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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Drying out John’s files 📂

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Over the past few days I've been working in an empty apartment, helping the team of volunteers to help save as many of John Wolcott's files after their house fire. 

Saturday May 29, 2021 — Albany, NY

Lupine Under The Pitch Pine

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While the lupine weren't as common on Blueberry Hill area as other parts of the Pine Bush, there were definitely some brilliant blue patches, as seen under these emblematic Pitch Pine trees.

Saturday May 20, 2017 — Albany Pine Bush

In Albany, the Cost of a Plaza

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In Albany, the Cost of a

In 2010, the Albany Times-Union reported teenage arrests related to graffiti at the Empire State Plaza. And again, in 2018, the Times-Union reported four people charged with tagging The Egg, the Harrison & Abramovitz–designed performing arts center that juts out of the plaza like a sawed-off spaceship, frozen in concrete, more pan than egg.

What begs abuse, Empire State? The answer manifests not only in the hardscape spaces that invite unwanted improvisation and interaction, but also in the narratives embedded in the landscape—in the place that was lost to create the Empire State Plaza.