Advocacy

At Historic Albany Foundation we put advocacy first. A great deal of our time, both staff and board, goes to advocacy efforts - it is the undercurrent of everything we do. Our efforts have managed to keep many unique buildings in Albany standing - including Church of the Holy Innocents, Wellington Row, Hinckel Brewery & 48 Hudson among others.

We continue to be an unwavering champion of 'best practices' in preserving historical structures and of protecting endangered buildings within our community, and hope to be long into the future.

Vacant Houses in Albany

In December of 2019 Historic Albany facilitated a roundtable discussion held in partnership with the North Albany Public Library Branch. The purpose of the discussion was to dispel some of the myths surrounding the signage and to explore some of the reasons why they seem so common in this area. We were joined by representative from the City of Albany, as well as the Albany County Land bank, and the New York State Conference of Mayors, as well as many members of the local community. A short radio show was put together by Paul Smart from the library which you can listen to below.