Greater Schenectady (1909)

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I believe this photo above shows Weaver St going across the middle.
On the left is the old Point Hotel at the corner of Broadway and Crane Street.
This picture appears to have been taken from Summit Ave or Maybe Strong Street









The above home was built in 1765

Where was the old ladies home located?

Quoted from Henry

Where was the old ladies home located?

Union Street -- the building is still there -- going east past McClellan Street on the left hand side.

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

Union Street -- the building is still there -- going east past McClellan Street on the left hand side.

Yes it is. I just saw it on google maps. It is the 7th building past McClellan St on the Left,
with the Sunoco station being the first. It has a circular driveway and looks just about the same
as it did 100 years ago. The trees grew up quite a bit since then.

Quoted from Libertarian4life

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I think this is building 2.  And from what I have heard, it is not long for this world.

Quoted from Libertarian4life

Yes it is. I just saw it on google maps. It is the 7th building past McClellan St on the Left,
with the Sunoco station being the first. It has a circular driveway and looks just about the same
as it did 100 years ago. The trees grew up quite a bit since then.

Thanks for the old picture.  That is one of my favorite old buildings in the city and was not aware that it was the "Ladies' Home" at one time.

Now compare those buildings to the Galesi owned SS building

There are still old ladies in the building. The Union Street one, not the Galesi temporary structure.
The 'downtown' crowd should use this as a guide, they haven't finished getting rid of any remaining traces of our city's proud history.

Wow great pictures !!!!!  And all the people walking from GE from jobs !!!

What a wonderful post of some of the grand buildings and rich history this city has.  Great way to start my day.  

Lots of work went into fixin these pics up and putting em up on the board.  Thanks.