Official Looking Buildings On Broadway In Albany

As I walked along Broadway, I snapped photos of interesting buildings. This was one of my favorites, though I have no idea what it is:

Looking up a side street:

This is the ramp I knew I'd take when I crossed the Hudson River to return home:

Official looking buildings on Broadway

And the beautiful D & H Building. You can't tell in this picture, but that's a 3D replica of the ship, Half Moon, on the very top of the spire:

An unknown but impressive building:

One of my favorites. Just look at the fancy ornamentation on that dome:

This street is easy to identify. It's Albany's State Street, looking uphill from Broadway toward the New York State Capitol Building:

Another shot of Broadway:

By this time I'd grown tired and gotten back in my car. Now I was taking a driving tour instead of a walking tour. So I passed by the D & H Building once again. I was on a roll now:

Turning From Pearl Street to Broadway

I was taking a walking tour of downtown Albany early on a Sunday morning. This is a look back down Pearl Street toward where I'd begun (see previous posts):

Interesting small businesses lined the side streets:

And then I turned down toward the Hudson River to take a closer look at Broadway with its impressive marble buildings:

I noticed this statue so walked over for a closer look:

This is a bronze representation of the Great Seal Of The City Of Albany. I can only guess that the ship is Henry Hudson's Half Moon, the European is a Dutch settler and the Native American is a Mohawk. The word "assiduity" took me by surprise so I looked it up. It means "Persistent application or diligence; unflagging effort:"

And right next to the glorification of unflagging effort was this bronze man, park bench and Golden Retriever. I suppose he was someone well known, possibly a former mayor. But there was no sign identifying him:

I turned south on Broadway to look at more buildings:

And then I headed back north on Broadway toward my car:

Broadway is lined with impressive, official looking buildings:

Most of the buildings were old, but this light colored brick building has been built since I lived in the area. It's pretty modern:

A Stroll Down Pearl Street In Downtown Albany

I'd driven over to Albany on Sunday morning intending to have breakfast at the Miss Albany Diner, but they were closed. So I began a walking tour, beginning along Pearl Street and headed downtown. The first building of note was the First Church, founded by Albany's Dutch settlers in 1642. The basic part of the current building was built in 1806 and its most famous member was Teddy Roosevelt:

From the First Church I continued down Pearl Street toward the bigger buildings of downtown Albany:

The streets were pretty much deserted since it was early on a Sunday morning. Now, I don't know anything about architecture, but that ornate red brick building on the right looks to me like it has its origins in Dutch tradition:

A peek up a side street as I continued along my way:

The buildings were getting taller as I walked on:

Lots of older red brick and stone buildings on Pearl Street:

And bigger, more modern buildings:

I took a peek down another side street down toward the river. That spire and the large marble buildings are on Broadway:

As I approached the intersection of Pearl Street and State Street, the buildings became more impressive:

Another peek up a side street, this one a route I commonly use to get me to and from destinations in the heart of the city: