Yeah, that used to be a car dealership, too
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 […]
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, […]
Updated! Okay, so you know the White Tower on Central, the one that stopped being a burger joint some time in the 1970s? The one that’s better known to my […]
It doesn’t look like much anymore, but this building at 11 Central Avenue was once Albany’s first auto mart. It was reportedly built in 1916 at a cost of $150,000, […]
Sometimes ya gotta reach into the recent past. This postcard of the SUNY Albany fountain was published in 1986. The text reads: “SUNYA students take time out for some fun […]
One of the things that may not always be obvious is that in a world that was run on hayburners, someone had to provide the hay, even in the center […]
Yesterday we looked at a stove dealer who had ventured across the river into Greenbush territory in 1863. Today we’re back to Albany, and back to 1850, to take a […]
T. Lamoure & Sons’ motto was “Quick Sales and Small Profits.” Their grocery and hardware store at 89 Washington Avenue in Albany had a little bit of everything, and was […]
Whoever designed this wonderful ad for Benjamin Payn was obviously quite delighted with his artistry. And it was quite the blend of products that Mr. Payn sold from his location […]