122-429: The Kenmore Hotel is a historic building at 74 North Pearl Street ( NY 32 ) in the city of Albany , New York . The Kenmore was built in 1878 by an African-American , Adam Blake (April 6, 1830 – September 7, 1881), and owned by him until his death, at which time it was taken over by his widow Catherine, who continued until 1887. Adam Blake was named for his father, a slave of General Stephen Van Rensselaer III at
244-616: A Barnes & Noble bookstore, and national chain eateries operated and staffed by Sodexo . The structure has been the site for informal and formal interactions, the latter including the meetings of student-run clubs, academic conferences, and cultural functions. A $ 62.2 million renovation and expansion project includes the Campus Center East addition, completed in September 2015, and a West addition which opened in June 2017. The latter includes
366-681: A "speedway" or "public driveway". Today many important locations sit along Washington Ave such as the New York State Capitol , New York State Education Building , the Alfred E. Smith Building , One Commerce Plaza , downtown campus of SUNY Albany, the Albany High School, the W. Averell Harriman State Office Building Campus , and the uptown campus of SUNY Albany. At Fuller Road, Washington Avenue becomes Washington Avenue Extension (NY Route 910D), to New Karner Road ( NY Route 155 ). The extension
488-524: A 4 lane highway and passes over I-787. Exit 23 of Interstate 87 /NYS Thruway has entrance and exit ramps meeting Southern Blvd and I-787 has a northbound entrance ramp accessible only for the northbound Southern Blvd lanes. The Thruway Authority headquarters are on the west side of the street before the boulevard leaves the city on a viaduct over the Normans Kill. There are three sets of numbered roads in Albany,
610-516: A broadening mission, the College for Teachers changed its name to SUNY College of Education at Albany in 1959. In 1961, it became a four-year liberal arts college as the State University College at Albany. In 1962, the State University College was designated a doctoral-degree granting university center. The same year, Rockefeller broke ground for the current Uptown Campus on the former site of
732-491: A business incubator concentrating on advances in biotechnology and other health-related disciplines. In 2005, this campus became home to the university's Gen*NY*Sis Center for Excellence in Cancer Genomics. In 2004, the university launched the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE), the first college in the nation to focus exclusively on nanotechonology, semiconductor development and chip manufacturing. In 2014,
854-610: A direct connection to the W. Averell Harriman State Office Building Campus . Meanwhile, just east of the state office campus interchange, I-90 represents the northern terminus of the Crosstown Arterial (signed as New York State Route 85 ). Moving further east, I-90 provides indirect access to Central Avenue via the Everett Road exit, a direct connection to the Corporate Woods office park, and closer to downtown, interchanges with
976-708: A major venue for community events such as rock, pop, and hip hop concerts, sporting events and University activities. Although it has an Albany address, it is actually located in the Town of Guilderland. The university is a first-tier component of the State University of New York . It receives annual appropriations as a part of the SUNY budget, and the New York State University Construction Fund manages and finances buildings and capital improvements. Although
1098-410: A more respected bird; such as Duck to Robin and Turkey to Quail. Because of ravines, swamps, and other undesirable building ground some of the streets were not opened over their entire planned length, leading to large gaps in street numbering. Some of the undesirable land would in time be taken by parks or large institutions, forever splitting some streets into two, three, or even four parts. Madison Ave
1220-567: A new 400-seat auditorium and, as of the fall of 2018, enhanced dining facilities with market-style food service venues. Current students are using the new food court that arrived with Campus Center East. The Campus Center has many restaurants for a variety of dining options, such as pizza, Thai cuisine , sushi, etc. The Performing Arts Center is a facility on the Uptown Campus containing five performance spaces. Music, dance, theater, international artists, guest lecturers, and collaborations occur in
1342-472: A new nightclub was proposed for the Kenmore. The nightclub, called The Terrace Lounge at The Kenmore, was to be on the ground floor and not in the two story former Rain-bo Room. The Kenmore Hotel building was listed for sale in 2016. In 2019, developers renovated the historic Rain-Bo Room, restoring the historic staircase and opening up 25-foot ceilings and an upper level mezzanine. The rechristened Kenmore Ballroom
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#17328812204791464-609: A public library branch, a public elementary school and several private schools, St. Peter's Hospital, Maria College , and the Capital Hills At Albany (city-owned golf course) are all along New Scotland Ave. This short street bisects the Melrose neighborhood next to the Averell Harriman State Office Campus, it stretches from Winthrop Avenue northwest to Brevator Street. Melrose sits on the right-of-way of
1586-466: A revised four-year curriculum in 1905, became the first public institution of higher education in New York to be granted the power to confer the bachelor's degree. A new campus—today, UAlbany's Downtown Campus—was built in 1909 on a site of 4.5 acres (18,000 m ) between Washington and Western avenues. By 1913, the institution was home to 590 students and 44 faculty members, offered a master's degree for
1708-721: A separate SUNY institution: the SUNY Polytechnic Institute . This was reversed in 2023, when the college rejoined UAlbany as part of the College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering. In 1996, a third campus—the East Campus, renamed the Health Sciences Campus in 2016 —was added 12 miles (19 km) east of the Uptown Campus in Rensselaer County , when the university acquired former Sterling-Winthrop laboratories and converted them into labs, classrooms, and
1830-665: A set of four avenues in the South End , a set of three streets in Arbor Hill , and another set of three streets in North Albany . Second, Third, and Fourth avenues in the South End were until 1873 named Whitehall Road, Van Vechten Street, and Nucella Street. Second and Third streets in Arbor Hill were Elizabeth and John. Democratic Party boss Daniel P. O'Connell was born at 1 Second Ave on
1952-523: A single overhanging canopy roof. The Podium's showpiece is a central pool with fountains and an off-center circular bell tower, or "Carillon", which also serves as a water storage reservoir. In April 2012, the university undertook a complete renovation of the main fountain and water tower area, as well as of the Campus Center fountain. There is LED lighting in the base of the fountain, and a new, more interactive center element with seating areas. Completion of
