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April 30, 2025Upstate Culture

Albany Tulips

Today I rode my bike past Washington Park in Albany, the site of its annual Tulip Festival. While the festival is still […]

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March 18, 2025Brief thoughts

Leases and Independent Businesses

The Albany Business Review reported yesterday that Rare Form Brewing in downtown Troy will be closing temporarily while they find and move […]

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January 30, 2024January 30, 2024In the news, Jotting things down

Plenty of blame to go around

It’s good to see action finally being taken on the Central Warehouse, a structure that’s been a blight on the urban landscape […]

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January 29, 2024January 29, 2024Brief thoughts

In Praise of 2-hour delays

Snow-covered branches of a maple tree against a blue-gray sky.

My children’s school district had a two-hour delay this morning.

I wrote about why we should do that more often and more widely.

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