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Membership Application and Course Registration
A.L.L. Spring 2022 Brochure (PDF 551kB)
Membership application only: Application to Become a Member of the Academy for Lifelong Learning (file 61kB)
Directions to A.L.L. Study Group Sites
Also visit the websites provided to see details regarding sites and directions.
Neither A.L.L. nor our sponsoring college assumes responsibility for bodily or personal injury or property damage in any way related to an A.L.L. field trip. You are at your own risk on these trips. Please be sure to choose the driver and passengers of your carpool carefully.
SUNY Empire State College (www.esc.edu)
- 111 West Ave., Saratoga Springs, NY
Rooms 104 and 175, SUNY Empire State College, A.L.L. office - 113 West Ave., Saratoga Springs, NY.
Room 137
Moreau Lake State Park, Visitors Center
605 Old Saratoga Road (Route 9), Gansevoort, NY
Moreau Lake State Park website
Take the Northway (I-87), exit 17S, South Glens Falls and follow signs to the park. The park is located 10 miles north of Saratoga Springs in the Adirondack foothills.
Prestwick Chase Adult Community, Art Room and Congress Hall
100 Saratoga Blvd., Saratoga Springs, NY (www.prestwickchase.com)
From the North: Take the Northway ( I-87) South to Exit 15. Turn left off the exit ramp onto Route 50. At the third traffic light, take a RIGHT onto East Avenue. At the stop sign, cross over Broadway and continue straight onto Third Street. Follow this street around the bend, to the left. At the next stop sign, take a RIGHT onto Clement Avenue. At the next stop sign, cross over Clinton Street and continue STRAIGHT on Clement Avenue. At the stop sign turn RIGHT onto Denton Road. Prestwick Chase at Saratoga will be on your RIGHT.
From the South: Take the Northway ( I-87) North to Exit 15. Turn LEFT at the off-ramp traffic light onto Route 50. At the fourth traffic light, take a RIGHT onto East Avenue. At the stop sign, cross over Broadway and continue STRAIGHT onto Third Street. Follow this street around the bend to the left. At the next stop sign, take a RIGHT onto Clement Avenue. At the next stop sign, cross over Clinton Street and continue STRAIGHT on Clement Avenue. At the stop sign turn RIGHT onto Denton Road. Prestwick Chase at Saratoga will be on your RIGHT.
From the A.L.L. OFFICE, 111 West Avenue, Saratoga Springs, NY: Left out of the 111 West parking lot onto West Avenue. Take a left onto West Avenue, heading north. At the second traffic light, turn left onto Church St./Rt. 9N. Go 1.1 miles and make right onto Locust Grove Road. Go .4 mile to a right onto Denton Road, then left onto Saratoga Boulevard.
Saratoga Springs Public Library, Susman Room
49 Henry Street, Saratoga Springs, NY (www.sspl.org)
From the Northway: Take I-87 (Northway) to Exit 14. Bear RIGHT off Exit 14 onto Union Avenue. Follow Union Avenue to the end. At the traffic light, turn RIGHT on Circular Street. At next light, turn LEFT onto Spring Street. Turn RIGHT onto Putnam Street. Proceed for 1½ blocks. The library’s parking lot is on the RIGHT.
From Route 9 and Route 50: Routes 9 and 50 converge to become Broadway in downtown Saratoga Springs. From Broadway, turn (RIGHT, if coming from the south; LEFT, if coming from the north) onto Spring Street, which is at the corner of Congress Park and Broadway. Make the first LEFT onto Putnam Street. Proceed for 1½ blocks. The library’s parking lot is on the RIGHT.
The Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College
815 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY
The Tang Teaching Museum website
Take I-87(Northway) to exit 15, turn left, follow Route 50 toward the city of Saratoga Springs, turning RIGHT onto East Avenue. Make another RIGHT turn where East Avenue intersects with North Broadway and proceed north about a quarter of a mile to the college's main entrance on the left.