I was watching the crowd at the anti-vaccination protest at the Capitol today from my new office that overlooks the Capitol, and I have to say democracy is quite healthy, even if that means you don’t always get your way

I was watching the crowd at the anti-vaccination protest at the Capitol today from my new office that overlooks the Capitol, and I have to say democracy is quite healthy, even if that means you don’t always get your way.

People are out, speaking up, being seen and being heard. That’s key to DEMOCRACY. πŸ—

A Farewell to 159 and 161 Eagle St – Albany Notes

A Farewell to 159 and 161 Eagle St – Albany Notes

Until last week, two fine Italianate rowhouses bookended an unbroken Eagle Street block, diagonal from the Governor’s Mansion. They are now gone. Only rubble lies where they once stood.

The full-size image is over at the AlbanyGroup Archive on Flickr. The Mansion District is old, and these buildings were a testament to that history. 161 Eagle was standing on that spot by at least 1870, but may pre-date the Civil War. It had a neighbor at 159 Eagle by 1876.?As a building with a storefront, 161 Eagle was not only a cornerstone of the block, it was a cornerstone of the community.?Over the years it housed a number of well-known community establishments, one such was the Mansion Food Market, shown at right in 1975 when it was operated by Dominick Oppedisano.