2074-624: A vote of the State Legislature. Beginning with 29 students and four faculty in an abandoned railroad depot on State Street in the heart of the city, the Normal School was the first New York State-chartered public institution of higher education. Originally dedicated to training New York students as schoolteachers and administrators, by the early 1890s the "School" had become the New York State Normal College at Albany and, with
2196-434: Is a 50' square "black box" theater. The Lab can seat up to 200 audience members in any seating configuration. The University Art Museum is centrally located on the Uptown Campus. Designed by architect Edward Durell Stone, its interior is an example of late 20th Century modernism. Its three galleries provide more than 9,000 square feet (840 m ) of exhibition space for six to eight changing exhibitions per year. Located at
2318-456: Is a four-lane divided highway with at-grade crossings and access roads flanking the road hosting office parks and Crossgates Commons . Crossgates Commons is home to the largest Walmart in the United States . There is one limited-access exit, it allows access to and from Crossgates Mall in the neighboring town of Guilderland . Lark Street is the main street of Midtown Albany, as well as
2440-456: Is also US Route 9W from its intersection with Madison Avenue south to the intersection with Southern Boulevard where 9W leaves for that boulevard. The section of New Scotland Avenue from Madison Avenue to Myrtle Avenue was part of the original De Witt "bird-named" street of Snipe Street. The Albany, Rensselaerville, and Schoharie Plank Road would be chartered in 1850 and would build what is now New Scotland Avenue. The plank road would travel to
2562-552: Is available for weddings, events, and receptions. Streets of Albany, New York#Pearl Street The streets of Albany , New York , have had a long history going back almost 400 years. Many of the streets have changed names over the course of time, some have changed names many times. Some streets no longer exist, others have changed course. Some roads existed only on paper. The oldest streets were haphazardly laid out with no overall plan until Simeon De Witt 's 1794 street grid plan. The plan had two grids, one west of Eagle Street and
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#17328812204792684-500: Is blocked by the downtown dorms of SUNY Albany, Albany High School, and St. Mary's Park. The next section goes from North Main to North Pine streets. State Street from Broadway to Eagle Street is part of New York Route 5 , though this is an unsigned part of the route. Called Handalaers Street on the Miller map of 1695. One of the original streets within the Dutch stockade, it and State Street are
2806-559: Is focused in four areas: social science , public law and policy, life sciences and atmospheric sciences . UAlbany is home to the New York State Writers Institute . The University at Albany was an independent state-supported teachers' college for most of its history until SUNY was formed in 1948. The institution began as the New York State Normal School (or Albany Normal School) on May 7, 1844, by
2928-466: Is more urban with adjacent buildings and on-street parking. While the section from Watervliet Avenue west to city-line tends to be more suburban, with little or no on-street parking, large parking lots, shopping plazas, restaurants, large car-dealerships, big-box stores and fast food. Originally called the Delaware Turnpike because it was built over a Native American trail. The Delaware Turnpike
3050-471: Is not currently built, with the exception of a short common access for a Walgreens and McDonald's on Morton Ave. From Madison Ave to Clinton Ave, Lark Street is US Route 9W . Swallow Street (whose name was Gage prior to 1790) was one of the few bird streets whose name was not kept, its name being changed to Knox Street in 1809. Knox Street would stretch north from Myrtle Avenue to Clinton Avenue, and eventually to Livingston Avenue. In 1896 Northern Boulevard
3172-470: Is there today. When Washington Park was being created, Knox Street between Madison Ave and State Street was purchased in 1880 and all buildings were removed. Knox Street in the park is now a pedestrian mall , called the Knox Street Mall; it is the only straight path in the park. Later, Knox Street from State to Livingston would be changed to Northern Boulevard to match the street it met up with, this left
3294-539: Is within Albany, it connects the highway to Interstate 90 (I-90). The highway connects Albany to the suburbs to the north such as Latham, and Clifton Park ; the resorts of Saratoga Springs and Lake George ; and on to Plattsburgh and Montreal . The South Mall Arterial connects S. Swan Street with Interstate 787, and goes underneath the Empire State Plaza. University at Albany, SUNY The State University of New York at Albany (commonly referred to as
3416-514: The College of Saint Rose sits, and then Hudson Ave continues from Main to Allen. Maiden Lane and Pine Street are two parallel streets with an entwined history. Maiden Lane is the older of the two, it was one of the original streets within the stockade and was called Rom Street. Being one block north of State Street it was often used as a service road for the buildings fronting on the north side of State. Maiden Lane ran from Fort Albany and western edge of
3538-545: The Great Western Turnpike in 1799, turnpikes began to radiate out from Albany into the countryside and also formed long distance routes across the state. Often they were built by private corporations with state charters, they originally had tolls. Over time they would be bought out by the city and become city streets, and they would be designated as state and US highways. Central Avenue was first called "the Bowery", it
3660-478: The Hudson/Park and Center Square neighborhoods. Lark Street, like all the bird streets from De Witt's plan runs north–south. Lark runs north from Myrtle Avenue to Clinton Avenue, a second section starts on Clinton Ave just east of the first section and runs north to Manning Boulevard. On paper Lark Street still runs from Myrtle Ave south to the intersection of Morton Avenue and Hackett Boulevard though this section
3782-704: The Mohawk and Hudson Railroad which went from the Y-intersection of Madison and Western avenues to the city of Schenectady. Originally called Northern Boulevard the first section built in 1876 by the Board of Commissioners of Washington Park at the same time as Washington Park. It was also referred to as Boulevard. That first section constructed was just east of the toll-booth on Western Avenue, north and east to intersection of Central and Clinton avenues, at what would be called Manning Square. South of Western Avenue, Manning Boulevard
