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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Patroon Island 1952

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Patroon Island 1952

This aerial photo of Patroon Island shows it in the early 1950s before the Patroon Island Bridge, Interstate 787 and when Albany had its water treatment plant up there, before it was used as a temporary dumping ground for the city's garbage. Interstates 787 and 90 along with the bike path are overlaid on this map to get a better idea of where things exist today.