The General passed through
In Albany’s West Capitol Park, hardly ever noticed by the throngs of workers lining up for the food trucks, is this reminder that General Washington passed through on the road […]
In Albany’s West Capitol Park, hardly ever noticed by the throngs of workers lining up for the food trucks, is this reminder that General Washington passed through on the road […]
The Albany, Schenectady, and Troy Blue Book was the official register of high society in the tri-cities. This ad from the 1917-18 edition was clearly aimed right at the blue […]
Don’t really know a thing about H.L. Greywack, the piano dealer with the stony name in Troy. But I do know that someone put a lot of effort into this […]
We made reference the other day to Cotrell & Leonard without doing full justice to their incredibly important role in creating the academic (in all senses of the word) symbolism […]
Cotrell & Leonard were prominent Albany clothiers who were on the stretch of Broadway that’s now Tricentennial Park. They were heavy on the outerwear and jumped into the motoring age […]
Just take a moment and appreciate the beauty of this ad the Killip Laundering Company, from 1917. Some fine letterer or sign-painter rendered that gorgeous logo in brush and ink. […]
If you stare at it long enough, it becomes clear that a HUGE number of the buildings along the midtown stretch of Central Avenue in Albany started life as car […]
Well, it’s been a little while since Central Avenue, at least the midtownish portion of it, was Albany’s auto row, but back when horseless carriages were just starting to take […]
Some old buildings just have distinctive shapes. I’ve biked past this long brick behemoth at 1201 Broadway for years and thought, “that looks like an old car barn.” Turns out, […]
So, what was crime like in the Collar City in 1885? Well, there was more than a smattering of assault on men, women, mothers and little girls. Harnesses, shawls and […]