Albany Bicentennial Tablet No. 41 – Clinton Avenue
Bicentennial Tablet No. 41 was a simple commemoration of Clinton Avenue – and an unhelpful one at that, as it didn’t even bother to indicate which Clinton the avenue was named […]
Bicentennial Tablet No. 41 was a simple commemoration of Clinton Avenue – and an unhelpful one at that, as it didn’t even bother to indicate which Clinton the avenue was named […]
We have another minor commemorative tablet placed during Albany’s celebration of the bicentennial of its charter, in 1886 – this one for Franklin Street, which was a bit more of […]
The 39th in our series of Albany Bicentennial tablets was one that simply provided the name and former name of Norton Street: Tablet No. 39—Norton StreetBronze tablet, 7×16 inches, north […]
Here’s another Albany Bicentennial marker that commemorated a street that today we barely know exists. The extent of the copy was always very limited, as described by the Bicentennial Committee […]
For the 37th Bicentennial tablet, it’s rather remarkable that it still exists – given that much of the street it commemorates was annihilated for the construction of the Empire State […]
Here we are at number 36 in our series of tablets placed in honor of Albany’s charter bicentennial in 1886. Tablet No. 36—James Street. Bronze tablet, 7×16 inches, on Mechanics […]
The 35th tablet placed in honor of the bicentennial of Albany’s charter, in 1886, was another of the handful that simply commemorated a street: State Street. Unfortunately, this is another […]
The 34th in our series of Albany Bicentennial tablets is a bit of a mystery – and perhaps it was never installed at all. And if you’ve lived in Albany […]
As we said last time, with these last several tablets commemorating Albany’s 1886 bicentennial, we’re down to honoring streets instead of people. This one was for Hamilton Street: Tablet No. […]
The last several tablets placed by the Albany Bi-centennial Committee in 1886 were simple commemorations of several streets – and not always major ones. Some still exist, but this one […]