![]() ![]() Here's the idea I floated in a November column: Statues of Frog and Told in the newly renovated Gateway Plaza, downtown along State Steet. In other words, the Schenectady influence on Lobel's work is real and meaningful.Īnd so while the library event is a nice start, Schenectady should do more. But he told interviewers that he began drawing and telling stories to entertain his second-grade classmates and that many of the characters he created were based on childhood memories and anecdotes. ![]() Lobel didn't spend much time in Schenectady after graduating from Nott Terrace High School in 1951. It should be a nice moment, and the location couldn't be more appropriate, given that Lobel, raised on Baker Avenue by his maternal grandparents, was a sometimes lonely, always imaginative child who found solace in the city library. That changes Wednesday at 9:30 a.m., when the Schenectady County Public Library has scheduled a celebration of the author and will unveil an "Arnold Lobel Literary Landmark." See More CollapseĪnd yet, as I've mentioned before here, Lobel's accomplishments have largely gone unnoticed in his hometown. Contact columnist Chris Churchill at or 51. ![]()
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