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The W. Averell Harriman State Office Building Campus is an office park in western Albany, New York, United States that houses sixteen New York State Government office buildings. The land totals roughly 330 acres (130 ha) and over 3 million square feet (280,000 m 2) of office space, [1] and about 7,000 state employees work there. [2]
The Alfred E. Smith Building, known officially as the Alfred E. Smith State Office Building (formerly the State Office Building) [1] and sometimes called simply the Smith Building, is a structure located in downtown Albany, New York across the street from the New York State Capitol and One Commerce Plaza.
The Cultural Education Center is on the south side of the Empire State Plaza in Albany, New York. Located on Madison Avenue, it faces northward towards the New York State Capitol building. Construction of the building, which was designed in the New Formalist style, was completed in 1978.
The building housed the New York State Museum from 1912 until as late as 1976, when the museum was relocated to the Cultural Education Center (part of the Empire State Plaza). The New York State Library, also housed in the Education Building, was moved to the Cultural Education Center as well.
The New York State Library is a research library in Albany, New York, United States. It was established in 1818 to serve the state government of New York and is part of the New York State Education Department. The library is one of the largest in the world by number of items held, with over 20 million cataloged items in 2011. [1]
of New York System: Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences: Pharmacy school: Albany: 1881 Part of Union University Shares joint campus of University Heights Albany Law School [1] Law school: Albany: 1851 Part of Union University Shares joint campus of University Heights Oldest independent law school in the United States Albany Medical ...
Albany's history until the 21st century showed a lack of reputation as a cultural hub, that in 1982, then-New York City Mayor Ed Koch derided Albany as “a city without a good Chinese restaurant.” [4] [5] However, due to the flourishing nanotechnology [6] and high-technology [7] sectors, the city will be getting a new Chinatown by early 2013 ...
The New York State Museum was founded in 1836 as the New York State Geological and Natural History Survey, formed in 1836 by Governor William Marcy to document the mineral wealth of the state. [2] In 1870, it was reorganized as the New York State Museum of Natural History under the trusteeship of the regents of the State University. [3]