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3904-584: The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). The Downtown Campus is home to the university's Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, School of Criminal Justice, College of Computing and Information, and School of Social Welfare. It also houses one of the university's three libraries, the Thomas E. Dewey Graduate Library, located in Hawley Hall. UAlbany purchased
4026-462: The Revolution it was named Washington Street in honor of George Washington . In 1814/15 Pearl Street north of State was renamed North Pearl while the street south of State was renamed South Pearl. In 1804 the Albany and Bethlehem Turnpike was chartered and constructed as a continuation of South Pearl Street through the hamlet of Kenwood to the hamlet of Bethlehem Center. In 1870 a portion of Kenwood
4148-704: The Times Union Center , the Palace Theatre , and the Capital Repertory Theatre. The intersection with State Street was once called Elm Street Corner, where stood an Elm Tree planted by Philip Livingston , a signer of the Declaration of Independence . South of State Street the road was a path to the common pastures owned by the Dutch Church, it was one of many such paths referred to as "Cow Lane". After
4270-522: The University at Albany , UAlbany , or SUNY Albany ) is a public research university with campuses in Albany , Rensselaer , and Guilderland, New York . Founded in 1844, it is one of four "university centers" of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. The university enrolls 16,849 students in nine schools and colleges, which offer 50 undergraduate majors and 125 graduate degree programs. Through
4392-418: The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and former interim president of the University of Texas-Pan American , was named the 20th president of the university, a position he assumed in September 2017. Rodríguez, became the first Hispanic/Latino president of any of the four-year SUNY campuses. The Uptown Campus, the university's main campus, is located mostly in Albany, with a small portion (a dorm "quad" and
4514-586: The town of Guilderland continues down the same line of the original plan of Wolf Street. The same is true of Madison Avenue Extension and much of Washington Avenue Extension in the Pine Bush of the city of Albany. In 1994 the city sold the " paper street " of Madison Avenue Extension adjacent to Crossgates Commons to the shopping center's then-owner Washington Commons Associates (today The Pyramid Companies ). Today, Madison Avenue from South Pearl Street west, forms part of U.S. Route 20 . Madison Avenue forms
4636-1003: The Academic Podium's corners; each consists of eight three-story, low-rise buildings encircling a 22-story tower with a capacity of 1,200 students each, as well as a game room and fitness center. Originally, each quad consisted of a dining hall but as of the Fall 2017 semester, Dutch Quad and Colonial Quad no longer maintain a dining hall. The four quads serve as a chronological timeline of New York State history, beginning with Indigenous Quad, moving clockwise to Dutch, then Colonial, and finally, State. The other three, Freedom Apartments, Empire Commons, and Liberty Terrace, are reserved for juniors and seniors. These are "apartment-style" residences and include kitchens, furnished living rooms, and, on Empire Commons, washers, dryers, dishwashers, single bedrooms, and central air conditioning. The university's newest apartment-style residential complex, Liberty Terrace, opened in
4758-530: The Albany Country Club. The new campus' first dormitory opened in 1964, and the first classes on the academic podium in the fall of 1966. By 1970, enrollment had grown to 13,200 and the faculty to 746. That same year, the growing protest movement against the Vietnam war engulfed the university when a student strike was called for in response to the killing of protesters at Kent State. In 1985, the university added
4880-547: The Cancer Research Center (CRC) which opened in 2005. Located also on the campus—which contains 350,000 square feet (33,000 m ) of lab, support and associated office space—is the Center for Functional Genomics, which does research in the areas of microarrays , proteomics , molecular biology and transgenics . Also based at the campus are 15 private biotechnology companies, both established and those which form part of
5002-603: The Certificate (in selected fields). The College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering currently has four departments: Undergraduate and graduate (MS and PhD) programs are offered by all four departments. The BS program in Computer Science and BS Program in Electrical & Computer Engineering received ABET accreditation in 2022. In December 2022, it was announced that the College and UAlbany would be reunifying with
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5124-573: The City Square Plaza, US 9W turns onto Southern from Delaware. Southern proceeds southeast to meet McAlpin Street, at which point McAlpin takes the name Southern and the US 9W designation. Southern continues east and after the intersection with the southern terminus of Interstate 787 (I-787), the name Southern Blvd/US 9W turns south while the street continues east as McCarty Avenue. Southern at this point becomes
5246-624: The City of Albany in its western panhandle, as a toll road, the New York State Thruway . However, soon after entering the city limits, the Thruway switches onto Interstate 87 , with I-90 becoming a six-lane freeway. This portion of I-90 runs through the north side of Albany, near its border with the neighboring town of Colonie . The highway provides access to SUNY Albany's Uptown Campus (via interchanges with Fuller Road and Washington Avenue), as well as
5368-399: The College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, which had been affiliated since 2014 with SUNY Polytechnic Institute . In August 2023, the reunification was completed and the name of the college was changed from the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences to the College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering. The Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, created in 1981,
5490-590: The Crosstown Arterial has interchanges with Washington Avenue, the State Office Campus, Daytona Avenue (providing access to US 20 /Western Avenue), and Krumkill Road. Beyond Krumkill Road just prior to crossing the NYS Thruway, the Crosstown Arterial enters the town of Bethlehem, and in that town changes from a limited access highway to a two-lane surface street, referred to as the Slingerlands Bypass. On
