While at it, here are other nice photo threads, in case you guys want more Albany.
(Looking at them all in a row, I must say that if I take time to do a photo tour, I'm going to try to be photographing different things... no need to overlap too much on those very fine threads.)
From my limited experience of living in Albany for 9 years, I would say that most locals do not like the Plaza. 8,000 residents is a lot to lose for Albany's size. The city still hasn't recovered that population as well as the loss of tax base that those buildings generated. Be that as it may, the Plaza also aided in the gentrification of Center Square, much of which had been boarded up prior to the 80's. The Hudson Park neighborhood just to the south of Center Square is also now gentrifying (most neighborhoods in Albany are not). So that area was revitalized in some part by the construction of the plaza and the employment that was based there. So it's been a mixed bag.
From my limited experience of living in Albany for 9 years, I would say that most locals do not like the Plaza. 8,000 residents is a lot to lose for Albany's size. The city still hasn't recovered that population as well as the loss of tax base that those buildings generated. Be that as it may, the Plaza also aided in the gentrification of Center Square, much of which had been boarded up prior to the 80's. The Hudson Park neighborhood just to the south of Center Square is also now gentrifying (most neighborhoods in Albany are not). So that area was revitalized in some part by the construction of the plaza and the employment that was based there. So it's been a mixed bag.
Oh, and if it bugs you to have all those Corning Tower observation deck pictures taking up space in your thread, just tell me, I'll edit them out.
I was just trying to be of service, since you said you regretted missing out on that view.
I'll allow it!! Thanks for posting those, lio. I feel so ripped off that I never saw these threads before and therefore didn't have the knowledge of the observation deck's existance.
And thanks for posting those other threads as well. Albany really is a very pretty city with some simply gorgeous bones. Thanks man! Hope to see your Albany tour soon!
The one down side of the observation deck is that the view to the west is blocked. But the three directions you do get are great.
I have a feeling that even without the ESP, Albany's population would have been cratering. The construction happened to coincide with the time that all cities were experiencing their greatest population declines.
And thanks for posting those other threads as well. Albany really is a very pretty city with some simply gorgeous bones. Thanks man! Hope to see your Albany tour soon!
I actually didn't bring my camera this time (I'm currently there, posting this from the McD's (free wifi ) on Central Avenue between Quail and Ontario) but I'll be back soon enough, so... next time.
I've only been to the ESP once but I remember being pretty impressed by it's size and uniformity. Say what you will about the architecture and what it replaced -there's few places in America that can match it. It's the best example of a 'modern high-rise' version of the beaux arts city beautiful.
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) on Central Avenue between Quail and Ontario) but I'll be back soon enough, so... next time.
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