
Scott Lepman doesn’t have an estimate of how long it will take to refurbish the old St. Francis Hotel at Ferry Street and First Avenue in downtown Albany. But he, his brother Spencer and their construction crew are about to start.
Tags: Albany downtown, Albany Revitalization Agency, historic restoration, Lepman, Opera House, St. Francis
Downtown EV charger: A status update
A few weeks ago — I can’t remember exactly when — I heard someone at an Albany City Council meeting say that the city’s new electric-vehicle charging station downtown had gone on the blink. So on Sunday I stopped by the parking lot behind the Wallace Building (the former J.C. Penney store), where the EV […]
Tags: Albany downtown, CARA, EV charger, J.C. Penney, Pacific Power, Wallace Building