For decades, the penthouse atop the Bikman Building has intrigued people who glimpse it from afar as they come into downtown Albany on the Ellsworth Street Bridge. This week I finally got a closer look.
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Tags: Bikman penthouse, Ellsworth Street bridge, historic Albany, Sid Stevens Jewelry
Tags: Bikman penthouse, Ellsworth Street bridge, historic Albany, Sid Stevens Jewelry
Bikman Building’s penthouse has new roof
I parked my bike at the foot of the Ellsworth Street Bridge in Albany, ignored the decades-old “closed” sign you see down there, and walked up the eastern sidewalk, high enough to look back at a new sight.
Tags: Albany history, Bikman, Bikman Building, Bikman penthouse, CARA, Kiev, Ukraine