Albany Architecture: A Guide to the City

This richly illustrated touring companion beckons the familiar and the newly curious to experience one of America's oldest cities, where architects of national renown- Russell Sturgis, H. H. Richardson, Leopold Eidlitz, Stanford White, and Wallace K. Harrison among others- created designs not only for the monumental public buildings that define the city but also for its commercial center and its distinctive residential enclaves. Let this guide take you for walks and rides through the city's history, or listen to its stories from the comfort of an armchair on a quiet evening.