Where others see blight, Patrick Chiou sees potential
Real-estate developer believes everyone deserves to live in something nice
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1of11Buy PhotoDeveloper Patrick Chiou s redevelopment of 800-806 Broadway transforms four dilapidated buildings, abandoned for nearly a decade into 15 new one and two-bedroom apartments Friday July 13, 2018 in Albany, NY. (John Carl D Annibale/Times Union)John Carl D AnnibaleShow MoreShow Less
2of11Buy PhotoMajor Kathy Sheehan is greeted by developer Patrick Chiou outside his redevelopment of 800-806 Broadway, transforming four dilapidated buildings, abandoned for nearly a decade into 15 new one and two-bedroom apartments Friday July 13, 2018 in Albany, NY. (John Carl D Annibale/Times Union)John Carl D AnnibaleShow MoreShow Less
DOVECOTES have a way of flying us back through time, and connecting us to one of the greatest royal stories of all time and the composition of some of the most romantic poems in the English language. In the days before refrigerators, dovecotes were important as they proved a regular source of fresh eggs and meat. They became fashionable accessories to a country estate around 1700, although the older, more rustic, are centuries older than that, and most of the building of dovecotes in our area was done by 1800 – however, you know all that because you’ve been following what has been a long running series on the locations of dovecotes.
Grondahl: Albany city leaders talk frankly about race
Sheehan, Ellis, others say community s reckoning is painful, ongoing and necessary
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Albany Common Council Member Kelly Kimbrough (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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ALBANY – Mayor Kathy Sheehan’s heartbreaking moment of acknowledging white supremacy occurred when her son, who is adopted and Black, came home from preschool and repeated what a white child told him, “It’s bad to be Black.”
Common Council President Corey Ellis, who is Black, experienced racist policing in 2007 when a white cop followed his Lexus with its Ellis11 license plates for 2 miles along Lark Street and Delaware Avenue before he stopped Ellis for no apparent reason other than, he believes, driving while Black.
Does Albany Community Police Training Include Racist Rhetoric?
A lieutenant with the Albany Police Department is accused of making racist statements during a recent Community Police Academy training class.
According to Albany Proper, Nairobi Vives, the chairperson of the Albany Community Police Review Board, is making allegations that racist rhetoric was used during recent Albany Community Police Academy training sessions.
Ms. Vives wrote a letter to the Community Council last week alleging that Lieutenant Howard Schecter made racist and disparaging comments during recent training sessions.
The Community Police Academy allows citizens to attend weekly classes to learn how policing works, to dispel misconceptions between police officers and citizens and it also gives citizens opportunities to make officers aware of their concerns.
Table Hopping By Steve Barnes, senior writer on May 6, 2021 at 1:52 PM
Food Near Me, a vibrantly colorful bodega with homemade food including
salads, vegetable juices and fruit smoothies, as well as the only supply of household basics available anywhere in downtown Albany proper since a Walgreen’s location closed in February, opened Monday (5/3) at 87 N. Pearl St.
The space, between The Hollow Bar + Kitchen and the former Capital Repertory Theatre, replaces a minimalist (to put it kindly) convenience store that was open only weekdays during the day for about 20 years and vanished suddenly last year.
The new store is owned by Kevin Skeen, who tells me that he relocated from New York City a few years ago and has been working on Food Near Me for the better part of a year. It is his first venture as a proprietor. The shop also has the expected array of snacks and beverages, and I’m told a beer license has been applied for.