Bulldozing the Albany Pine Bush 📍

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot,
With a pink hotel, a boutique,
And a swinging hot spot.
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone?

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
They took all the trees and put them in a tree museum.
And they charged all the people
A dollar and a half just to see ’em.

Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone?
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.

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Thematic Map: Lake Albany
Map: Doodletown Wildlife Management Area

Before Crossgates Maul

A 3D rendering of what a bird would have seen flying over the area near where the Thruway and Northway meet over US 20, looking out at the area that would become Crossgates Maul. 

Before Crossgates Maul

SVGZ Graphic: BMI of Americans

1973 Washington Avenue At Karner Road

In 1973, the area around the end of Washington Avenue Extension was largely unbroken forest, some of it fairly thick forest due to fire suppression.

1973 Washington Avenue At Karner Road

Terrain Map: Light Pollution New York March 2024
SVGZ Graphic: Indictments from the January 6th Uprising