ALBANY ARCHIVES
150 years ago, a young Black student broke one of Albany's biggest racial barriers
Arabella Chapman became the first Black child to enter Albany's public high school in 1873.
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Arabella Chapman became the first Black child to enter Albany's public high school in 1873.
A 1920s decision nearly changed the city's landscape.
If parking lots could talk, one lot near Washington Avenue would have a lot of stories to tell.
Funding a new town took some creativity - and lawlessness.
Street lights have lined the city of Albany since before the Revolutionary War.
North Ferry Street was once home to the end of the Erie Canal before it connected with the Hudson River.
The Rathbone estate helped inspire Disney's storied haunted mansion theme park ride.
Some in Albany were initially against its construction and extension.
In the latest Albany Archive, we visit a chapel that served as a makeshift hospital during the 1918 flu pandemic.
Albany's health officer recommended one 103 years ago.
