There’s much more of a story to tell about the Ten Eyck than I can fit in this week. Unlike many fire-proof hotels in these parts, it appears to never have burned. It was one of Albany’s grand hotels, designed by architect H. Neill Wilson, who also built the Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge and a number of great estates of the Berkshires. It was expanded greatly in size from this appearance, and became part of the Sheraton chain. So, of course, like all grand things, it was destroyed in the ’70s to make way for a brick monstrosity. At least it’s still a downtown hotel.