Fields in Hot Sun
Albany’s South End, Historic Dumping Grounds
This colorized LiDAR Hillshade of elevation of the South End shows the filled in gorges in Albany South End that were used until the late 1960s for dumping trash and debris from the Empire State Plaza demolition.
Northway and Thruway – May 1, 1960
Only a few years before the modern state office campus and SUNY Albany.
Albany County, NY Sub-watersheds
A map of the sub-watersheds that make up Albany County, overlaid by hillshade and with major creeks and rivers shown.







