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Jun. 6—ALBANY — After receiving a Community Development Block Grant for Disaster Recovery, the Albany Department of Planning and Development Services has hired a contractor to survey every ...
Nov. 21—ALBANY — A proposal for a possible housing development in a historic district near Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital could be a reversal of back to the future into forward to the past.
Mar. 12—ALBANY — The public is invited to an open house event Tuesday to provide input on the city of Albany's Downtown Master Plan. The open house will take place at the Imagination Theater ...
The city's Community Development Agency continues to seek CDBG monies to rehabilitate abandoned rowhouses along Clinton Avenue and continue to keep them affordable. [16] Clinton Ave at Ontario Street is also the location of the oldest firehouse in the city of Albany, built in 1874, refurbished in the 1930s and in 1998. [17] [18]
While the South End is generally taken to refer to a large area of Albany, including almost everything south of downtown and Lincoln Park to the city's southern limit, [4] the district covers a smaller 57-acre (23 ha) [2]: 110 area that mostly resembles a slightly bent rectangle, mirroring a bend that once existed in the Hudson River shoreline and marked the city's original southern boundary.
The property was originally part of Albany's waterworks property. It had been a protected part of the Albany Pine Bush from 1850. [4] The development of Northway Mall helped to spur further development along nearby Wolf Road. [5] A hearing at the Colonie Planning Board was scheduled for July 8, 1969 [6] for a proposed subdivision for the mall. [7]
These Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO) may exist as a separate, independent organization or they may be administered by a city, county, regional planning organization, highway commission or other government organization. [1] Each MPO has its own structure and governance. The following is a list of the current federally designated MPOs.
The city began to expand and annex surrounding land to handle its growth. The opening of the Erie Canal in the 1820s and the development of railroads in later decades made the city a transportation hub, and as its commercial power and the state's grew it assumed more political importance. Smaller buildings remained the norm along the side ...