New York’s capital of Albany is located in the eastern center part of the state. Albany itself has a population close to 100,000, and for most capital cities in America this would be considered pretty large. By New York standards though, it’s a rather small city and some people have even given it the nickname “Smallbany”. On the right is the state’s capitol building, one of the most unique and the largest I have seen so far. To make sure that was the right building, I had to check it with my phone!
Above are two photos of down town Albany, right in front of the capitol building actually. The city was originally a Dutch colony named Fort Nassau and Fort Orange, but after the English conquered what was New Netherlands in the area they changed the name to Albany. On Sunday, almost everything downtown was closed and deserted.
The most famous and unique part of Albany is the Empire State Plaza, which is also where the capitol building is located. Several monuments, memorials, parks and large buildings are built in this area. Usually there are free concerts and live music that take place during the year. Above is the Vietnam War memorial on the left, and the famous performing arts center on the right known as ‘the egg’. I regret not getting a cooler picture of it since it does look pretty weird from a distance. Below is a park and some high rises against the plaza’s reflecting pool.
Some interesting buildings in Albany; the state university on the right, and a small random building on the left. There are a lot of nice parks in the city, I took a picture of a random one I passed by down below. Since it was a colder and gloomy day most of these were empty. The clear blue sky on the right was actually just a nice break in the clouds. I got rained on almost immediately after so I cut out early!
New York’s capital of Albany is located in the eastern center part of the state. Albany itself has a population close to 100,000, and for most capital cities in America this would be considered pretty large. By New York standards though, it’s a rather small city and some people have even given it the nickname “Smallbany”. On the right is the state’s capitol building, one of the most unique and the largest I have seen so far. To make sure that was the right building, I had to check it with my phone!
