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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.
Three are used for administrative purposes—the Old Albany Academy Building, originally a private school, is the City School District of Albany's main offices, the former headquarters of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad is now the main administration building for the State University of New York (SUNY) system and the State Department of ...
The scale of the buildings in the plaza is imposing, and the complex is the most easily recognizable aspect of the Albany skyline. The 44-story Corning Tower is the tallest building in New York State outside of New York City, and features an observation deck on its 42nd floor. It is free and open to the public on weekdays.
The Albany Trust Company Building is a historic commercial building located at 35 State Street at the corner of Broadway in Albany, New York. It was built in 1904 and was designed by Marcus T. Reynolds in the Renaissance Revival style. Currently, it is the main offices of the Research Foundation for the State University of New York. [2]
The capitol building is part of the Empire State Plaza complex on State Street in Capitol Park. Housing the New York State Legislature , the building was completed in 1899 at a cost of US$25 million (equivalent to $774 million in modern dollars), [ 3 ] making it the most expensive government building of its time. [ 4 ]
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 ...
Builder John V. L. Pruyn was a consolidator of the New York Central Railroad and later a state senator, U.S. Representative, regent of the University of the State of New York. [3]: 74–78 21 Elk Street: Orr and Cunningham, the builders of Pruyn's house, are considered to have surpassed it with this one, built in 1845 for John Adams Dix. It is ...
Old Albany, Pond Hill, Methodist Hill Rds. and Main St. 42°30′59″N 74°08′06″W / 42.516389°N 74.135°W / 42.516389; -74.135 ( Rensselaerville Historic Rensselaerville