The Tweddle Hall Dollar Store
There can be no doubt that in 1870, a “dollar store” had a different meaning than it does today. The Tweddle Hall Dollar Store of Albany, located in the landmark […]
There can be no doubt that in 1870, a “dollar store” had a different meaning than it does today. The Tweddle Hall Dollar Store of Albany, located in the landmark […]
Hoxsie could put in a lot of time and effort into making a survey of all the bridges that cross the Mohawk in and around Schenectady. Or, Hoxsie could give […]
While we’re looking at bridges across the Mohawk, here’s a glimpse of the railroad bridge that sits just downriver from the Western Gateway bridge. I’m not entirely sure when it […]
Found among my great grandmother’s keepsakes. I don’t know how old I was, maybe 8 or 9, when I wrote this card. I had tried to fit my message on […]
Schenectady and what is now the village of Scotia were populated at almost the same time, back around 1662. In fact, Alexander Lindsay Glen held an even earlier grant to […]
One last look at long-gone Glenotia Park, and a tragedy that happened there on July 4, 1915. Adolph Held, owner of the Guarantee Bed Spring Company and the Guarantee Polishing […]
People often ask why the papers don’t print the good things that happen in the community (or they did when they still read newspapers). Well, here we have an excellent […]
News came this week that “Glenotia Island” is up for sale (for a mere $91,000). Growing up in Scotia, I never heard it called “Glenotia” — if anyone had a […]
Some of the grand old homes and buildings around Albany still have lovely ornamental rails and fences, and there’s a good chance many of them were made by Simeon Cunliff, […]
Another advertisement from the 1858 Albany City Directory, this one for Johnson & Offenheiser at the bottom of State Street, where they dealt in foreign and domestic fruit, eggs, poultry, […]