The water just never stops flowing.
At Cohoes Falls. And at Troy. And at the Corning Preserve.
No, they mustn’t.
Like most people, I obey the law, except when I don’t. I follow all the traffic rules when I’m cycling....
Concrete grace
Thankfully, it’s becoming more common that our highway design engineers give some thought to aesthetics. For too long, millions was...
Steal this blog!
Community has become an odd and interesting thing in this internet age. We are able to join communities around common...
Swimming is forbidden
From the 1884 “Albany Hand-Book, A Stranger’s Guide and Residents’ Manual”: “Swimming in the river near the shores or wharves,...
The highway that isn’t there
Sometimes, the most beautiful highway is the one that isn’t there. Over at All Over Albany, I write about the...
Crossing the Hudson (bridges edition)
The Livingston Avenue Bridge, the graceful and anachronistic swing bridge that carries trains across the Hudson River at Albany and...
Shocked, shocked!
…to find that gambling is going on in here! From Whish’s 1917 “Albany Guide Book”: Athletic sports always have been...
Three channels and nothing’s on
Our elders had the hardships of the Great Depression and the Second World War, and they weren’t shy about telling...
Google Street View, 1907 edition
Google Street View is a great idea, especially for traveling through towns you’ve never been to before. You can see...