I stopped in Albany for 1 day over the summer. Except the awful Empire State Plaza, it's a pretty nice little city. Very little city. Way smaller than I expected, actually. I always figured based on pictures that Albany was about Richmond-sized, but in person it felt much more like a peer of Harrisburg.
Let's get the bad part over with. Empire State Plaza. This all used to be a gorgeous urban neighborhood, including the highway.
Sorry for blur.
The Egg.
The old state house is nice.
Now here's the neighborhood immediately behind, which was thankfully spared. The highway engineers wanted to rip it out, of course.
Back on the other side of Empire Plaza is downtown Albany.
This is city hall.
State Street is the main drag. It's only a couple of blocks long.
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