5612-592: The Eastern portion of the main Uptown campus. The state-of-the-art $ 180 million research facility is one of the university's largest and most energy-efficient buildings at 246,000 square feet. ETEC houses the following: UAlbany unveiled a new football stadium, Bob Ford Field , on September 14, 2013, as part of a $ 19 million multi-sport complex. The Great Danes opened against the University of Rhode Island. The stadium, named for
5734-613: The Kenmore built on the corner of North Pearl Street and Columbia Street. In the 1940s the Rain-Bo Room was a famous nightclub in the hotel; it was named for the Rainbow Room in the GE Building of Rockefeller Center in the city of New York . Gangster Jack “Legs” Diamond frequented the hotel and had partied at the Rain-Bo the night of his death after having been acquitted of theft in
5856-560: The Main Library, the Uptown Campus became home in 1999 to the third of the three libraries comprising UAlbany's University Libraries: the Science Library. Further growth occurred on the Uptown Campus in the fall of 2004, when a new Life Sciences Building opened, dedicated to basic research and education. New residence halls, Empire Commons and Liberty Terrace, opened in 2002 and 2012, housing up to 1,200 and 500 students, respectively, Ground
5978-669: The Main Theater, Recital Hall, Arena Theatre, Studio Theatre, and Lab Theatre. The Main Theatre is the largest theater space on the Uptown campus, capable of seating 500 people. Designed for music performance, the Recital Hall seats 242 people, 197 on the orchestra level and 45 in the nine circular theater boxes along the periphery on the second level. The Arena Theatre is used primarily for small theater performances and acting classes and seats 196. The Studio Theatre seats 153 people. The Lab Theatre
6100-535: The Manor House. Adam Blake, Jr., was considered a "worthy and respected citizen, and first-class caterer for the public" and as the "richest and best-known business man of his race" in Albany County . Blake had owned the hotel Congress Hall on the corner of Washington Avenue and Park Street until it was demolished by the state of New York to make way for the new New York State Capitol building in 1878. Blake then had
6222-664: The Old Albany High School, also known as the Schuyler Building, in 2013 and is renovating it as the home for the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. It will house the Dean's Office as well as the Departments of Computer Science and Electrical & Computer Engineering. The university's 87-acre (350,000 m ) Health Sciences Campus, located in the City of Rensselaer , is home to UAlbany's School of Public Health and
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#17328812204796344-537: The Public Square (today Eagle Street). A proposal in 1831 to extend Pine from Chapel east to Broadway at a cost of $ 45–60,000 was defeated. In the 1970s an urban renewal project called the Hotel Ten Eyck Project destroyed Maiden Lane between Chapel and North Pearl streets, while Pine Street was finally extended east from Chapel to Broadway to take up the traffic that could no longer use Maiden Lane. Maiden Lane between Eagle and Chapel streets has since been renamed Corning Place in honor of Mayor Erastus Corning 2nd , and
6466-559: The School of Public Health, a joint endeavor with the state's Department of Health. In 1983, the New York State Writers Institute was founded by Pulitzer Prize -winning author William Kennedy . As of 2013, the Institute had hosted, over time, more than 1,200 writers, poets, journalists, historians, dramatists and filmmakers. The list includes eight Nobel Prize winners, nearly 200 Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winners, several Motion Picture Academy Award winners and nominees, and numerous other literary prize recipients. In addition,
6588-400: The Thruway to Southern Boulevard ( US Route 9W ) which is a surface street, and to Interstate 787 . The Thruway then turns northwest and passes under Delaware and New Scotland avenues before briefly leaving the city right before reaching the Slingerlands Bypass ( New York Route 85 ). The Thruway again reenters the city after a short stretch in Bethlehem to pass under Krumkill Road before leaving
6710-401: The Thruway was built, connecting Albany to the other major cities of the state- New York , Schenectady, Utica , Syracuse , Rochester , and Buffalo . It is at Albany that the north-bound highway from Downstate turns west. The highway enters Albany from Bethlehem over the Normans Kill . Shortly after entering Albany is exit 23, the second busiest exit in the Thruway system, which connects
6832-475: The Treasury under President Grover Cleveland . Manning Boulevard today extends from Whitehall Road northeast to Western Avenue and then northeast and east on to the intersection of Central and Clinton avenues. The boulevard then travels along the western edge of Swinburne Park. It then turns east to Tivoli Park. On the other side of Tivoli Park, Manning Boulevard continues alongside Livingston Middle School to Northern Boulevard. Manning Boulevard starts again to
6954-422: The UAlbany and SUNY-wide exchange programs, students have more than 600 study-abroad programs to choose from, as well as government and business internship opportunities in New York's capital and surrounding region. It is classified by the Carnegie Classification system among "Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". The research enterprise totaled expenditures of $ 115 million in fiscal year 2021 and
7076-439: The arterial. The Lincoln Avenue exit allows access to Washington Avenue via Colvin Avenue, and various side street. The Northway, the part of Interstate 87 (I-87) north of the New York State Thruway, was built in segments, which became I-87 as they were completed and linked to the pre-existing route. Construction began in the late 1950s on the portion of the Northway between the Thruway and NY 7 near Latham . This segment
7198-534: The arts, humanistic studies, physical sciences and social sciences. The college houses the following research centers: Graduate programs in the College of Arts and Sciences in the humanities and fine arts, science and mathematics, social and behavioral studies, and college-based interdisciplinary majors lead to the following degrees and certificates: Master of Arts, Master of Science, Master of Regional Planning, Master of Fine Arts, Doctor of Philosophy, Certificate of Advanced Standing , Certificate of Advanced Study and
7320-455: The athletics complex) spilling into the McKownville neighborhood in the neighboring town of Guilderland (official address: 1400 Washington Avenue in Albany). Its visual effect has been described as "Dazzling one-of-a-kind" by architectural critic Thomas A. Gaines, who called it "a formal masterpiece" and "a study in classical romanticism." Designed in 1961–1962 by noted American architect Edward Durell Stone and constructed from 1963 to 1964,
