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Ron & Michele Riggi's House
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By: gordonhigh.
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This 20,000 sq. foot home is owned by Ron Riggi, CEO of Turbine Services Ltd., a firm that sells parts to GE. Riggi allegedly paid $3.825 million for the five-bedroom, six-and-half-bath home at 36 Stony Brook Drive in Meadowbrook Estates, a luxury development on the city's east side. His wife Michele Riggi is a local socialite who runs a company called Posh Palazzo Pups, where she sells books and other materials to raise money for local animal shelters and charities. Mrs. Riggi owns 36 dogs herself.
The Riggis caused a kerfuffle when they purchased a Civil War-era home adjacent to their property and bulldozed it to make way for a large lawn for Michele Riggi's dogs to roam free. Mrs. Riggi has the lawn heated year-round so her dogs will never have to worry about snow. This would draw the ire of the neighborhood, being the subject of scathing blog posts and online attacks. Seems the tight knit and buttoned up community of Saratoga Springs wasn’t ready for the diva socialite. There goes the neighborhood.
The Riggis have christened their home "Palazzo Riggi". It is an impressive home with quite the historic value.Their son Chris is also an actor who has had roles on Gossip Girl and in Vampires Suck.
In recent news the FBI on executed a search at the Old Gick Road building that houses a business connected to local businessmen and twin brothers Ronald and Vincent Riggi. At one point, Ronald Riggi came out and spoke to the agents at the building's front door. Ronald Riggi had been the CEO of the private company for years, but his current title was not immediately known. A campaign disclosure statement from 2015 listed him as retired. Riggi stayed tight lipped and made no comment about the situation however.

Bill Parcells’ House (former)
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This is the former NFL head coach’s summer house. He owns another house in FL.

John Breyo's Mega-Mansion
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John Breyo was chairman, president and chief executive officer of Ayco Company LP. The home measures in at a mind boggling 61,000 square feet!

Don Adam's house
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By: Champion3.
Donald A. Adam is an entrepreneur who made his fortune in the Texas television cable and banking industries. Over the past several years, he expanded his business interests in Florida, where he is the owner of Cortlandt Farm, a thoroughbred horse-breeding facility in Ocala.
Adam is chairman and CEO of American Momentum Bank, which he established in Tampa in 2006 as an independent community bank with $100 million in capital, the most “ever raised by a new bank in the state,” according to a July article in American Banker magazine.
He also owns a large mansion in College Station, TX and an oceanfront mansion in Manalapan, FL. He travels between them in his gold and white Gulfstream 5 jet, tail number N5DA.

David Silipigno's House
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By: gordonhigh.
David Silipigno is a controversial entrepreneur. He founded National Finance Corp., a once-massive subprime home-lender that collapsed in 1999. After the collapse, Bear Stearns claimed Silipigno had stolen at least $6 million in loans, leading the FBI to investigate Silipigno's business.
In 2003, Silipigno plead guilty to federal felony charges and paid $5.6 million in restitution in order to avoid a 10-year prison sentence. He then founded First Guarantee Mortgage, another subprime lender.
First Guarantee folded in 2008. Silipigno then created ShopWurld, an online shopping enterprise. Shopwurld's offices were raided by the FBI in 2009, with agents confiscating two truckloads of computers, documents, and filing cabinets, apparently in a quest for information about Silipigno's past and present companies. Shopwurld shut down months later.
Silipigno owns this 15,000 sq. foot home.

John Hedbring's House
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By: jdubble07.
John Hedbring is director of The Adirondack Trust Company.

Saratoga Race Course
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By: boothy443.
Opened on August 3, 1863, and is the oldest organized sporting venue of any kind in the United States.

Abandoned Radar Site
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By: skyeye.
Saratoga Springs Air Force Station (P-50/Z-50)
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Bruce J. Levinsky's House
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By: jdubble07.
Bruce J. Levinsky is principal and owner of Merlin Development Company.

Birthplace of Potato Chips
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By: milwhcky.
On August 24, 1853, at Moon's Lake House (aka Lake Lodge), the first potato chips were prepared and served. A patron at the restaurant complained that his fried potatoes were too soggy and thick. He had his plate sent back to the cook with instructions to cut the potatoes thinner and fry them longer.
Chef George Crum took offense to this request and responded by cutting the potatoes as thin as possible, fried them to a crisp, and covered them with extra salt. Instead of angering the patron, Crum was surprised to learn that his creation was loved. Soon "Saratoga Chips" were found on menus around the area and eventually became a snack food staple around the world.
Today, the 3000 sq. ft. lodge serves as a vacation rental house.

Yaddo
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By: skyeye.
Yaddo is an artists' colony founded in 1926.
http://www.yaddo.org/

The Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC)
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By: Turneasterne.
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY is the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, known as SPAC. It is a famous concert venue and complex consisting of a large amphitheater and a smaller indoor theater in Saratoga Springs, New York. It is located on the grounds of Saratoga Spa State Park. Built betwee 1964 and 1965, SPAC has a capacity for 25,100 people.
The address for the venue is 108 Avenue of Pines, Saratoga Springs, New York, United States.

