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.

Crossgates 1970s (1973 vs. 1985)

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Over the next few days, I am going to posting a series of historical comparisons of the area around Crossgates Maul, that was constructed in area that was fairly good Pine Bush, although much more heavily fragmented before the era of the arterial highways got underway in the 1950s and 1960s.

American Way

This of course is the Rapp Road Landfill with an American Flag in front of it. Some how the combination of the two makes you really think a little bit more.

Taken on Tuesday January 16, 2007 at Bulldozing the Albany Pine Bush.

Thruway Interchange 80s and 90s (1973 vs. 2018)

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During the late 1980s the Thruway Authority and DOT replaced the Northway and Thruway interchange that once was a cloverleaf to a windmill style interchange. You can compare the changes to the interchange with a comparison of the interchange in 1973 to how it looks today.

Bulldozing the Pine Bush, 2009 – 2020 🚧

Bulldozing the Pine Bush, 2009 – 2020 🚧

Year

Town

Properties Developed

Acres

2009

Colonie

14 Booth St, 2714 Curry Rd, 209 Nutwood Ave, 12 St Joseph St

16.7

Guilderland

21 Providence St, 54 Mercer St, 1460 Rocco Dr, 702 Penney Ln, 12 Brookview Dr

7.7

2010

Colonie

4137 Albany St, 16 Booth St, 4051 Albany St, 4049 Albany St, 4047 Albany St, 74 Cordell Rd, 22 Cordell Rd, 27 Cordell Rd

3

Guilderland

5 Friar Tuck Rd, 104 Dedham Post Dr, 1448 Rocco Dr, 352 Westwoods Ct, 26 Brookview Dr, 305 Westwoods Ct

10.3

2011

Colonie

15 Dorlyn Rd

0.2

Guilderland

1 Sadie Ln Pr, 34 Pinewood Rd, 3335 E Old State Rd, 114 Fox Run Dr, 301 Danielle Dr, 348 Westwoods Ct, 24 Brookview Dr, 315 Westwoods Ct, 309 Westwoods Ct

11.1

2012

Albany

176 Washington Ave Ext, 178 Washington Ave Ext, 30 Columbia Circle Dr

6.8

Colonie

22 Warehouse Row, 1 Apollo Dr, 1900 Central Ave, 37 Kallen Ave, 20 Morocco Ln, 27 Lansing Rd S, 59A Bonner Ave, 151 Nutwood Ave

10.2

Colonie, Village

153C Lincoln Ave

0.9

Guilderland

1420 Rocco Dr, 123 Fox Run Dr, 503 Jaclyn Dr, 517 Jaclyn Dr, 344 Westwoods Ct, 340 Westwoods Ct, 225 Woodsfield Dr

8.1

2013

Albany

124 Washington Ave Ext

3.8

Colonie

26 Morocco Ln, 22 Morocco Ln, 201 Nutwood Ave, 29 Overland Ave

1.4

Colonie, Village

1730 Central Ave, 1728 Central Ave

11

Guilderland

2327 Western Ave, 2 Sadie Ln Pr, 107 Willow St, 111 Willow St, 202 Stoyka Pl, 360 Westwoods Ct, 359 Westwoods Ct, 351 Westwoods Ct, 347 Westwoods Ct, 336 Westwoods Ct

9.7

2014

Albany

163 Washington Ave Ext

0.8

Colonie

17 Dorlyn Rd, 146 Railroad Ave, 4259 Albany St, 1030 Kings Rd, 16 Morocco Ln, 967 Kings Rd, 3 Michael Dr, 1 Lansing Rd S, 7 Kendale Ave

45.4

Colonie, Village

1754 Central Ave, 2 Fermac St

5.6

Guilderland

3811 Carman Rd, 3062 Sunset Ln, 1440 Rocco Dr, 1428 Rocco Dr, 123 Timothy Ln, 121 Timothy Ln, 119 Timothy Ln, 138 Timothy Ln, 136 Timothy Ln, 506 Jaclyn Dr, 1038 Dibella Dr, 356 Westwoods Ct, 355 Westwoods Ct, 233 Woodsfield Dr, 343 Westwoods Ct, 332 Westwoods Ct, 335 Westwoods Ct, 331 Westwoods Ct, 327 Westwoods Ct, 323 Westwoods Ct

8.1

2015

Colonie

226 Morris Rd, 4032 Albany St, 18 Morocco Ln, 4020 Albany St, 1 Michael Dr, 5 Michael Dr, 7 Michael Dr, 11 Kellogg Ave

4.7

Colonie, Village

1652 Central Ave

0.9

Guilderland

1 Crossgates Mall Rd, 15 Gay Ln, 415 W Highland Dr, 345 W Highland Dr, 806 Rainbow Dr, 812-814 Rainbow Dr, 117 Timothy Ln, 120 Timothy Ln, 3376 E Lydius St, 339 Westwoods Ct, 237 Woodsfield Dr, 328 Westwoods Ct, 324 Westwoods Ct, 310 Westwoods Ct, 314 Westwoods Ct, 319 Westwoods Ct

8.4

2016

Colonie

1956 Central Ave, 4194 Albany St, 24 Morocco Ln, 1000 Kings Rd, 9 Michael Dr, 1A Michael Dr, 7 Lansing Rd S, 17A Ferrara Ave

36

Colonie, Village

30 Robert Dr, 1632A Central Ave, 1878 Central Ave

13.5

Guilderland

1771 Western Ave, 28 Gipp Rd, 419 Vincent Dr, 210 Stoyka Pl, 1452 Rocco Dr, 105 Millard Ln Pr, 134 Timothy Ln, 501 Jaclyn Dr, 122 Timothy Ln, 3483 E Lydius St, 3475 E Lydius St, 229 Woodsfield Dr, 214 Woodsfield Dr, 238 Woodsfield Dr, 206 Woodsfield Dr

16.9

2017

Colonie

83 Karner Rd, 27 Tennessee Ave, 28 Morocco Ln, 80 Cordell Rd

3

Guilderland

206 Stoyka Pl, 222 Woodsfield Dr, 320 Westwoods Ct, 28 Brookview Dr

1.9

2018

Colonie

340 New Karner Rd, 34 Michigan Ave

4.8

Colonie, Village

134 Lincoln Ave

3.2

Guilderland

1561 Western Ave, 1651 Western Ave, 3 Sadie Ln Pr, 808 Rainbow Dr, 1436 Rocco Dr, 1432 Rocco Dr, 505 Jaclyn Dr, 104 Balsam Ln Pr, 228 Woodsfield Dr, 234 Woodsfield Dr, 210 Woodsfield Dr, 306 Westwoods Ct, 2729 Curry Rd

11.8

2019

Guilderland

3077 Spawn Rd, 308 Danielle Dr, 8 Brookview Dr, 221 Woodsfield Dr, 302 Westwoods Ct, 301 Westwoods Ct

3.5