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Keeping Italian Gardens’ memories alive
By Bob Cudmore
Amsterdam transplant Fred Wojcicki from California has contributed a memory of the Italian Gardens of Broadalbin.
“My brother Joe, who lost his life in St. Lo, France on August 18, 1944, worked for Arthur Chalmers who owned the gardens in Broadalbin during the Depression years,” Wojcicki wrote. “I had been on the grounds of the gardens a few times with my brother and can still remember Mr. Chalmers going by in his chauffeured limousine.”
According to Russell Dunn, author of “Adventures Around the Great Sacandaga Lake,” Brooklyn socialite Katherine Husted, a summer resident of Broadalbin, created the Italian Gardens.
A postcard view shows the gardens in their prime in 1907 with what Dunn described as “fantastic sculptures, sundials, magnificent flowers and columns.” There was a windmill to bring water to the gardens and a swinging bridge over Kenyetto Creek. The socialite built a dam on the creek to create a body of water called Lake Husted that she navigated in swan boats.
Husted, who died in 1921, apparently wanted the gardens to duplicate formal gardens in Italy. Exotic plants grown in her greenhouses were donated to Cornell University after her death.
Friday, December 16, 2022
Episode 453
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Saturday, December 17, 2022-Chris Leonard, the Schenectady City Historian, talks about the many facets of history in the Electric City from General Electric to baseball and even food.
Sunday, December 18, 2022- Pearl Harbor column-solemn moment in the drug store.
Mohawk Valley Weather, Thursday, December 15, 2022
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY...
* WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 8 to 16
inches expected with localized totals to two feet possible.
Winds gusting as high as 35 mph.
* WHERE...The southern Adirondacks, central and western Mohawk
Valley, Schoharie Valley, eastern Catskills, Lake George
Saratoga Region and the Helderbergs.
* WHEN...From 4 PM this afternoon to 10 AM EST Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Travel will be very difficult. The hazardous
conditions are expected to impact the morning and evening
commute on Friday.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Snowfall amounts will vary by elevation.
Best chance for greater than 18 inches will be at locations
above 2000 feet in elevation. Snowfall rates may reach one inch
per hour at times, especially early Friday morning and again on
Friday late afternoon and evening.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If you must travel, keep an extra flashlight, food, and water in
your vehicle in case of an emergency.
Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Thursday, December 15, 2022
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By Bob CudmoreKeeping Italian Gardens’ memories alive
By Bob Cudmore
Amsterdam transplant Fred Wojcicki from California has contributed a memory of the Italian Gardens of Broadalbin.
“My brother Joe, who lost his life in St. Lo, France on August 18, 1944, worked for Arthur Chalmers who owned the gardens in Broadalbin during the Depression years,” Wojcicki wrote. “I had been on the grounds of the gardens a few times with my brother and can still remember Mr. Chalmers going by in his chauffeured limousine.”
According to Russell Dunn, author of “Adventures Around the Great Sacandaga Lake,” Brooklyn socialite Katherine Husted, a summer resident of Broadalbin, created the Italian Gardens.
A postcard view shows the gardens in their prime in 1907 with what Dunn described as “fantastic sculptures, sundials, magnificent flowers and columns.” There was a windmill to bring water to the gardens and a swinging bridge over Kenyetto Creek. The socialite built a dam on the creek to create a body of water called Lake Husted that she navigated in swan boats.
Husted, who died in 1921, apparently wanted the gardens to duplicate formal gardens in Italy. Exotic plants grown in her greenhouses were donated to Cornell University after her death.
Friday, December 16, 2022
Episode 453
2022 Highlights Edition with excerpts from the secret role of Japanese Americans who fought in the Pacific in World War II; Bob Gumson’s memoir In Blind Sight; Amsterdam’s Guy Park Manor; Anita Sanchez on the history of glaciers and Jim Kaplan on the life of of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette.
Saturday, December 17, 2022-Chris Leonard, the Schenectady City Historian, talks about the many facets of history in the Electric City from General Electric to baseball and even food.
Sunday, December 18, 2022- Pearl Harbor column-solemn moment in the drug store.
Mohawk Valley Weather, Thursday, December 15, 2022
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY...
* WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 8 to 16
inches expected with localized totals to two feet possible.
Winds gusting as high as 35 mph.
* WHERE...The southern Adirondacks, central and western Mohawk
Valley, Schoharie Valley, eastern Catskills, Lake George
Saratoga Region and the Helderbergs.
* WHEN...From 4 PM this afternoon to 10 AM EST Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Travel will be very difficult. The hazardous
conditions are expected to impact the morning and evening
commute on Friday.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Snowfall amounts will vary by elevation.
Best chance for greater than 18 inches will be at locations
above 2000 feet in elevation. Snowfall rates may reach one inch
per hour at times, especially early Friday morning and again on
Friday late afternoon and evening.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If you must travel, keep an extra flashlight, food, and water in
your vehicle in case of an emergency.
Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Thursday, December 15, 2022
Daily Gazette
When Credibility Matters
Celebrate 2022: Traditions, Food, Gifts, Memories – Our special holiday section
CELEBRATE 2022 – Bring on the cheer! In this year’s Celebrate section we’re looking at holiday traditions both local and…
CELEBRATE 2022 – Bring on the cheer! In this year’s Celebrate section we’re looking at holiday traditions both local and…
https://dailygazette.com/
RecorderNews
Messiah production returns to Amsterdam
Handel’s Messiah will fill up an Amsterdam church hall once again this Saturday, marking its...
https://www.recordernews.com/
Leader Herald
Make Us A Part Of Your Day
https://www.leaderherald.com/