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• An Opportunity for Albany
  Times Union, 5/30/2007
  
  
• Building The Future While Preserving The Past
  Times Union, 5/29/2007
  
  
• In praise of luxury apartment development in downtown Albany
  The Business Review, 4/27/2007
  

• New Missions for Old Churches
  Majestic buildings that once anchored their neighborhoods face uncertain fates as the Albany Catholic Diocese close them down
  Times Union, 12/10/2006
  
  
• Postwar-Era All-Steel Homes Stand Test of Time
  Prefabricated Lustron houses are now deemed worthy of historic preservation
  Times Union, 11/30/2006
  
  
• 'House of the Future' Called Important History
  The Business Review, 11/28/2006
  
  
• Social Scene -  VACANCY
  Times Union, 11/7/2006
  
  
• Wellington Row Plan Will Get $2.5 Lift, But Also State Review
  The Business Review, 11/3/2006
  
  
• State Street Redevelopment Gets State Aid
  $5 Million will be allocated to plan to help replace historic but vacant sites with commercial space
  Times Union, 10/31/2006


• Windows Worth Saving
  Preservationists say original wood is historic, beautiful
  Schenectady Gazette, 10/22/2006

• Old Homes Offer Unique Energy-Savers
  Historic Albany plans workshop on efficiencies part of residences built decades ago
  Times Union, 2/24/2006

• Troubled 'treasures' listed
  Albany preservation group identifies threatened sites, including police station
  Times Union, 12/13/2005

• Historic Albany names new leader
  Susan Holland says she will continue group's focus on protecting neighborhoods
  Times Union, 11/16/2005

• Eye on architecture
  Art benefit to save abandoned buildings focuses on faded beauties
  Times Union, 10/30/2005
  

• Urban Landscape
Historic Albany Foundation keeping watch over city's historic fabric, seeing that it doesn't fray beyond repair
Troy Record, 4/13/2005

• Clarification needed on impact of historic district designations
Letter to the Editor
Times Union, 4/9/2005

• Historic church finally gets some support
  Crews securing roof of St. Joseph's might be able to remove scaffolding by Christmas
  Times Union, 12/2/2003
  
 
• Suggestions vary for using old church
Residents offer ideas for turning former St. Joseph's 
into a commercial venue 
Times Union, 7/9/2003

• Saving the Past
Mayor Jennings offers a sweeping plan to help safeguard Albany's heritage
Times Union, 7/7/2003

• St. Joseph's suggestions sought
3 hearings are set to get public's advice on what to do with Arbor Hill church seized by city 
Times Union, 7/2/2003
 
• City hands over control of church
Albany Historic Albany Foundation given deed to 
138-year-old St. Joseph's 
Times Union, 6/6/03
 
• Taking Stock
An inventory of Albany's 840 vacant buildings records 
a wealth of information
Metroland, 6/5/03
 
• Courage reclaimed St. Joseph's
by Fred Lebrun
Times Union, 6/6/03
 
• History collides with safety in Albany
Vacant, decaying buildings become focus of debate over how and when to try to preserve a cityscape 
Times Union: 3/31/03
 
• Students mapping vacant city buildings for Historic Albany
Daily Gazette: 2/20/03 

• A Moveable Feast Slated for March 8
Historic Albany Foundation's Annual Fundraiser
Wednesday, February 19, 2003

• Urban flight leaves legacy of empty buildings
Survey finds highest vacancy rates in distressed neighborhoods
Times Union: 2/19/03
 
• Albany set to sign over St. Joseph's
Historic Albany will take title to 19th-century church; 
court fight continues
Times Union: 2/4/03
 
• Our Savior?
Metroland: 11/27/02
 
• Preservationists want to save church
Legislative Gazette: 11/25/02
 
• Mayor vows to take over church
  
Jennings says he will use eminent domain to seize building 
that owner didn't repair
Times Union: 11/21/02
 
• Building Code Rules Put State in Step
  
Updated regulations are uniform, more flexible for renovations 
and put New York in synch with nation
Times Union: 10/23/02
 
• Art inspired by vacant buildings sought
  
Daily Gazette: 09/20/02
 
• Restoration starts on Albany facade
  
157-year-old Ten Broeck Street house released by county 
to Historic Albany 
Daily Gazette: 09/03/02

• A New Blueprint for Restoration
As more buildings are boarded up, cities try working more closely with buyers of vacant properties
Times Union 06/23/02
 
• Deal near on Albany demolition
  
Historic facade may be saved
Daily Gazette
May 14, 2002
 
• Albany program to link buyers, vacant buildings
  
Daily Gazette
May 13, 2002
 
• Mesick Cohen Oversees Restoration
  
of Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Capital District Business Review
February 8, 2002

• Sign of Hope for Future of Church
Fred LeBrun: Times Union 12/28/01
 
• Albany: Past and Future
  
Mayor Jennings sets a welcome priority on preserving the city's heritage
Editorial: Times Union 04/02/01
 
• Albany Officials Should Preserve City's History
Letter to the Editor
Times Union 04/02/01
 
• Old Rum Distillery Buried as Ground Shifts on Its Fate
By Claudia Rowe
New York Times, 03/29/01
 
• Albany's Two Faces
The state wants to preserve the past, but the city is busy burying parts of it
Times Union: 03/25/01
 
• Don't Raze Albany Buildings
Editorial
Daily Gazette: 10/9/00
 
• Saving History
Mayor Jennings has a good idea for rescuing endangered landmarks, 
but it's not the whole answer
Editorial
Times Union: 10/15/00
 
• Hotel Wellington Named "Best Endangered Building"
Metroland
 
• Historic Reservations
Editorial
Metroland: 10/12/00
 
• Profile: Elizabeth Griffin
by Ann Morrow
Metroland: 10/05/00
 
• City History Razed Without Approval
Albany -- County ignored regulations to demolish 11 buildings in historic districts since 1990
by Elizabeth Benjamin
Times Union, 10/01/00
 
• Decision to Demolish
by Caroline Mason
Times Union: 10/01/00
 
• Saving History in Albany
Eckerd's backs away from a plan to build a store on the old School 10 site
Editorial
Times Union, 5/18/00
 
• Eckerd Drops Plans to Replace School 10 With Store
by Elizabeth Benjamin
Times Union, 5/17/00
 
• Parts Warehouse Wins Best of 2000 Award
"Best Antiques Store That's Almost a Museum"
 
• Developers See Bright Future for Piece of Downtown's Past

• Preservation Group Lists Buildings Facing Extinction
by Elizabeth Benjamin
Times Union, 4/16/00
 

• Don't Demolish History for "Disposable" Store
  
Letter to the Editor
Times Union, 3/3/00
 
• Keep Drugs Off Main Street
by Don Rittner
The Record: 9/21/99
 
• Banking on History
by Colleen M. Ryan
Times Union: 7/11/99