Two tales of one city: Downtown Schenectady reviving, languishing | The Daily Gazette
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SCHENECTADY State Street in downtown Schenectady sometimes feels like it’s rebounding from the pandemic, as groups of unmasked people stroll to crowded restaurants and bars.
Other times it feels as if pandemic restrictions are still in effect, with throngs of theatergoers and clusters of office workers conspicuously absent from downtown sidewalks.
The contrast is especially vivid for those who remember the cycles the area has gone through, from a peak in the 1950s to a nadir in the 1990s and a rebirth in recent years.
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1of6Buy PhotoJahnel Group CEO Darrin Jahnel stands at his desk in his office at Jahnel Group on Friday, April 16, 2021 in Schenectady, N.Y.(Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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