Livingston Avenue Bridge
Hudson Quadricentennial DSC_4665 Livingston ave bridge, originally uploaded by carljohnson. I have never photographed anything as much as I have...
Time will come today
Image by carljohnson via Flickr After reading Daniel Walker Howe’s brilliant history of the transformation of the U.S. in the...
Boating down the Hudson, 1938
For those of us who never got to experience the glory days of the Hudson River Day Line (or the...
Albany Time
(This article originally appeared at All Over Albany) The first Dudley Observatory, in north Albany. In our global civilization, we’re...
Caskets and couches
Things that you don’t see anymore: a combined undertaker and furniture dealer. Well, of course, making cabinets and making caskets...
Getting to the Collar City
Circumstances — a combination of wife’s employment and elder daughter’s education — are leading us to spend a significant amount...
Demolition of the original Dunn Memorial Bridge
A friend asked me if I could figure out exactly when the original Dunn Memorial Bridge (dedicated August 19, 1933,...
Among the things that aren’t here anymore
Tilley ladders 1940, originally uploaded by carljohnson. When I moved back to the Capital District, I was always pleased when...
Albany Fire Department in 1901
Albany Fire Department 1901 from All Over Albany on Vimeo. From the wonder that is the Library of Congress’s American...
The Piano City
Boardman and Gray 1905, originally uploaded by carljohnson. Some may have noticed that I’ve been guest-blogging on history over at...