All Over Albany

A quick recap of the week

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

+ Nicole returned with a new Open House, this time in Schenectady's Upper Union neighborhood.

+ We pulled together a big list of Capital Region holiday events.

+ A vision of Troy in 2016 -- from almost a century ago.

+ We gave away tickets to the Historic Albany Foundation's Holiday House Tour -- with a gift certificate to Umana -- by asking: What's your favorite holiday tradition?

+ Team Crow appears to have a fair amount of support.

+ Lauren and George are getting married, so we figured it'd be interesting to follow along as they plan their Capital Region wedding. First up: picking the venue.

+ What was up in the Neighborhood this week: Thanksgiving, getting thanked, turkey trotting, far from perfect, multiple solicitations, a winter luxury vehicle, willing yourself to enjoy winter, fair trade, Fin, awesome^n, D&B, panino, a good neighborhood, the Pine Bush, Washington County, random shopping carts.

+ Kobe asked about where to get boots fixed up.

+ In light of the Park South redevelopment parking garage situation, we looked for examples of not-boring parking garages -- here are six.

+ Among the items found on Craigslist this week: stripes.

+ And because it was Martin Van Buren's 231st birthday this week, we pulled together a bunch of portraits of Kinderhook's most famous native.

Here's the whole week all lined up.

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

MVB lithograph: Nathaniel Currier via National Portrait Gallery | Upper Union home: Dave Hopper | Troy 2016 via Rensselaer County Historical Society