Talk:Plattsburgh, New York/Archives/2012

Monument, more detail upon
We have to explain the monument, right now its in two images and there isn't any supporting information on why its there. Should it go in the section on the war? Should it go in a section talking about later times when it was built? Ideas?216.27.125.84 (talk) 01:48, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

There's a monument to the war that was built in the early 20th century. It has an eagle on top. Its pretty tall. Cs302b (talk) 01:36, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Plattsburg vs Plattsburgh
I have a shot of the train station sign with the misspelling but it'd clutter up the page for just a small point to verify. Should I upload and link to it in the references instead? I've never seen just an image used as a cite here but I can't see why it couldn't.. Any thoughts? Cs302b (talk) 02:23, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Latin on Seal
"On January 2, 2006, the Latin inscription on the city seal, garbled 60 years earlier, was corrected." This just isn't notable either. Garbled text on a seal nobody even living here has any idea about.. Not really worth taking up space here. like the earthquake, no citation. Let's clean things up a bit here.Cs302b (talk) 01:52, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree. I find it very interesting but it's definitely not notable, historic, or important.  Agree with the removal of the earthquake removal too.  --Fife Club (talk) 04:55, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Cornelia St
The article references Margaret St. in a list but goes on to say that Catharine St. is the defacto main street.. Its the strip, that's for sure, but wouldn't Margaret St. be the defacto main street? Cs302b (talk) 01:28, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Untitled
See Talk:Plattsburgh (town), New York -- Picapica 16:07, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Retail success due to recent Canadian dollar
The article says that during the 80s many Quebeckers shopped in Plattsburgh, but in the 90s due to the falling Canadian dollar the city's economy suffered. Would it be the case that today, due to the Canadian dollar rising above the greenback, Plattsburgh's fortunes have reversed (as is the case in other border areas), and if so, could the article be updated? Hypertall (talk) 03:06, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Plattsburgh AFB
"On the south and east side of Plattsburgh is a plot of land that used to be home to Plattsburgh Air Force Base (PAFB). Until its closing on September 29, 1995, this Air Force Base was the oldest continuously active military base in the United States. Plattsburgh was the site of the United States Army's first tank base in the mid-20th century."

That's just wrong. I was present when PAFB was built from the ground up in the early 50s. Fort Sill, OK, dates back to the very early part of the century. The Presidio of San Francisco is even older, although no longer active. I believe it is true that the Plattsburgh area was used for Army training purposes as far back as WWI, but it is quite a stretch to say that PAFB was ever the oldest continuously active military base in the country!

It is interesting to note that it is one of the few air force bases that were never named after a notable airman. 144.9.8.21 17:08, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Quote from the article on the Presidio of San Francisco: The Presidio was originally a Spanish fort sited by Juan Bautista de Anza on March 28, 1776 built by a party led by José Joaquín Moraga later that year. It was seized by the U.S. Military in 1848 and was home to the United States 6th Army. Several famous U.S. generals from William Sherman to John Pershing made their homes here. Until its closure in 1995, it was the longest continuously-operated military base in the United States.

Now somebody's got to be wrong here! 144.9.8.21 19:27, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

An image of the bomber that is on display in plattsburgh is listed by the plaque to be a b-47 but the rest of the article only mentions other bomber models. One of the two are wrong. Cs302b (talk) 03:08, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Plattsburgh vs. Plattsburg

 * There has been discrepancy over the name Plattsburg vs. Plattsburg. Officially, now the name is Plattsburgh, but possibly it may have been different in the past?  Perhaps somebody with knowledge on this subject could write something about it? --Riley 02:03, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

When I lived there, fifty years ago, it was spelled with the h. Tex 02:25, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

It is commonly mispelled as Plattsburg but the correct spelling has always been Plattsburgh Bob Aubin 1:45, 15 May 2006


 * There is actually a sign with millage to Plattsburgh on Route 8/9 near Chestertown where its spelt wrong, but when in a journalism class I did some research on it, its always been with an h at the end but at one time in the early 1900's the post office printed something without the "h" and it stuck somehow. (RedSoxFanEB (talk) 16:56, 29 October 2008 (UTC)).

Famous people
Maybe a note that Eric Harris of the Columbine school shooting was from here.--Loodog 03:39, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

City seal inscription
I only took a couple of years of Latin, but I think it's just possible that the inscription should read "Ipsa..." instead of "psa..." as it is quoted.

Tex 15:48, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Clifford Ball
I was at the Clifford Ball. I had recently graduated from SUNY Plattsburgh. Although not big Phish fan at all, I was curious to see what the town would be like over run with hippies (well, more than the usual college population.)

Having friends in "town" I stayed in someone's apartment instead of camping and we "commuted."

The base is on the outskirts of the area comprised of the campus and the downtown area - a short drive south or a long walk away.

Interestingly - the Phish fans stayed on the site the whole time. There were no hippies at the bars that weekend. I would venture to say that 95% of them drove from points South and never ventured far enough North to see the town.

However, from what I have heard since from Phish fans, The Clifford Ball was one of "The Shows" that they reminisce about. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 167.206.233.62 (talk) 21:47, 12 January 2007 (UTC).

Mention of the malls
Most all of the malls and commercial plazas in Plattsburgh exist in the town of Plattsburgh, not the city of Plattsburgh. The stuff about Champlain Centre belongs in the town article. --William Graham talk 05:47, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Area errors
Something is seriously wrong with the "Area" figures in the infobox. 17/sq mi of land + 1.5/sq mi of water cannot possibly equal a total of 6.6/sq mi. Though it may appear that the true value in this case should actually read 18.5/sq mi, it would also relate to a metric converted value of 29.772864 km²... and NOT 17 km² (as posted).
 * Furthermore :
 * - Land 17/sq mi = 27.358848 km² (not 13.1 km² as posted)
 * - Water 1.5/sq mi = 2.414016 km² (not 4.0 km² as posted)

It's currently not making much sense. I think someone needs to recheck the source, and try this one again. 142.68.128.77 (talk) 02:51, 28 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Though I fully agree that 17 + 1.5 cannot possibly = 6.6, I believe there is something wrong with your conversion values.
 * 18.5 mi² = 47.92 km²
 * 17 mi² = 44.03 km²
 * 1.5 mi² = 3.89 km²
 * Regardless, the "Area" section of this infobox does indeed require some attention. -- WikHead (talk) 16:55, 29 June 2008 (UTC)


 * I edited the infobox so that the values match the values found in the text of the article. VerruckteDan (talk) 23:06, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Distance to Montreal
Could someone add to the article the distance between Montreal and the U.S. border; and the distance from the Canada-U.S. border to the City of Plattsburgh. Thanks.
 * No. We're not going to list distance to every landmark nearby.  You can look it up on google maps if you want to know it.--Loodog (talk) 15:54, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Mayor Dan Stewart
It is my understanding the Mayor Dan Stewart was the first openly gay Mayor in NY. Furthermore it might be of interest to note the city's been visited by the WB Group twice know. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.176.139.38 (talk) 17:01, 9 August 2009 (UTC)