Albany, NY

Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York’s Capital District. Roughly 135 miles (217 km) north of the City of New York, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about 10 miles (16 km) south of its confluence with the Mohawk River. The population of the city was 97,856 at the time of the 2010 census.

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Dunn Parker Bridge 1952

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Dunn Parker Bridge 1952

The Dunn Parker Bridge was a low-draw bridge that was famous for it's rush hour traffic jams between Albany and Rensselear.

Albany Median Household Income by Ward

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Albany Median Household Income by Ward

While I had previously done a few months back this analysis in Python, I decided to port the code over to R. The code is simpler in R. One thing of note is that I had to use tracts rather than block groups due missing data for certain block groups. 

Old Karner Road vs Today

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A look at the routing of Karner Road through two aerial photos.

LEFT - New Karner Road 2021 

RIGHT - Karner Road, 1952