Prominent People of the Capital District
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Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : Albany (N.Y.) |
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Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : Albany (N.Y.) |
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Author | : John A. Miller |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1467137464 |
Experience the architecture and colorful history of the Historic Theaters of New York's Capital District as author John A. Miller charts the entertaining history. For generations, residents of New York's Capital District have flocked to the region's numerous theaters. The history behind the venues is often more compelling than the shows presented in them. John Wilkes Booth brushed with death on stage while he and Abraham Lincoln were visiting Albany. The first exhibition of broadcast television was shown at Proctor's Theater in Schenectady, although the invention ironically contributed to the downfall of theaters across the nation. A fired manager of the Green Street Theatre seized control of the theater with a group of armed men, but Albany police stormed the building and the former manager regained control.
Author | : Paul Grondahl |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 628 |
Release | : 2007-09-07 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0791479099 |
Grondahl’s classic biography of Albany’s “mayor for life,” now available in paperback.
Author | : Elmer Epenetus Barton |
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Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1884 |
Genre | : Washington (D.C.) |
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Author | : Tom Killips |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 125 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0738534951 |
New York's Capital District: 1978-2003 is an extraordinary collection of photographs depicting the area's most memorable people and moments. Showcasing the work of award-winning photojournalist Tom Killips, the book highlights a quarter-century of life in the greater-Albany-Troy-Rensselaer County area. Divided into four sections-news, features, sports, and arts and entertainment-New York's Capital District: 1978-2003 goes directly to the heart of the action. In focus are the political careers of Hugh Carey, Mario Cuomo, and George Pataki, as well as those of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Erastus Corning II, John Sweeney, Jerry Jennings, Joseph L. Bruno, and others; the visits of actors Jack Nicholson and Kevin Kline and golf legends Arnold Palmer and Lee Trevino; and the athletic careers of Mike Tyson, Sam Perkins, and Dottie Pepper Mochrie. This volume also captures the blizzard of 1993 burying the community, the flood of 1996 blurring the line between the land and the mighty Hudson River, and the tornado of 1998 leveling homes in its path.
Author | : Gino DiCarlo |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738562612 |
When it came to first-class transportation, not many regions of North America had more to offer than the trolley lines of New Yorks Capital District. From their humble beginnings as horse roads forming belts around Albany, Schenectady, and Troy, these trolley lines helped move people around Upstate New York from the late 1800s until their final exit after World War II. The lines of the United Traction Company, Schenectady Railway, and the Hudson Valley Railway provided hundreds of miles of track around their home cities, as well as direct routes to resorts in the Adirondacks, Lake George, and Saratoga Springs. The trolley lines became famous for disasters that made national headlines, labor disputes, and engineering wonders that included the longest trolley bridge in the world. The vintage images in Trolleys of the Capital District provide insight into an era gone by and an often forgotten form of transportation.
Author | : Timothy Starr |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2021-03-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1467105600 |
New York's Capital District was ideally situated to become one of the nation's earliest and most important transportation crossroads. The Mohawk River was the only water level gap in the Appalachian range to the west, which led to the construction of the Erie Canal. Soon after its completion, the state's first railroad began operating between Albany and Schenectady in 1831. Other pioneer railroads followed, heading north to Canada, south to New York City, west to Chicago, and east to Boston. Over the next century, railroads like the New York Central, Boston & Albany, Boston & Maine, and Delaware & Hudson built extensive passenger stations, freight and classification yards, and repair shops in the tri-city region. Passenger operations continue today at the Schenectady and Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak stations, while the Selkirk Yard is still an important classification point for CSX Transportation.
Author | : Howard Glyndon |
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Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 1862 |
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Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia. Subcommittee on Government Operations |
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Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Federal-city relations |
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Author | : Chuck D'imperio |
Publisher | : Syracuse University Press |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2015-04-14 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 0815653239 |
Upstate New York is the birthplace of many of America’s favorite foods. The chicken wing was born in a bar in Buffalo, the potato chip originated in the kitchen of a glitzy Saratoga Springs hotel, the salt potato got its start along the marshy shores of a Syracuse lake, and Thousand Island dressing was created in a hotel along the St. Lawrence Seaway. In this book, D’Imperio travels across the region to discover the stories and people behind forty iconic foods of Upstate New York. He introduces readers to the black dirt farmers of Orange County who give America its best-tasting onions, to the Catskill’s Candy Cane King, and to "Charlie the Butcher," purveyor of the best beef on weck in the state. Filled with color photographs, the book includes a map of the various regions around Upstate New York, allowing readers to create their own cultural and historic food tour.