A mobile home, eight stories high
Why get rid of a perfectly good building? Not a very modern question, not in our raze-and-redevelop era. But back in 1926 Albany real estate men went to great lengths to preserve the Fort Frederick...
View Article95 years ago: Gen. Sheridan’s unveiling
“Albany is a conservative city; its people, taking its conservatism from its ancestors, the Dutch, are slow to enthuse, but when they do they go to the limit.” That’s the Times Union’s assessment of...
View ArticleFollow-up: Incredible photographs of the Fort Frederick Apartments’ 1926 move
Remember the Fort Frederick Apartments, the eight-story structure that was moved to make way for the Alfred E. Smith building? (“A mobile home, eight stories high,” Aug. 1, 2011) After I wrote my first...
View ArticleSurviving Albany: 1970
Just checking in to share a couple of pieces that ran in the April 20, 1970, New York magazine. First, here’s one titled “How to Survive Albany, If Necessary“– and that pretty much sums up journalist...
View ArticleThe State Ed Building: Tours, grandeur, and a birthday
This month marks the Education Building’s 100th birthday, and we history nerds get the birthday gift: a rare opportunity to see inside one of Albany’s iconic buildings. The State Education Department...
View ArticleIf you haven’t been down to the Capitol in a while, now is a good time to go.
I’m a connoisseur of state capitol buildings. So far I’ve been to more than 30 of them. When my husband and I visit a new statehouse (he’s a capitol geek too; it’s one of the things we found we had in...
View ArticleFriday photo: Rockefeller unveils the South Mall model
For your consideration today: Two views of what is now the Empire State Plaza. First, this picture from the New York State Archives, in which Governor Rockefeller unveils a model of his plans for the...
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