Saratoga Springs, New York, Part 3: Congress
Park and Downtown Area
One of our walking tours in Saratoga Springs was
through the downtown area where we found unique shopping, art galleries, spas,
boutiques, a variety of restaurants, and lots of people out enjoying the
beautiful summer weather. We were delighted and intrigued with the 5-foot tall
fiberglass ballet shoe sculptures that kept popping up. After we stumbled upon
the first few, it became a treasure hunt, trying to discover the next shoe, and
the next. Later we found out this was part of a project by The National Museum
of Dance who selected 24 artists to create these fun and frivolous, and quite
beautiful slippers, for a project called “Saratoga En Point”. We also explored
Congress Park, 17 acres in the heart of the city, and a National Historic
Landmark. At one time the park included an operating casino, the Congress Spring
Bottling Plant, and a large resort hotel called Congress Hall. At the peak of
its popularity this was a place where the wealthy, major gamblers and stars of
the entertainment world mingled. Here are some pictures of our tour of downtown
Saratoga Springs.
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