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.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany,_New_York

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Map: Green Mountain National Forest North
Map: High Falls Reservior

NYSERDA’s Green Building

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Never mind it's in Albany Pine Bush, the building is green, as it has solar panels on it! Of course, there is no direct bus service here, so almost all of NYSERDA's employees have to drive in privately owned cars that guzzle fuel to get to work. Maybe they drive hybrids!

Saturday April 30, 2011 — Bulldozing the Albany Pine Bush
Terrain Map: Buildings Constructed in Capital Region, 2015-2020

NYSERDA in the Pine Bush

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Back as recently as 1995, this was still Albany Pine Bush. Now it's home to the NYSERDA, the NY State Energy Research and Development Agency, that tacks taxes on everybody's energy bills, so they can have money to lease space in Albany Pine Bush, and talk about sustainable energy use, while consuming lots of it.

Saturday April 30, 2011 — Bulldozing the Albany Pine Bush
Map: Junius Pond Unique Area
SVGZ Graphic: Viewable from the Balsam Lake Firetower

Peering Into Hotel Site

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That's where the new Marriott is supposed to go, if the developers get their way. They already flattened the land, and it appears now that they are cutting back around the site, and reducing the trees to wood chips.

Saturday April 30, 2011 — Bulldozing the Albany Pine Bush
Thematic Map: African Americans By Election District in Albany County
Map: Bear Mountain Trail on Cranberry Lake