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Revisiting the cool history of Albany and its surrounding towns 280 characters or less. Creator of https://t.co/r57MCwdrdy
Albany, NY
Joined November 2012
See. New York gets it.
it’s the Erie CANal not the Erie CAN’Tal.
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RT @WTEN: #Historic marker commemorates first African American student to cross #segregation lines in the city of #Albany and to graduate f….
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To make you all feel old, Frank Sinatra had just turned 74 when he opened the Knickerbocker Arena in 1990. Bruce Springsteen will be 75 in September. Image credit: Times Union/AP
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Today in 1974, @HistoricAlbany was organized to help protect Albany's buildings & architecture. Matt Bender became their 1st elected Pres in Oct '74. In the photo is the 1st two Exec Directors, Louise Merritt & Miriam Trementozzi outside the orig offices at 300 Hudson Ave in 1981
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Been saying it for years.
The correct answer is "The Albany Machine."
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The urban legend was true.
This just in: a 100-year-old time capsule has been uncovered from beneath the Philip Schuyler statue in Albany. The time capsule contains letters from Schuyler’s descendants, maps of Albany, medallions & much more 👀
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RT @AlbanyBID: You gotta know it, it's electric (boogie woogie, woogie). And by it, we mean #Albany, which was one of the first cities in t….
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Street lamps in Albany date back to 1881.
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The western edge of Washington Park Lake, circa 1890. The bridge in the background, would've only been about 15-years-old at the time this was taken. Built in 1875, it's now the oldest and only remain original structure in the park. #Albany
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RT @NYSCapitolVisit: Today is #ArborDay! 🌳. On April 25, 1958, former President Harry S. Truman visited Governor W. Averell Harriman at the….
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Today in 1781, local man, Philip Schuyler becomes the first Surveyor General for NYS. He held the position in conjunction with being a member of the NYS Senate. 1781 was a big year for him. he was subject to an unsuccessful kidnapping in August of that same year. #Albany
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Officially spring? The first sighting of a Red Winged Blackbird pair in Albany. They, not Robins, are the true harbingers of warmer weather.
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RT @johnbulmer: In Albany — On this date in 1911, Albany burned. The Capitol fire of 1911 in Albany, New York was a devastating event tha….
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RT @johncallaghan03: @AlbanyArchives Primarily construction of the Conklingville Dam in 1930 which formed what today is Great Sacandaga Lak….
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The 1913 Flood, is widely believed to be Albany's worst. The Hudson River water level rose 29.5 inches on the 28th and 29th of March. The creation of the North Country's Stillwater Reservoir in 1925 (and later the Sacandaga Lake) has mostly kept large #Albany floods in the past.
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Today in 1913, #Albany is flooded. For years flooding meant 'Springtime in Albany' but 115-years-ago it was particularly bad. This shot, while not marked with a location, is most likely from the Pastures neighborhood or a block of Broadway between Pine St and Maiden Lane.
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Cool shot! Never seen this one before.
Staircase from Eagle and Columbia Streets to Sheridan Ave. Albany circa 1910.
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