7442-424: The beginning of the "King's Highway", a series of paths to Schenectady . Washington Avenue begins in the east at Eagle Street and from there it is New York Route 5 until the Y-intersection where Central Avenue splits to the north-east, NY 5 then follows Central. Washington Avenue from Quail Street to Manning Boulevard was in the late 1890s given by the state to the Washington Park Board of Commissioners to improve as
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#17328812204797564-404: The campus bears Stone's signature style that includes towers, domes, fountains, soaring colonnades, sweeping canopies, and other architectural features typical for the era. Stone's campus layout emphasizes residential quadrangles, also known as "quads", surrounding the academic buildings. At the hub of the Uptown Campus is the rectangular "Academic Podium", featuring 13 three-story buildings under
7686-434: The city once more by way of a bridge over the Krum Kill. The Thruway enters Albany one last time by passing underneath Washington Avenue Extension from Guilderland . Exit 24, the busiest exit on the Thruway, is here at the western end of Albany where the Thruway changes from being Interstate 87 to being Interstate 90. The Thruway then parallels Washington Avenue Ext as it leaves the city one last time. Interstate 90 enters
7808-427: The city was once New York Route 2 until the 1980s. The only portion of Broadway within the city of Albany that is part of a state or US route is a small section from State Street south to Hamilton Street is part of New York Route 5, though unsigned as such. Another early Dutch street today it is part of NY Route 32 (NY 32) and is a core of downtown Albany, lined with bars, nightclubs, and entertainment venues such as
7930-509: The city. The first stretch was constructed in the 1960s. The Crosstown Arterial, signed as New York State Route 85 , is a four-lane divided highway serving western sections of Albany, particularly the Buckingham Lake and Campus neighborhoods. Although Route 85 signed as a west-to-east route, the Crosstown Arterial portion generally moves from northeast to southwest while in the City of Albany. The arterial begins at Route 85's eastern terminus, an interchange with Interstate 90. The westbound side of
8052-407: The coach who guided the football program to 265 victories from 1973 to 2013, is an 8,500-seat facility which includes a press level with four luxury suites, a print media area, and booths for radio, television, coaches, and replay, as well as 20 high-definition televisions distributed throughout the level. In the summer of 2015, following a multimillion-dollar donation by Tom and Mary Casey, the complex
8174-451: The college include the Center for Legislative Development, the Center for Policy Research, the Center for Women in Government and Civil Society , the Institute for Traffic Safety Management & Research, and the Center for International Development. UAlbany's Massry School of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) in both business and accounting (less than 1.2% of all AACSB programs). It
8296-442: The college merged with SUNY IT to become SUNY Polytechnic Institute . In 2023, CNSE was reunified with UAlbany to form the College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering . In 2005, the university created a College of Computing and Information, with faculty on both the Uptown and Downtown campuses. In the fall of 2015, the college was replaced and its programs incorporated into the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. At
8418-408: The construction of the building, but the foundation raised $ 3.5 million to equip the new facility. The foundation has a Board of Directors, which includes three voting member elected by the faculty and one elected by students. The university comprises nine colleges and schools, plus an honors college: The College of Arts and Sciences, comprising 21 departments, forms the largest academic division at
8540-424: The corner with South Pearl Street, where a historical marker has commemorated the spot since 1986. Starting with the Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway in the mid-1950s Albany has had several limited-access highways planned for connecting it with other cities in the Northeastern United States and beyond. Many of these highways were never built, while some were only partially built. In 1952-3 Albany's portion of
8662-413: The dividing line of the city of Albany to the south and the patroonship of the Van Rensselaers to the north per the Dongan Charter . It was renamed in honor of DeWitt Clinton as Clinton Avenue. In the 1790s Simeon De Witt made a grid plan for future streets in Albany, one grid for west of Eagle Street and one grid for the Pastures. West of Eagle Street the east–west streets were named for mammals while
8784-460: The eastbound side, the Crosstown Arterial has slightly different exits, sharing the Krumkill Road and State Office Campus interchanges, but providing access to US 20 via Ormond Street, and lacking a Washington Avenue interchange. Instead, the final exit on the eastbound side of the Crosstown Arterial before its terminus at I-90 is an interchange with Lincoln Avenue, a surface road which terminates at
8906-529: The fall of 2012. The Uptown Campus also contains special housing for students enrolled in UAlbany's Honors College. This housing, offered to incoming freshmen and returning sophomores, is found on State Quad in the Melville and Steinmetz halls, which were renovated in 2010. Renovations were completed on Indigenous Quad during the summer of 2013, State and Alumni Quads are still undergoing work. In March 2021, Indian Quad
9028-609: The federal and New York State governments, as well as to foreign nations and international organizations , to meet the responsibilities of contemporary citizenship and governance. Such assistance includes special courses and conferences, research and consultation, and publications for the dissemination of information. The college offers degree programs that range from bachelor's level study in political science and public policy, to master's programs in political science, public administration and public policy, to doctorates in political science and public administration. Research centers within
9150-431: The first three buildings: Draper, Husted and Hawley halls, after the previous location on Willett Street burned down. Later additions to the campus were Richardson Hall, Page Hall and The Milne School (all in 1929), as well as 1960s' additions to Draper and Richardson halls. Husted Hall underwent major renovations in 2009. A subsequent energy efficiency project at Husted Hall was awarded a High Performance Building Plaque from
9272-491: The first time, and bore a new name—the New York State College for Teachers at Albany . Enrollment grew to a peak of 1,424 in 1932. By this time, the College for Teachers, or "Albany State" as it was often called for short, had developed a curriculum similar to those found at four-year liberal arts colleges, but it did not abandon its primary focus on training teachers. In 1948 the State University of New York system
