The first result of the pending demolition of the former Wells Fargo branch in downtown Albany is that parking has become more scarce, for now anyway.
This llama and his master — he seemed more like his friend — are frequent visitors to Albany. But Saturday I met them for the first time.
Waiting for the Second Avenue signal at Ellsworth Street to turn green on Saturday night, I found myself staring at the vacant bank building across the way and wondering what use could possibly be made of it.
At first, all I heard on a bike ride through Albany on Saturday night was the sound. Sounded like a band.
An empty building in Albany’s Downtown Historic District would be restored pretty much to look the way it did a century ago, according to plans submitted to the city’s planning division.
The Albany Fire Department today confirmed that fireworks played a role in the fire that nearly destroyed the fourplex at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Ferry Street in downtown Albany on the evening of the Fourth of July.
Smashing the walls at old bank building
Keeping up with this particular change in downtown Albany: On Wednesday a contractor started tearing down the walls of the former Wells Fargo branch at Broadalbin Street and First Avenue. “Tearing down” may be the wrong words. It was more a matter of “smashing with a battering ram.” Take a look: I was on my […]
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