The Corning Tower, rising
When the Corning Tower (then just called the Tower Building) and the rest of the Empire State Plaza (then usually called the South Mall) were very much under construction. Probably […]
When the Corning Tower (then just called the Tower Building) and the rest of the Empire State Plaza (then usually called the South Mall) were very much under construction. Probably […]
Nowadays, if you want to put on a special event, a lecture or a dance, your choices are limited to the local hotels or perhaps a school auditorium. Back in […]
One hundred and fifty-one years ago, on his way to inauguration as President of a not-very-United States, Abraham Lincoln made a visit to Troy. Arthur J. Weise recounted the visit […]
In 1898, J.J. Guiton & Co. wanted to assure us that when we saw that label on a bottle, it was not poison. They also claimed to be Albany’s greatest […]
1898’s “Illustrated History of the State Federation of Labor” is far more than its title implies, and it carries much more than the stirring stories of the formation of the […]
I suppose there are still folks named Vageline, as there were in 1898, but somehow that just strikes me as an unfortunate name for commerce. C.F. Vageline was a dealer […]
I’ve always admired a rather grand commercial building at 4 Central Avenue in Albany, but never thought to figure out its original purpose. Then I ran across an 1898 ad […]
All Over Albany had a post yesterday about what an Albany typeface might look like. These days just about anyone with a computer can try his or her hand at […]
America’s Got What-Now? In 1953, area finalists in a talent contest would compete on a coast-to-coast broadcast. The local portion was to be broadcast live from the Strand Theater, which […]
Many of us who grew up in the Capital District in the 1950s and 1960s remember our class field trips to the Norman’s Kill Dairy, right down on the Normans […]