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Article: SARATOGA SPRINGS EMERGES AS FINE URBAN SITE.(PERSPECTIVE)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- July 9, 1995
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Byline: PAUL M. BRAY
It may be a stretch, but if you connect an observation from the NBA playoff games with what is happening on 42nd Street in New York City and in Saratoga Springs, there are signs that we are ready to get urban and real again. For decades there has been a full-scale retreat from urban life to a self-imposed sequestration in residential and corporate enclaves. Perhaps we have had enough of sequestration.
George Vecsey, sports columnist for the New York Times, noticed that some wealthy fans at the NBA playoff games had abandoned the luxury boxes where the games are often watched on the tube for seats near the court. ``They seem to ...