9394-567: The frontage roads, including one that is also an intersection for Lancaster Street. Southern Boulevard is a major arterial in Albany connecting the city to Thruway exit 23 and further south to the suburbs in Bethlehem . Construction of Southern Boulevard was authorized by the state in Chapter 295 of the Laws of 1913 as a 1.59-mile-long (2.56 km) highway starting in the city at Delaware Avenue through what
9516-584: The institute has hosted up-and-coming writers to provide them with exposure at the beginning of their writing careers. During the 1990s, the university built a $ 3 billion, 450,000-square-foot (42,000 m ) Albany NanoTech complex, extending the Uptown Campus westward. By 2006, this addition became home to the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, which in 2014 merged with the State University of New York Institute of Technology in Utica, New York , to become
9638-425: The intersection with Rensselaer and Morton streets. Originally called Hudson Street it laid along the southern edge of the stockade, the oldest building in Albany is at 48 Hudson Avenue and built at a time when Hudson Street was little more than a path along the outside of the stockade. Over time it was continued west as far as Washington Park . On the other side of Washington Park, Hudson Street started again along
9760-581: The majority of the northern border of the Mansion Historic District , and has along its route Bleecker Park , the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception , Empire State Plaza , New York State Museum , Dana Park , Washington Park , College of Saint Rose , and one of only two movie theaters in the city. Originally King Street until the 1790 De Witt plan, it then became Lion Street. It was
9882-403: The mammal names were changed over time. Many of the mammal streets changed names to that of the older downtown streets as they were later connected, such as Buffaloe Street changing to Hudson (Street) Avenue, and Deer Street changing to State Street. A few of the bird streets were changed as well, such as Snipe to Lexington Avenue and Swallow to Knox; while some bird-named streets simply changed to
10004-541: The name Knox Street as only the three blocks between Myrtle and Madison in the Park South neighborhood. In 1991 Northern Boulevard from Livingston to State along with its extension within Washington Park to Madison Avenue at Willett Street was renamed Henry Johnson Boulevard in honor of an African-American World War I hero. The name Northern Boulevard remains from Livingston to Van Rensselaer Boulevard. Starting with
10126-559: The name of the Bowery to Central Avenue. Central Ave, which is also New York State Route 5, travels northwest from a Y-intersection with Washington Avenue to the border with the neighboring town of Colonie , just west of the CSXT railroad bridge. Central Avenue is Albany's current Main Street, and is home to Westgate Plaza the Capital District 's first "suburban"-style shopping plaza. The section from Washington Avenue west to Watervliet Avenue
10248-409: The names were. Prior to the 1790s- Eagle was Duke, Swan was Boscawen, Dove was Warren, Lark was Johnson, Swallow was Gage, Snipe was Schenectady, Duck was Schoharie, Hare was Wall, Fox was Howe, Lion was King, "upper" State was Prince, Tiger was Prideaux, Buffalo was Quiter (Native American name given to Albany's first mayor), Otter was Pitt, and Mink was Monckton. With the exception of Elk Street all
10370-402: The nearby city of Troy . The Kenmore Hotel features prominently in many of William Kennedy 's books, including his novel Legs about the life of Jack Diamond . The hotel can be seen in the 1969 cult classic film The Honeymoon Killers . The building was renovated in 1986 into an office building by Walter Uccellini Enterprises (now Historic Redevelopment Associates). After the renovation there
10492-617: The north–south streets were named for birds. The bird names were, in order from east to west- Eagle, Hawk, Swan, Dove, Lark, Swallow (Knox and Henry Johnson Boulevard), Snipe (Lexington Avenue, portion of New Scotland Avenue), Duck (now Robin), Pigeon (now Lake Avenue), Turkey (Quail), Sparrow (Ontario), and Partridge. The mammal streets were, in order from north to south- Hare (Orange), Fox (Sheridan Avenue), Elk, Lion (Washington Avenue), Deer (State), Tiger (Lancaster), Buffaloe [ sic ] (Hudson Avenue), Wolf (Madison Avenue), Otter (Elm), and Mink (Myrtle). Many of these streets were not brand new though
10614-531: The old stockade, and another for the Pastures District south of the old stockade. These streets had their starts during the Dutch colonial era in the 17th century, some such as Broadway, State, and Pearl streets grew and continued to stretch out into the countryside, while some such as Van Tromp are short stubby streets one block long. Others are so narrow that today they are blocked off to vehicular traffic. Albany's original " main street ". The original name
10736-452: The older "lower" State Street. "Upper" State Street is a one-way street traveling east and goes from a Y-intersection with Western Avenue and continues east to Eagle Street. There are two other discontinuous sections of State Street; one is blocked from "upper" State Street by the downtown campus of the University at Albany, SUNY (SUNY Albany) and is a one-way street traveling west from Cortland Place to O'Leary Boulevard (Partridge Street) then
10858-538: The project is scheduled for fall 2013. The domed Main Library, the Performing Arts Center, and Campus Center face the pool from the west, east and south, respectively. The Campus Center was under construction from Spring 2015 and was finally completed Fall of 2017 adding more space and dining options for students. To the north is a grand entrance, which welcomes visitors by way of a "great lawn" (Collins Circle) and
10980-531: The same line. When the Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza was built a large section of Hudson Avenue disappeared. Today Hudson Ave is split into four sections. Hudson Ave exists from Broadway until South Pearl Street where the South Mall Arterial and Empire State Plaza covers its route, then again from Swan Street to Willett Street where Washington Park stands in the way, then South Lake to Partridge where
11102-560: The same time, the university opened another new college, the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity . In 2016, the university launched its first undergraduate degree in computer engineering as part of the newly formed College of Engineering & Applied Sciences. The college later added undergraduate and graduate programs in electrical and computer engineering, environmental and sustainable engineering along with preexisting programs in computer science. On June 21, 2017, Havidan Rodriguez , founding provost of
