saratoga and Fort Clinton historic sign in 2012 (photographed By Bill Coughlin)Many of the descriptions about fortifications in the Upper Hudson Valley, close to New France, were written by soldiers, travelers and settlers during the wars in the 18th century and into the 19th century.

Since many of the North American colonies were defended by Independent Companies, the regular English and, later, British armies had little direct influence on fortification designs, which created a high demand for the assistance of military engineers. [Read more…] about Early Forts Near Old Saratoga: Some History

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Archaeology, Architecture, Battenkill, Burning of Saratoga, Engineering History, Fort Ann, Fort Burnet, Fort Clinton, Fort Edward, Fort Miller, Fort Nicholson, Fort Saratoga, Fort Vrooman, French And Indian War, Hudson River, Indigenous History, King George’s War, King William’s War, Military History, New France, Peter Schuyler, Philip Schuyler, Queen Anne's War, Saratoga, Saratoga County, Saratoga Patent, Schuyler House, Schuylerville, Seven Years War

Genesee Valley Park & The Barge Canal: Roman Arches Over Indian Rivers

August 2, 2023 by Bill Orzell Leave a Comment

a Real Picture Post Card view of pedestrian bridge spanning the NYS Barge Canal in Genesee Valley Park Rochester, New YorkThe partnership of Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux pioneered American landscape architecture. Their work in Manhattan’s Central Park, Brooklyn’s Prospect Park and Boston’s Franklin Park set new standards for outdoor spaces which some Upstate New York cities such as Buffalo sought to emulate, albeit on a reduced scale. [Read more…] about Genesee Valley Park & The Barge Canal: Roman Arches Over Indian Rivers

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History, Mohawk Valley, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Architecture, Barge Canal, boating, Calvert Vaux, Engineering History, Frederick Law Olmsted, Genesee River, Genesee Valley Conservancy, Genesee Valley Greenway, Genesee Valley Park, Landscape Architecture, Mohawk River, Monroe County, paddling, Rochester, Transportation History

Greenwich Village’s Free and Independent Republic & John Sloan at Jefferson Market’s Night Court

July 10, 2023 by Jaap Harskamp Leave a Comment

John Sloan's The City from Greenwich Village, 1922 (National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC)Painters such as James McNeill Whistler and Childe Hassam exported the streetscape from Paris to America by creating various impressionistic vistas or bird’s-eye city views. As society became increasingly urbanized, art took a less genteel direction. Members of New York Ashcan movement urged painters to drop orthodoxy and depict the bustling streets of the city.

Although not an “organized” school of painting, the unity of the group consisted in a desire to grasp urban realities. The name ashcan (dustbin) was initially hurled against these artists as a term of derision – it became a banner of distinction.

As committed urbanists, these painters were both observers and participants. John French Sloan, Robert Henri and friends created a dynamic record of metropolitan street culture. Although attacked by their opponents as being “devotees of the ugly,” these artists looked for aesthetic vitality in ordinary life. [Read more…] about Greenwich Village’s Free and Independent Republic & John Sloan at Jefferson Market’s Night Court

Filed Under: Arts, History, New York City Tagged With: Architecture, Art History, Crime and Justice, Documentary, Greenwich Village, Labor History, Legal History, modernism, New York City, NYPD, Political History, Socialism, Stanford White, Theatre, Urban History, Vice

Central Park Casino: The Epitome of Jazz Age New York City

July 5, 2023 by Holley Snaith 2 Comments

Central Park Casino, Late 1920sThe Central Park Casino, situated at Fifth Avenue and 72nd Street, was a premier New York City restaurant and nightclub, epitomizing the era of the Jazz Age. The Casino, with its grand dining room and perfectly polished dance floor, entertained some of the most prominent names in New York, from Tammany Hall politicians to Broadway stars and even royalty. Yet this exclusive, glamorous, and somewhat dangerous, appeal that was the Casino’s trademark, led to its demise during the darkest days of America’s great financial crisis. [Read more…] about Central Park Casino: The Epitome of Jazz Age New York City

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Architecture, Calvert Vaux, Central Park, Fiorello La Guardia, Frederick Law Olmsted, Great Depression, Jimmy Walker, Manhattan, New York City, Political History, Prohibition, Robert Moses, Social History, Tammany Hall, Vice

Here in Manhattan: A New Pop-History Guide

June 22, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Here in ManhattanThe new book Here in Manhattan: A site-by-site guide to the history of the world’s greatest city (Sutherland House Books, 2023) by Tom Begnal tells the story of Manhattan, ranging from Fort Washington to Wall Street, bridging important history and pop-culture moments. Here in Manhattan is a site-by-site guide to the wonders of the city. [Read more…] about Here in Manhattan: A New Pop-History Guide

Filed Under: Books, History, New York City Tagged With: Architecture, Culinary History, Cultural History, Edgar Alan Poe, Film History, Fort Washington, Manhattan, New York City, Performing Arts, Pop Culture History, Wall Street

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