Taking Off

Taking Off

by | Dec 10, 2019 | October 2016

Illustration by Mark Wilson When dreams are too big for the Blue Line Throughout 2019, in celebration of Adirondack Life’s 50th anniversary, we’re sharing an article per week from our archives—one for each year since 1970. In her October 2018 Short Carries column,...

Behind the Blue Line

by | Jun 11, 2019 | History

Throughout 2019, in celebration of Adirondack Life’s 50th anniversary, we’re sharing an article per week from our archives—one for each year since 1970. In 1992, the centennial of the Adirondack Park, historian Philip Terrie recounted the creation of the park and some...

The Thin Blue Line

by | Feb 25, 2016 | February 1994, History

The Blue Line that defines the boundaries of the Adirondack Park was first established in 1892; it has been expanded several times since then, between 1912 and 1972. But the plotting of its initial path was no simple task, not merely a matter of drawing an azure...