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Another Albany bicentennial marker, and another one that long ago disappeared without a trace. So did whatever building it was originally installed on, probably another building after that, and, eventually, any evidence that any buildings had ever been there. Bronze tablet, 16×22 inches, placed in wall of building south-east corner of North Pearl and…

Today we have another Albany Bicentennial tablet that survived despite major construction at the area of its original placement more than a century ago. The Bicentennial Committee titled it “The South-East Gate,” but it covers much more than that: Bronze tablet, 11×23 inches, in a granite block, similar to No. 7, in the walk,…

Continuing our series on the tablets installed at important sites around the city of Albany in honor of the bicentennial of its charter, in 1886: Tablet No. 28 — North-West Gate.Bronze tablet, 9×13 inches, set in building occupied by Johnston & Reilly, North Pearl street. Inscription :“Here Stood the Northwest Gate of the city.…

Of all the Albany Bicentennial Tablets that have disappeared, perhaps the most ironic and unjust is the tablet celebrating printer and publisher Joel Munsell – no one has done more to record and preserve the history of the city of Albany, and in thanks, we commemorate him with: exactly nothing. Without his work, particularly…

Continuing our slow march through the tablets placed in honor of the bicentennial of Albany’s charter as a city, we have a marker that denoted the site of what was for many years the most important house in Rensselaerswyck – the manor house of the patroon. Tablet No. 25 — Manor House, Albany Bronze tablet,…

Continuing our review – our very slow review – of the historical markers that were placed around Albany in honor of the bicentennial of the city’s charter in 1886. City Gate where News of Burning of Schenectady was Received.Bronze tablet, 24×32 inches, in face of north wall of American Express building, at Broadway and Steuben…

Hoxsie has been on an extended hiatus, and comes roaring back with . . . almost nothing. There’s not a huge amount to say about this bicentennial tablet in the first place, and we were unable to find its fate. Bronze tablet, 11 x 23 inches, set in granite block in sidewalk, near curb,…

Continuing with our series on the bicentennial tablets placed around the city of Albany in honor of the bicentennial of its charter – but we don’t have a lot to say about a long-missing plaque for a long-gone watercourse. Bronze tablet, 16 x 22 inches, in southern wall of building north-west corner of Canal…

Continuing with our series on the bicentennial tablets placed around the city of Albany in honor of the bicentennial of its charter, we come to one that’s a little unusual in that its copy primarily quotes a license granted by the colonial governor to the first teacher of English in Albany. As described by…