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Exhibits from the Lake Placid Arts Alliance went up in the windows of the former home of Pure Placid on Main Street in August 2020, celebrating the arts, culture and history of the village, which is mostly known for its sports heritage.
(News photo Andy Flynn)
LAKE PLACID A representative of the Lake Placid Arts Alliance outlined the group’s proposal for a local public art master plan on Monday, May 3, which calls for the creation of an inventory of existing public art pieces, suggests the creation of a maintenance plan for those pieces moving forward and the creation of an art fund.
eizzo@adirondackdailyenterprise.com LAKE PLACID A representative of the Lake Placid Arts Alliance outlined the group’s proposal for a local public art master plan on Monday, which calls for the creation of an inventory of existing public art pieces, suggests the creation of a maintenance plan for those pieces moving forward and the creation of an art fund. The plan, presented by LPAA Chairperson Lori Fitzgerald to the Lake Placid Village Board of Trustees, comes as officials consider relocating two sculptures created for the 1980 Olympic Winter Games. The Olympic Center on Main Street, which is operated by the state Olympic Regional Development Authority, is currently being renovated and two sculptures on the property, James Buchman’s “Vans for Ruth” and Carl Nesjar’s “Sonja Henie Ice Fountain,” are expected to be relocated elsewhere. It’s unclear who owns the sculptures now, or who would own and maintain them once they’re moved, Fitzgerald told the board
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The old hospital on Church Street, seen here on Tuesday, April 20, will be demolished to make way for a new state Olympic Regional Development Authority office building. Now owned by the town of North Elba, it opened as the Placid Memorial Hospital in 1951. It was operated as the Adirondack Medical Center from 1991 to 2019, when it was vacated by Adirondack Health and other tenants as offices and the part-time emergency room moved to the new Lake Placid Health and Medical Fitness Center on Old Military Road. (News photo Andy Flynn)
LAKE PLACID On Friday, April 23, the state Olympic Regional Development Authority will be asking its board of directors for permission to spend approximately $23.1 million to demolish the former Placid Memorial Hospital, to build an office building in its place, and to upgrade the Olympic & Paralympic Training Center ahead of the 2023 World University Games.