All Over Albany

A quick recap of the week

Here are a few highlights from the past week on AOA:

+ Soapbox: Christine argued that even though Whole Foods coming to the Capital Region is good -- a Whole Foods at Colonie Center is not good.

+ Chuck Schumer hopped on board the idea of making the Livingston Ave Bridge pedestrian and bike friendly.

+ Daniel says you should eat the fried oysters at Ted's Fish Fry.

You might have heard: Barack Obama visited UAlbany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Tuesday:

+ A video clip of Air Force One arriving.
+ Tweets, pics, and whatnot about this visit.
+ The text of his speech.
+ And what it was like to cover the event (probably not what you'd expect).

+ What was up in the Neighborhood this week: Lark Street at night, the Albany Almshouse, how we treat animals, not finding a dog-friendly apartment, Rosary Beard, speakeasy vibe, restaurant value, the Tour de Hard Ice Cream, ridiculously fun ravioli, 20 words, the Crossings, waste places, and Fifty Shades of Gray.

+ We ranked Capital Region property tax rates using data from SeeThroughNY.

+ A few of the items found on Craigslist this week: tickling, annoyance at elevator behavior, missed connection as existential question, and The Pageant of Prom Dresses of Unusual Taste.

+ The HBO movie Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight filmed in Albany and Schenectady -- we stopped by one of the Albany locations to gawking at the filming.

+ Introducing the world's first tulip augmented reality app.

+ More answers to questions you didn't ask.

+ And the this year's group of Sunmark Startup Grant applications arrived. Voting is now closed and the finalists will be announced on Monday.

If you'd just like the whole week unfiltered, check our listing of the last seven days of AOA.

Thanks to everyone who posted a comment or shared a photo or idea this week!

Lark Street composite photo: Chuck Miller