Saratoga Spa State Park
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By: Turneasterne.
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY is the Saratoga Spa State Park.
Saratoga Spa State Park, distinguished by its classical architecture and listed as a National Historic Landmark, is noted for its diverse cultural, aesthetic and recreational resources. In addition to the nationally-known Saratoga Performing Arts Center, the Spa Little Theater, the National Museum of Dance, the Saratoga Automobile Museum, the Gideon Putnam Resort and Roosevelt Baths and Spa, the park offers a multitude of traditional recreation opportunities.

Saratoga Gaming and Raceway
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The Hall of Springs at Saratoga Spa State Park
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By: Turneasterne.
Located on the grounds of the Saratoga Spa State Park in Saratoga Springs, NY is the Hall of Springs. The Hall of Springs was the first building to have its cornerstone laid during the construction of the Modern Spa, 1933-35. The building is currently used as a restaurant and an event hall for weddings and parties.
The building was intended as a “Drink Hall” patterned after the European example. Three representative “types” of water (Geyser, Hathorn, and Coesa) would be piped into the Hall for patrons to drink while they listened to live orchestral music and strolled inside or out. Because the waters lost carbonation in storage and corroded the copper-lined storage tanks, this scheme was never fully realized.
The Hall of Springs is located at 108 Avenue of the Pines Saratoga, New York, 12866.

Geyser Falls
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By: milwhcky.
Waterfall located on the Geyser Creek

The Adelphi Hotel
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By: vic_city_boy.
This beautifully preserved High Victorian Inn was built in 1877, during Saratoga Springs' "Queen of the Spa's" heyday.

Saratoga Spa Golf
Located in the historical Saratoga Spa State Park is the Saratoga Spa Golf Course.

Gideon Putnam Resort
Located on the grounds of the Saratoga Spa State Park is the Gideon Putnam Resort.

Saratoga County Airport (5B2)
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National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
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Saratoga Springs Amtrak Station
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By: Mieguy.
Saratoga Springs is a train station owned by the Capital District Transportation Authority and operated by Amtrak in Saratoga Springs, New York. The current station was built in 1956-1959 by the Delaware & Hudson Railway, as a replacement for an 1880-built structure at another location, which currently serves as a private residence. The following Amtrak trains serve the station: Adirondack and Ethan Allen Express.

Storefront Parkade Entrance
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By: vic_city_boy.
This understated entranceway to a parking facility in downtwon Saratoga Springs NY was used as the performance venue for up-and-coming duo Phantogram when they played the 2009 Final Stretch Music festival.

Saratoga Automobile Museum
Located on the grounds of the Saratoga Spa State Park in Saratoga Springs, NY is the Saratoga Automobile Museum.
The mission of the Saratoga Automobile Museum is to preserve, interpret and exhibit automobiles and automotive artifacts. We celebrate the automobile and educate the general public, students and enthusiasts regarding the role of the automobile in New York State and in the wider world. In addition to technical and design aspects, our educational focus is on the past, present and future social and economic impact of the automobile.

Canfield Casino and Congress Park
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Petrified Sea Gardens
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Mercedes-Benz SL-Class R129 Convertible
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By: Carrera.
The R129 generation of the Mercedes-Benz SL-Class was introduced in 1989 for the 1990 model year. At first, it came in two trims, the I6-engined 300 SL and the V8-engined 500 SL. Eventually, the SL 320 replaced the US-bound 300 SL, only for I6 engines to be removed altogether from that market's offerings in 1998. A 12-cylinder option, the SL 600, was also available, and the original Pagani Zonda would then share the SL 600's engine.
Imagery Date: October 2007

Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV
Carrera (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Carrera.
The Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT and GTV were a pair of fastback coupes based on the Alfetta sedan. They were designed by Giorgietto Giugiaro and were in production from 1974 to 1987. Design cues for the GTV were taken from their Montreal supercar, such as the rear, lights, and door shape, which allowed the GTV to be more marketable. The first turbocharged Italian car powered by gasoline, the GTV Turbodelta, was a variant of the GTV introduced in 1979, and the base GT was discontinued the following year, leaving the range with either a GTV 2.0 or a V6-engined GTV6. However, three Montreal V8-engined prototypes of the GTV were produced in 1977, three years before the GTV6's release.
Imagery Date: October 2007

'Bethesda Episcopal Church' by Richard Upjohn
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By: kkeps.
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Subaru Baja
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By: Carrera.
The Subaru Baja, produced from July 2002 to April 2006, was a coupe utility based on the Legacy and Outback produced at the time. Named for Mexico's Baja California peninsula, where the Baja 1000 off-road race is held, it was marketed as a "Multiple-choice vehicle", relating to the versatility the vehicle offers. Unfortunately, only over 30,000 were sold over the course of 4 and a half years resulting from limited advertising, and the public being turned off by its design, and even though a turbocharged model arrived for the 2004 model year, the damage to its sales had been done, so it was technically doomed to flop from the start. Before production ended, Subaru gathered several 2006 Bajas for dealers, with sales being reported as late as February 2008.
Image date: October 2007

'Tang Teaching Museum' by Antoine Predock
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By: pmoore66.
1996-2000
on the Skidmore campus