‘Grassy Apron’ Posed For Doubleday Entry By JIM KEVLIN•The Freeman’s Journal Edition of Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014 A “grassy apron” leading fans from Main Street to the doors of Doubleday Field, where asphalt is now. A extended walkway along Lakefront Park’s waterfront, and a pier extending 100 feet into James Fenimore Cooper’s Glimmerglass. An “iconic building” in the Delaware Otsego Corp. parking lot, facing east, luring tourists up Main Street. These were some of the concepts Elan Planning Founding Principal Lisa…
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Planners Suggest ‘Green Apron’ From Main Street To Doubleday By JIM KEVLIN • allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN – Having learned Monday evening that local folks consider Doubleday Field a major “icon” and “destination,” Elan‘s planners this evening proposed a “green apron” leading from Main Street to the front door of baseball’s foremost shrine, dissecting the 130-car parking lot. Instead of dodging cars pulling in and out of parking spaces, fans and tourists could stroll up to the “Home of Baseball” – as Doubleday…
To the Editor: Thank you for your editorial concerning the proposed Southside Oneonta Town Water District. Although this paper came out against the district and has devoted a disproportionate amount of space to a single City resident who vocally opposes it, I appreciate its coverage. The project has been supported by the other local newspaper and by groups as diverse as Sustainable Otsego and Citizens Voices. Unfortunately, your editorial and coverage has been based upon several incorrect facts and assumptions…
Falk: ‘Parking Crisis’ Impacts All Decisions By JIM KEVLIN • The Freeman’s Journal COOPERSTOWN Yes, Village Trustee Cindy Falk, who chairs the Streets Committee, did utter the words “parking crisis” at a Village Board meeting. “Literally, anything we try to do as village government or a private entity within the village, parking always comes up – and not in a positive way,” she said in a follow-up interview the other day. Whether the issue is the proposed hospital zone (she…
HOMETOWN HISTORY, June 22, 2012 125 Years Ago The Local News – On Sunday evening there was a large turnout at the Metropolitan Theatre to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the organization in Oneonta of the Young Men’s Christian Association. Secretary Swift read an historical sketch of the association, and Rev. Mssrs. Wilson and Coates made appropriate addresses. The association was organized June 13, 1877, with thirteen active members, five of whom are in the association today which now has…
HOMETOWN HISTORY, January 4, 2013 100 Years Ago The dance given Miss Ella Deitz Bull by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bull at the City Club ballroom at The Oneonta Monday night proved delightful in every way. Miss Bull, one of the season’s attractive young debutantes, had as guests about 60 of the younger set, all of whom declared the event one of the happiest occasions imaginable. Mr. and Mrs. Bull were assisted in chaperoning the party by Mr. and Mrs.…
HOMETOWN HISTORY, July 5, 2013 125 Years Ago Few places excel Oneonta in facilities for obtaining an education. About 20 years ago a union school was established with a building which most of the inhabitants thought extravagantly large; but three extensions have since been added, each in size almost equaling the original structure, besides a two-story building in the western part of the village. The entire system is now under direction and management of Prof. N.N. Bull, who has under…
Cooperstown Village Board, IDA Plan Citizen-Based Vision For Community Editor’s Note: This article is republished from this week’s Freeman’s Journal, now on newsstands. By JIM KEVLIN • allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN – The future of Cooperstown may include offices, restaurants and hotels around Railroad Avenue, a green swath leading through what is now a parking lot to historic Doubleday Field, and a vibrant waterfront, part of seven redevelopment nodes being considered by the village’s Economic Sustainability Committee and the county Industrial Development…