Bulldozing the Albany Pine Bush

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot,
With a pink hotel, a boutique,
And a swinging hot spot.
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone?

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
They took all the trees and put them in a tree museum.
And they charged all the people
A dollar and a half just to see ’em.

Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone?
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.

Before Crossgates Maul

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Before Crossgates Maul

A 3D rendering of what a bird would have seen flying over the area near where the Thruway and Northway meet over US 20, looking out at the area that would become Crossgates Maul. 

East Karner Barrens 1973

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East Karner Barrens 1973

The East Karner Barrens fifty years ago still look much the same as today due to decades of fights by community activists. Trails are the contemporary routings. 

1973 Washington Avenue At Karner Road

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1973 Washington Avenue At Karner Road

In 1973, the area around the end of Washington Avenue Extension was largely unbroken forest, some of it fairly thick forest due to fire suppression.