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Erie Canal

From canal to boulevard

January 6, 2020January 5, 2020 Carl Johnson

Imagine giving a weeklong exposition, with parade and fireworks, to celebrate the opening and lighting of a new street.

Schenectady

“All Who Attended Were Well Pleased.”

November 11, 2019November 11, 2019 Carl Johnson

More for amusement than for historical edification, we present this clipping from an 1867 edition of the Schenectady Evening Star. We haven’t dug in to exactly who Prof. Shepard was […]

Schenectady

Crossing State (And Building a New Union Station)

November 8, 2019November 8, 2019 Carl Johnson

When Schenectady was a sleepy backwater, having numerous trains go across the main business street, just feet from the Erie Canal, was probably not much more than a nuisance. But […]

Schenectady

How Well Do You Know Schenectady?

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 Carl Johnson

On Dec. 30, 1911, the Schenectady Gazette asked on its front page, “Do You Know Your Own City?” It then posed questions about Schenectady that “will be answered by the […]

Schenectady

The Hotel Vendome (and any number of other names)

September 11, 2019October 26, 2020 Carl Johnson

For those of us who grew up around Schenectady in the 1950s or 1960s, the northeast corner of State and Broadway seemed long settled as the home of the Woolworth’s […]

Albany

Death and Debauchery

August 27, 2019August 27, 2019 Carl Johnson

We’ve been fascinated by this one for some time, for reasons not entirely clear even to us. We don’t usually publish true crime and the like, but now and then […]

Dr. Jones’ Beaver Oil: No Beaver, No Dr. Jones

July 23, 2019July 23, 2019 Carl Johnson

In talking about Lebbeus Burton of Troy, the druggist whose fortune founded an orphans’ home that is still in use today, we touched on the seemingly unlikely cure of Dr. […]

Troy

Beaver Oil, Root Beer, and Orphans

July 19, 2019July 19, 2019 Carl Johnson

Looking up these old local stories is nearly always a venture down a rabbit hole, and it’s usually a question of where to stop. One little detail catches the eye, […]

Democracy Defeated
Albany

The Albany Police Bill

July 12, 2019July 12, 2019 Carl Johnson

There was a time when the organization of the Albany police department was a very hot political issue. That time was 1896. Back in the days when there were two […]

Moses Fountain, Washington Park, Albany
Albany

The Moses Fountain

July 1, 2019July 1, 2019 Carl Johnson

This was originally published on AllOverAlbany several years ago. Anyone in Albany knows the Moses fountain in Washington Park. But few know how this biblical tableau came to be one […]

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