Numbering streets: Ur doin it wrong
Visitors to modern Troy, New York are frequently perplexed by the one-way streets, and by the fact that First through Fourth are streets, Fifth, Sixth and Eighth are avenues, and […]
Visitors to modern Troy, New York are frequently perplexed by the one-way streets, and by the fact that First through Fourth are streets, Fifth, Sixth and Eighth are avenues, and […]
Another view of Albany’s Lumber District, once one of the busiest in the world, to show what was there in 1895 and what is there today. At the time, the […]
Lots of Albany streets look pretty much look the same as they have for centuries. Not the Lumber District. A time traveling lumber worker from 1857, when this map was […]
Again, unfortunately, the scan of Robson & Adee’s 1906 map of Schenectady and environs loses some of the image in the fold, but still here is a nice view of […]
From Robson & Adee’s 1906 map of “Schenectady and Environs,” another early 20th century view of the village of Scotia, New York, my somewhat idyllic hometown. The fold in the […]
Hoxsie’s still busy, so more pretty pictures. This is a lovely map of the area that would become Collins Park in Scotia. This was 1905, so Washington Avenue was still […]
Today simplified spelling has it as “Peebles Island,” but this treasure of the Capital District was originally spelled “Peobles” back to the days of the original patroon. This 1891 Watson […]
So, now, where was this map a couple of weeks back when I was writing about the powerful Powers family of Lansingburgh? Here, the family estates are prominently featured on […]
From another 1891 Watson map, the Albany Rural Cemetery. I had no real idea that the lakes had names, though I’m sure it’s featured in all the books. Note that […]
In 1891, there was a whole lot less RPI than there is today. And more College Pond, apparently. This map shows the western edge of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at […]