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 There is a pedestrian bridge the connects downtown Albany with the Corning Preserve (where the amphiteater in yesterday's picture is located). In the typical wisdom of the times when the Interstate system was designed, someone thought it was a good idea to build a six lane superhighway between the city and the river that defined the city for a few hundred years (for history buffs, Henry Hudson sailed his ship the Half Moon up the river that now bears his name in the the fall of 1608 and the original settlement that became Albany was not far away -- though most likely lost beneath this mess). Oddly enough (sarcasm drools from my fingers as I type), the city of Albany fell on hard times when cut from its cultural and natural roots. A few years ago someone (or someoneS) promoted a pedestrian connection between the city and the public park along the river. In addition to substantial government funds, they also promoted community involvment by selling bricks on which you could have your name (or whatever) inscribed and then installed for all to see when the bridge was built. As you walk over the bridge now, you will see folks looking down to see if they recognize anyone. I do it too and seldom see anyone's name that I recognize, Then this one just popped out at me, and caused me to have this memory of my mother saying something along the lines of 'fool's names and fool's faces, always seen in public places.' I don't know WHY I made that connection, which had referred to graffiti, but I did. Tomorrow, this theme continues on a grand scale, in fact so grand I could not even fit it in the frame! | |
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