11224-459: The section between North Pearl and James streets is the only section named Maiden still open to vehicular traffic, the rest of the remaining sections being turned into a pedestrian mall. The Hudson River Way pedestrian bridge over Interstate 787 goes from where Maiden Lane meets Broadway and allows for access to the Corning Preserve and Hudson River. Formerly Patroon Street , named for being
11346-521: The south where Northern Boulevard turns southwest to join Henry Johnson Boulevard but the road continues southeast as Manning Boulevard. Manning Boulevard finally ends at Livingston Avenue across from Ten Broeck Street. Between Western and Washington avenues, Manning Blvd is unusual for an Albany city street for the houses along that section are along frontage roads on either side of that boulevard. There are four intersections for access to and from
11468-531: The stockade east to the Hudson River, where there was a ferry that crossed to the other side of the river. After Fort Albany and the stockade were removed Maiden Lane was extended west as far as Eagle Street where it met the Kings Highway from Schenectady (today Washington Avenue). Pine Street was originally a short two block street running west from Barrack Street (now Chapel) to the stockade and later as far as
11590-504: The town of Bethlehem . Some important locations along the road include Hackett Middle School, Lincoln Park, the Spectrum 8 movie theatre, a public library branch, the City Square Plaza (shopping plaza), and Graceland Cemetery. Delaware Avenue was also part of New York Route 43 until the 1970s when NY 43 was truncated to the intersection of Third and Broadway in the city of Rensselaer, Delaware then became New York State Route 443 . Delaware Ave
11712-567: The truncated Mid-Crosstown Arterial (signed as U.S. Route 9 ) with access to Loudonville to the north and the Arbor Hill neighborhood of Albany. Finally, I-90 meets I-787, which passes through Downtown Albany to the south and the village of Menands to the north, before crossing the Hudson River and moving into Rensselaer County . Interstate 787 connects the Thruway with downtown Albany and also connects Albany with points north in Albany County , such as Watervliet , Green Island , and Cohoes . Exits 2, 3(a and b), 4 (a and b), and 5 are within
11834-502: The two oldest streets in Albany. The intersection with Yonker (State) Street is where the original Dutch Church sat until 1806. North of State Street it became known as Market Street. The second oldest house in Albany, the Quackenbush House was built along Broadway. Handalaers Street was changed to Market Street, and then in 1815 Court Street became South Market and Market became North Market. Broadway from Madison Avenue north out of
11956-466: The university is governed by the SUNY Board of Trustees, the university does have a separate 10-member council that is appointed by the governor, with one student-elected member. The governor designates the council's chair. The university has a separate University at Albany Foundation, which conducts fundraising on behalf of the university. For example, when the new library was built, state funds paid for
12078-575: The university's Entry Plaza. Four residential quadrangles are located adjacent to the four corners of the academic podium. Each quad consists of a 23-story high-rise dormitory surrounded by a square of low-rise buildings. On the west end of the Uptown Campus is the university's meteorology and characterization tools, the National Weather Service (NWS), and the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC). In addition to
12200-408: The university's business incubator program. Biopharmaceutical giant Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has a large-scale biologics manufacturing facility adjacent to the campus where it produces investigational products for all its clinical trials. The Uptown Campus is home to seven of the university's eight residential complexes. Four of these—Indigenous Quad, Dutch Quad, Colonial Quad, and State Quad—sit at
12322-560: The university's grand entry plaza, the Massry Center for Business houses the School of Business. The 96,000-square-foot building features technologically advanced classrooms and meeting spaces, collaborative research centers in technological and social entrepreneurship, studying areas for students, and a trading room equipped with Bloomberg terminals. In fall 2021, UAlbany unveiled ETEC (Emerging Technology and Entrepreneurship Complex) located on
12444-789: The university. Departments of the College of Arts and Sciences include Africana Studies , Anthropology , Art and Art History, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences , Chemistry , Communication , East Asian Studies , Economics , English , Geography and Planning , History , Languages, Literatures and Cultures , Latin American , Caribbean and U.S. Latino Studies, Mathematics and Statistics , Music and Theatre, Philosophy , Physics , Psychology , Sociology , and Women's , Gender and Sexuality Studies. Undergraduate education consists of 56 majors offered in these areas, along with their paired minors and 17 other minors as well as cooperative interdisciplinary programs that include
12566-436: The west and northwest to connect Albany to the hamlet of Hurstville in the town of Bethlehem, a hamlet that has since been annexed to Albany and no longer exists. The plank road then continued southwest to the Normans Kill (the present-day boundary of the city of Albany) where it crossed on a bridge and continued out to the hamlet of Slingerlands and beyond. The company was allowed to erect toll gates in 1861. New Scotland Avenue
12688-421: The western termination of Madison Ave, the street never being opened any further. In the west Madison Ave meets Western Avenue at a wye-intersection, it is referred to as "The Point" and it was here that the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad , the first railroad in the state of New York, had its Albany terminal. The right-of-way of Wolf Street/Lydius Street was to continue indefinitely, and today East Lydius Street in
12810-414: Was Yonker Street; it and Broadway are the two oldest streets in Albany. Three structures sat in the middle of the street; from east to west they were: the original Dutch Reformed church, St. Peter's Anglican Church , and Fort Frederick ; by 1810 they had been demolished. State Street west of Eagle Street was called Deer Street; today it is sometimes referred to as "upper" State Street to distinguish it from
12932-546: Was a total of 87,475 square feet (8,126.7 m) of rentable space. The major tenant, from 1986 until 1999, was the Healthcare Association of New York State, which occupied 62,000 square feet (5,800 m) on four of the six floors of the building. The first major event held in the building after renovation was the 13th annual conference of the Preservation League of New York State, on April 18, 1986. In May 2008
