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into the woods; A century after the Vanderbilts set up camp, the Adirondacks are experiencing a new gilded age.(resorts)(United States)
Byline: Paul Greenberg
For Vanderbilts and Morgans, establishing a "camp" in the Adirondacks was once as de rigueur as acquiring a "cottage" in Newport. Veritable duchies staffed by hundreds were carved out from the great New York wilderness. Tables set with the finest china sparkled beneath vaulting wood ceilings in a distinctly American blend of elegance and rusticity that became synonymous with the Adirondack Great Camp.
Today, a new generation of magnates is heading north to enjoy the backwoods in style. Giving Lake Placid its reputation as the Aspen of the East is the Lake Placid Film Festival, which will feature special guest Martin Scorsese this summer. This month, the Adirondack Living Show, a haven for antiques hounds, returns, while blue bloods will mingle with the likes of Bruce Springsteen and Glenn Close at the Lake Placid Horse Show. Afterward, one can dine, as Bill and Hillary Clinton did recently, on the veranda of the Veranda (518/523-3339).
For an authentic Gilded Age sojourn, the Point on Upper Saranac Lake can't be surpassed. Originally William Avery Rockefeller's ...
- LAKE PLACID'S ECONOMY IS HEATING UP.(Business)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) February 11, 1990 700+ words
...tiny Adirondack Mountain village of Lake Placid looked to the 1932 Winter Olympics to...Henie skated into Olympic history and Lake Placid became more than a frozen dot on the...kid," said Jack Shea, a lifelong Lake Placid resident and winner of two gold medals...
- LAKE PLACID STILL GOING STRONG FOR THE 1990S.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) December 30, 1990 700+ words
...However, on a night in December, Lake Placid seems more like the center of the world...freshman had wasted no time getting up to Lake Placid shortly after returning to his parents...regular basis. Through ORDA's efforts, Lake Placid is now billed as the Winter Sports Capital...
- Lake Placid making another push: Officials plan to bid for 2012 Youth Olympic...
- Newspaper article from: Times Union (Albany, NY) July 12, 2007 700+ words
...Byline: Mark Singelais Jul. 12--Lake Placid, famous as home of the 1932 and 1980...to settle for the teenage version. Lake Placid officials said they're interested...with the Summer Games in 2010 (which Lake Placid isn't pursuing) and continuing with...
- AT LAKE PLACID, THE EXCITEMENT BEGINS AS SNOWFLAKES FALL.(Getaways)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) December 31, 1998 700+ words
...along Route 73 in midwinter shows why Lake Placid is such a special place when snow is...east of the Rockies. The road leads to Lake Placid, host to the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics...complete winter resorts in the country. Lake Placid is surrounded by Adirondack mountain...
- FEAR ON MAIN STREET SOME IN LAKE PLACID DON'T LIKE WAL-MART'S PLANS.(BUSINESS)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) April 4, 1994 700+ words
...JOEL STASHENKO Associated Press LAKE PLACID Just as a human depends on blood coursing through the veins, Lake Placid needs a steady flow of people along...for insiders who recognize how much Lake Placid needs outsiders to thrive. Their...
- KEEPING THE GAMES ALIVE FOURTEEN YEARS AGO, LAKE PLACID WAS BURSTING WITH...
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) February 20, 1994 700+ words
...Byline: CAROL DEMARE - Staff writer LAKE PLACID -- It was a mere 14 years ago that...it seemed appropriate to peek back at Lake Placid, only to find Main Street quiet and...that frolicked here in February 1980. Lake Placid, which still refers to itself as the...
- Legacies of Lake Placid Games still delivering after 27 years.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 30, 2007 700+ words
...VANOC) shows the legacies of the 1980 Lake Placid Olympic Winter Games are still a powerful...years after the Closing Ceremony. The Lake Placid report, which was released today at...the Salt Lake report on May 14. The Lake Placid report is based on research obtained...
- Webcasts of Lake Placid Horse Shows Available LIVE as It Happens on the Web.
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 20, 2007 700+ words
...Prestigious Equestrian Events Now Covered Online LAKE PLACID, N.Y. & SAN CARLOS, Calif...they will be presenting LIVE webcasts of The Lake Placid Horse Shows including The Lake Placid Horse Show June 26-July 1, as well as...
