Albany NY

I have made significant contributions to the following pages. Articles that I created are in bold.

 

• The Alan Colmes Show
• Albany City Hall
• Albany City School District
• Albany High School
• Albany Institute of History & Art
• Alfred E. Smith Building
• Aquarium of Niagara
• "The Carnival"
• Dunn Memorial Bridge
• Empire State Aerosciences Museum
• Encyclopedia Brunoniana
• Erastus Corning Tower
• Gerald Jennings
• Legislative Gazette
• Menands Bridge
• The Media Project
• New York State Department of Education Building
• New York State Executive Mansion
• New York State Capitol
• Palace Theatre
• Quarterback
• Schenectady City Hall
• Schenectady Museum
• Seeing Voices
• Times Union

I have taken the following images. Most were shot with a Canon PowerShot S50 digital camera, and some were edited with Adobe Photoshop. I have released them under free licenses.

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  The Egg, a performing arts center located in the Empire State Plaza, is an Albany landmark. The Erastus Corning Tower is visible on the right.
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  The Cultural Education Center is also located in the Empire State Plaza. The ten story building houses the New York State Museum, Library, and Archives.
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  The Home Savings Bank Building is a 1927 office tower in downtown Albany. It is the city's tenth tallest structure.
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  The New York State Court of Appeals in Albany is the state's highest judicial body.
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  The Times Union Center is a major sports and entertainment venue in downtown Albany. When this photo was taken in 2006, it was still known as the Pepsi Arena.
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  The Times Union Center's semi-enclosed atrium
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  A tour boat passes though the Livingston Avenue Bridge, a railroad swing bridge over the Hudson River.
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  The New York State Education Building is an imposing Neoclassical structure across the street from the Capitol. It formerly housed the New York State Museum.
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  Chancellors Hall in the State Education Building
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  One Commerce Plaza is Albany's eleventh tallest building. Completed in 1971, it has 20 floors and is 270 feet tall.
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  The Albany Institute of History & Art is a museum in Albany. Founded in 1791, it is among America's oldest museums.
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  A rear view of Albany High School, the Albany City School District's flagship institution.
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  Albany High's courtyard.
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  SEFCU Arena is a 4,600-seat venue located on the campus of the University at Albany.
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  Brown University's 14-story Science Library, located in Providence, Rhode Island
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  The Maine State House in Augusta. Designed by Charles Bulfinch, it was completed in 1832.
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  The Blaine House is the official residence of the Governor of Maine. Built in 1833, it is located across the street from the State House.
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  Newport, Rhode Island's City Hall.
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  The Massachusetts State House displaying a banner in honor of the Boston Red Sox's 2013 World Series appearance

Edit counts in the main namespace:

Approximately 95 percent of my edits are to articles, and I have edited more than 10,000 unique pages. I appear on the list of Wikipedians by number of edits, ranked in the 7000s as of February 2016. In September 2013, I was ranked at 2879 on the list of Wikipedians by number of recent edits. I was granted rollback and reviewer rights in February 2015.

To contribute to articles related to the Albany area, see:

• WikiProject Capital District
• Category:Capital District (New York)
• Category:Albany County, New York
• Category:Albany, New York

• Wikimapia: A website where users can add place descriptions to Google Maps (this external link leads to the map of Albany). For more information, see Wikimapia.

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