Because it is the oldest sport in the country. Itself saw just about every racehorse that ever lived. Not all of them, but most of them. The New York Times magazine said that the battles for saratoga were the most important battles ever fought in the entire world in the last 1000 years because they resulted in surrender. It was the First Time Ever in World History that a british army surrendered. Welcome to Saratoga Springs, on American History tv. Healing mineral waters, revolutionary war battles, and worldrenowned horseracing are all part of the citys history. It is located about four hours north of new york city, and has a population of about 27,000. With the help of our spectrum Cable Partners, for the next 75 minutes we will learn about the citys history, including its connection to civil war and american president ulysses s. Grant. We begin our special feature on the battlefield that changed the tide in the revolutionary war. The New York Times magazine said the battles for sarat
Support Cultural Heritage and organizations on the ground doing great work in the neighborhood. I mentioned at our october 23 hearing that it may be potent l potentially possible to fund this work through our Community Facilities district. We need to explore the legal and policy ramifications, but the potential to do such things extends the program to the plan is personally very exciting. The second item is the need to increase Operation Maintenance parks and facilities, as well as rec park and others to identify the Funding Sources. The third is a need for neighborhood cleaning services, which identified to us from supervisor kims office. And well talk about prevailing wages. Weve been in conovversation wi organized labor on this and one option comes through the newly signed legislation of the state ab73, which allows cities to create sustainability districts if theyre paid for the construction work. We dont really fully understand that and will continue to work with people to see if
Communitycentric charact characteristics of our neighborhoods. It will intensify high wind patterns and creep eight an unwelcome pedestrian experience. Weve already lost an enormous amount of light due to the linkedin building. A neighborhood was designed to enhance proximity to the bay and light reflecting off the water. Increasing all the density will overstress and overcrowd our few green spaces, such as south park, which may not only be cast into shadow, but also damaged and filled with litter by day use by people who have no interest more than eating their lunch and smoking a cigarette. Our neighborhood is already stressed with high traffic. It includes many highways and exit ramps and a huge conference center. I applaud the effort to make the sidewalks more pedestrianfriendly, the Planning Commission must balance these efforts during baseball season and everyday commuter rush hour. Thank you. Im tom leader. Dls landscape architecture. And were honored to be collaborating with the
Recent visit to Saratoga Springs, new york. You are watching American History tv. All weekend, every weekend on cspan3. The Saratoga Springs History Museum is one of the oldest museums in upstate new york. We were founded as the Historical Society of saratoga and our mission is to collect items that relate to the history of Saratoga Springs. We will go through the history of Saratoga Springs from prehistoric times into the 20th century. Were going to look at prehistoric times through the early 18th century. One of the most important things about saratoga is the spring water. Native american strength the spring water because they believed it contains healing properties. There was a spring that was called high rock springs. The natives drink the water and also hunted in the areas around saratoga lake. , manye many artifacts dating back thousands of years. One artifact is a piece of deposit from high rocks. If you were to visit the spring, it looks like a small volcano. That is a buildup
Program director serving San Francisco for 23 years, working with hundreds and thousands of kids im a native. Been there all my life. 5 want to be sure as changes are are being made, want to be sure that people can weigh in and know what is good for our community. Ive seen things unfold all my life in the neighborhood. I want to be sure we hold people not only accountable, but that we get equity. Thats a word thats been thrown around loosely and lightly. I want to be sure also that our current people that are here working together, talking about we are soma, that we figure out the best plan for our people. Weve cant have people come to our neighborhood and tell us whats best and what they feel as though how we should live and how the community should be safer. We have a comprehensive Community Safety plan that we and some of my brothers that live there and have been serving there, we have for safety. Nobody want business, nope want to be in places that are not safe. So come see us. Tal