Officials in Schenectady hope to make a pocket park more visible with a major renovation and expansion. Orchard Park has been a pocket park for years In
Years-long effort to finish Orchard Park in Mont Pleasant neighborhood close to reality | The Daily Gazette
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SCHENECTADY – City and county officials and community members interested in creating a safe, recreational space on Crane Street showed off work on an expanded one-acre park that once sat in the shadows of six dilapidated buildings.
Mayor Gary McCarthy described Orchard Park on Crane Street in the Mont Pleasant neighborhood as a pocket park.
“But it was like a pocket inside of two pair of jeans, wrapped in a pair of overalls, and left in the wash for a couple of weeks,” McCarthy quipped.
Developers blame lack of visibility for empty commercial space in luxury apartment building
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Prime Properties believes a key reason for the vacant ground floor retail space at the Electric City Apartments in downtown Schenectady is the lack of visibility. The city Planning Commission denied their request for a permit for the installation of an electronic message board on the State Street side of the building on Wednesday, April 21, 2021.Pete DeMola
SCHENECTADY The Electric City Apartments will not get the spark it wanted after planning officials spiked the installation of an outdoor electronic sign.
Officials rejected a request by the developers of one of downtown Schenectady s most prominent new apartment buildings to install a message board advertising future commercial tenants.
Redburn, stitching up ownership of Schenectady block, plans medical offices
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Jeff Buell, principal of Redburn Development Partners. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union
SCHENECTADY A developer’s takeover of a strip of downtown real estate is nearly complete with the pending acquisition of the Bank of America complex.
Redburn Development Partners aims to renovate the building at 500 State St., which contains multiple entrances and storefronts, for use as medical office space.
Bank of America would remain as a tenant.
The developers signed a purchase agreement last year pending the release of state economic development grant funds.
Stanley George Hickok, who drove beautification efforts in Schenectady, dies at 90
Stanley George Hickok, who drove beautification efforts in Schenectady, dies at 90
Funeral will be held Tuesday for man considered towering figure in efforts to add thousands of trees to the city s landscape
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Stanley Hickok, who died Feb. 1, 2021, plants a tree Tribute Park on Eastern Avenue in Schenectady.Photo provided
SCHENECTADY The next time you go to the city s Central Park, look carefully for the straight lines of trees.
That s the work of Stanley George Hickok, who died Feb. 1 due to complications from COVID-19 at age 90.
Hickok had many roles: Veteran. Father. Researcher. Linguist. Global traveler.