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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Age of Buildings Along Second Avenue

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You can now mouse over the building to see the exact year it was built, besides looking at the colors. I am not sure why I didn't implement this feature until now -- it was all of four lines of code. Kind of interesting to see how old the buildings are in Albany's South End.

Proposed Downtown Retail District – Plan for the Capital City

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Proposed Downtown Retail District - Plan for the Capital City

I was experimenting with QGIS and old maps from the 1963 Plan for the Capital City and overlaid the proposed development plan over an aerial photo of the city from 1952. While overall this plan didn't come to fruition, many elements did and can be seen in the contemporary downtown. 

Albany 1978

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Albany 1978.ti

The Albany of 1978 during the closing years of the Corning Administration didn't look all that different from today.