13054-416: Was also the first School to be accredited by AACSB at both undergraduate and graduate levels in 1974. Founded in 1962, the School's bachelor's, master's and certificate programs enroll full-time and part-time students from all over the world. The Digital Forensics B.S. curriculum and research done at the school's Department of Information Security and Digital Forensics was used to receive dual designation as
13176-453: Was annexed to Albany and the city was involved in a lawsuit ( Harriet M. Elmendorf v. The City of Albany ) over its right to lay sidewalks along the turnpike (technically private property) and to levy an assessment upon property in order to cover the cost of the sidewalk. The entire length of Pearl Street was part of NY 32 until the 1960s, today going north NY 32 leaves South Pearl Street at Interstate 787 (I-787) and returns to South Pearl at
13298-486: Was at the Albany end of the many Native American trails linking Albany to Schenectady that would come to be called "King's Highway". Though incorporated as early as 1797 the Albany and Schenectady Turnpike Company did not construct the Albany and Schenectady Turnpike (also known as the Schenectady Turnpike) until 1802 which continued the line of the Bowery straight to Schenectady at State Street. In 1867 Albany changed
13420-516: Was broken for a new School of Business building in October 2008. The 80,000-square-foot facility, located on the west side of Collins Circle, opened in August 2013. The Downtown Campus, located at 135 Western Ave., Albany, just one mile (1.6 km) from the New York State Capitol building and Empire State Plaza , is the site of the original New York State College for Teachers. Construction began in 1909 on
13542-459: Was built by the Albany and Delaware Turnpike company, chartered in 1805 by the state of New York to build a road from Albany to Otego (which then was within Delaware County ). The turnpike company had abandoned the road in 1868, and the name was changed to Delaware Avenue. Delaware Avenue runs from the intersection of Madison Avenue and Lark Street south and south-west to the city border with
13664-466: Was built from that intersection of Knox and Livingston north to Van Rensselaer Boulevard, including a 653-foot-long bridge over Tivoli Hollow and the New York Central Railroad 's tracks, a modern bridge still carries Northern Boulevard at that location. In 1898 a 759-foot-long bridge was built to carry Knox from Central Avenue over Sheridan Hollow to Sheridan Avenue, and again a modern bridge
13786-507: Was called Madison Avenue, Lydius would take the name Madison Ave and Madison Place would get its current name. In 1864 the state of New York passed Laws of 1864 Chapter 434, entitled AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to form a separate road district of all that part of the city of Albany lying west of Allen street, and to exempt the same from certain taxes." , banned the city from improving, grading, or opening Madison Ave west from Allen Street to Magazine Street. Allen Street continues to be
13908-438: Was created, with the College for Teachers and the state's other teacher-training schools serving as the nuclei. SUNY, including the Albany campus, became a manifestation of the vision of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller , who wanted a public university system to accommodate the college students of the post–World War II baby boom. To do so, he launched a massive construction program that developed more than 50 new campuses. Reflecting
14030-416: Was named Hawkins Avenue. In Stvdies for Albany (1914) which was commissioned by the city, it was proposed that Manning Boulevard be extended through Hawkins Avenue and continued to New Scotland Avenue and eventually to Delaware Avenue which it would then form a semicircular parkway around the city. The boulevard received its current name in honor of Daniel Manning, a former park commissioner and Secretary of
14152-428: Was named for former U.S. vice president and governor of New York Nelson Rockefeller . It is home to UAlbany's departments of Political Science and Public Administration and Policy. While providing educational preparation for academic and public service careers, it undertakes research on public problems and issues, and assists in the continuing professional development of government executives. It offers assistance to
14274-551: Was officially renamed the Bob Ford Field at Casey Stadium. In the fall of 2023, the university opened Broadview Arena , which had been known as SEFCU Arena since 1992 when the RACC (Recreation and Convocation Center) was renamed. The RACC was an $ 11 million arena for UAlbany's men's and women's basketball and track teams. It has a 0.11 mile indoor track. They also in 2017 added a $ 1.4 million scoreboard. The 4,538-seat arena also serves as
14396-581: Was open to traffic by 1960. Fuller Road Alternate, the lone portion of the Adirondack Northway not part of I-87, was originally intended to be part of the Southern Albany Expressway, a proposed highway which would have connected the Northway to Interstate 787 and run parallel to the Thruway between exits 23 and 24. Exit 1 of the Northway is the only exit on the highway that
14518-507: Was originally two separate streets in the De Witt plan, Lydius Street in the Pastures from the Hudson River to Dallius Street (Dongan Street), and named Wolf Street west from Eagle Street. As time went on and Lydius Street headed uphill from South Pearl that section came to be called "Lydius continued". Wolf Street would change to Lydius when the roads were connected at Eagle. What is now Madison Place
14640-410: Was part of New York State Route 85 from 1930 until the mid-1960s when the Slingerlands Bypass was constructed and NY 85 was rerouted on to it and the Crosstown Arterial to end at Interstate 90 . Today New Scotland Avenue has many colleges, hospitals, office buildings, and commercial/retail businesses. Albany Medical Center , Albany Law School , Albany College of Pharmacy , Sage College of Albany ,
14762-517: Was renamed to Indigenous Quad following a series of petitions and complaints from students, faculty, and alumni. The Campus Center, located on the Uptown Campus Podium, has traditionally been the community center of the University at Albany, serving students, faculty, professional staff, alumni, and guests. Considered the "hearthstone" or "living room" of the campus, the Campus Center has provided services that include lounging areas, cafeterias,
14884-568: Was then part of Bethlehem, over the Normans Kill gorge and meeting the Albany-Bethlehem Turnpike (also referred to as the Bethlehem or Stone Road) at what is today the intersection of Corning Hill Road and US Route 9W . An original proposal for the route of the highway was down Van Vechten Street between Delaware and McCarty avenues. The road was finished in 1916. Southern Boulevard begins at an intersection with Delaware Avenue opposite
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