Tour Overview
Landmarks and history of an Albany streetcar neighborhood
This self-guided walking tour highlights two of the Pine Hills neighborhood’s greatest assets: its walkability and its historic character. Explore part or all of the route as you like; the app makes it easy to return later and pick up where you left off.
The tour is a project of the Upper Madison Improvement Group and the Pine Hills Neighborhood Association. It was created by Akum Norder, author of the upcoming book The History of Here: A House, the Pine Hills Neighborhood, and the City of Albany, set to be released in February 2018 from SUNY Press Excelsior Editions.
For more on Pine Hills residential architecture, see the walking tour in Albany Architecture (Diana Waite, ed.), available in many local library branches and sold via Mount Ida Press or Amazon.
Whether you’re a longtime resident, a newcomer, or a visitor, we hope you’ll enjoy learning about the landmarks and history of Albany’s Pine Hills.
Stops
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Stop 1: Great Western Turnpike and toll-gate
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Stop 2: Manning Boulevard
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Stop 3: South Manning Boulevard
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Stop 4: Original Pine Hills development
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Stop 5: School 16
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Stop 6: The Junction
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Stop 7: Aurania Club.
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Stop 8: Steamer No. 10
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Stop 9: Madison Theatre
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Stop 10: Pine Hills mural (1977, updated 2012)
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Stop 11: Ridgefield Park
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Stop 12: 1000 Madison Avenue (former Pine Hills library)
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Stop 13: 994 Madison: The Hawley property and the “glass school"
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Stop 14: The College of Saint Rose
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Stop 15: Vincentian Institute
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Stop 16: School 4 (location of Pine Hills Park, Madison at Ontario)
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Stop 17: Alumni Quadrangle
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Stop 18: St. Vincent’s Male Orphan Asylum (LaSalle School)
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Stop 19: Maternity Hospital and Infant Home
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