It was four years ago that “1st Hand Seconds,” a downtown women’s second-hand clothing shop with a mission, moved from one historic Albany address on First Avenue to another, on Second. Now it’s ready to celebrate the remodeling of its 1929 building with a Saturday open house.
Tags: 1st Hand Seconds, cheese grater, downtown Albany, Historic buildings, remodeling, SEcond Avenue, wedding gowns
St. Francis restoration: What the numbers mean
A question was circulating among people with their eyes open in downtown Albany over the last few days: What’s with all those numbers in the windows of the former St. Francis Hotel?
Tags: Candace Ribera, downtown Albany, historic building, Scott Lepman, St. Francis, window repair