PSC Investigates Type Size
A couple of weeks back, a colleague complimented our typing skills, and we said that we had started life as a typesetter. “What’s that?” he asked. “Exactly,” we replied. Even […]
A couple of weeks back, a colleague complimented our typing skills, and we said that we had started life as a typesetter. “What’s that?” he asked. “Exactly,” we replied. Even […]
It’s 1927, and you need to get the word out about vaccination for diphtheria. There’s no social media to speak of, so you have limited options. Newspapers, of course. Direct […]
Ah, the glorious days of yesteryear, when all the men were gentlemen, all the ladies ladies, and society knew how to behave. The lowliest laborer wore a suit, f’cryin’ out […]
When we began our career in Albany not quite 30 years ago, a group of young and hungry (literally) Senate Fellows sometimes found lunchtime solace with a touch of imagined […]
Last time we detailed the celebration around the installation of the Albany City Hall carillon in 1927, and noted that one of the prime movers behind that was William Gorham […]
One of the things Hoxsie misses about downtown Albany is the sound of the City Hall carillon ringing out at lunchtime. But while H.H. Richardson’s City Hall building was equipped […]