CITY NEIGHBORHOODS:

Picturing the People and Places of Albany

Image Directory

1. Van Rensselaer Manor Rent Office and Agent’s House on Broadway near Tivoli Street.

2. Built in 1765, the Van Rensselaer Manor House stood on Broadway near Tivoli Street until it was moved to Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1893.

3. The Lumber District as seen from the Hudson River.

4. Workers unloading lumber from a canal boat at the Albany Basin for shipment down the Hudson River.

5. Dedicated in 1856 the Dudley Observatory stood on a hill north of the city, in Dudley Park, until 1893 when it moved to a new building on Lake Avenue.

6. Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church on Walter Street in North Albany.

7. A new Albany Public School No. 20 was constructed at the corner of North Pearl and North 2^nd Streets in 1924.

8. St. Peter’s Hospital opened on Broadway in 1869.

9. The Argus Press Co. factory on Broadway between Tivoli and Bridge Streets.

10. The Albany Felt Company factory on Broadway.

11. Four Brothers Axle Grease Factory on Tivoli Street.

12. The Albany Car Wheel Co. from the east side of the Erie Canel.

13. Abandoned Erie Canal Lock No. 2 near the Albany Paper Co. factory between Broadway and the Hudson River.

14. Erie Boulevard was built along the path of the old Erie Canal between Broadway and the Hudson River.

15. Broadway, near the corner of North First Street in North Albany.

16. Sand hills at North Albany as seen from Broadway.

17. Neighborhood residents attended a World War I memorial flag raising on Broadway opposite Albany Street in North Albany.

18. A Beverwyck Brewing Co. parade float behind the brewery on North Ferry Street.

19. The windmill pumping station at Wolfert’s Roost Country Club on Van Rensselaer’s Boulevard.

20. Albany Senators baseball player, Bill Key, at bat in Hawkins Stadium.

21. Baseball game spectators at Hawkins Stadium waiting for United Traction Co. trolleys at Broadway and Pleasant Street.

22. Swimmers at the Mid-City Park pool in Menands.

23. United Traction Company’s Delaware Avenue trolley in front of the car barns on Broadway.

24. A crowd of strikers and spectators gathered on Broadway during the United Traction Company workers strike.

25. Children from area schools and churches joined the United Traction Company for a World War I Liberty Loan Day Parade on Broadway.

26. James Coyne, Sam Stratton, Howard Nolan and Richard Conners and other political dignitaries marching down Broadway in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

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