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♥ WelcomeNext Meeting: June 9, 7pm
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Midtown Colleges and University Study Neighborhood MeetingTuesday, May 31, 2005 7:00PM- 9:00PMPage Hall, Downtown SUNY Campus 135 Western Avenue, Albany NY Mayor Gerald D. Jennings the City of Albany and the Midtown Colleges and University Technical Committee invite you to a presentation of plan concepts and strategies for the Midtown Plan area. The City of Albany began a planning effort in late 2004 of Albany's "Midtown" with funding provided by the NYS Quality Communities Program. The "Midtown" area is generally bound by Central Avenue to the north, Lark Street to the east, West Lawrence Street to the west, and the UHA campus to the south. A primary focus of the Quality Communities Initiative in the City of Albany is to develop an implementation strategy for a portion of the City directly impacted by investment activities of SUNY (downtown campus), the College of Saint Rose, the University Heights partners, and the Park South Redevelopment Plan. The purpose of this meeting is to review the final draft of the Midtown Plan and to follow up on the changes in plan concepts that have been made since the March 9th public meeting and the series of subsequent neighborhood meetings that provided valuable public comment. Copies of the final plan will be available at this meeting. The Department of Development and Planning will be presenting the revised plan concepts and strategies for stabilization and new development within the Midtown Plan area. If you have questions regarding the meeting or questions regarding the plan please call the City's Department of Development and Planning at 434-2532. Ext. 14 Rebecca L. Brownell Neighborhood Planner City of Albany Department of Development & Planning 21 Lodge Street Albany, New York 12207 Office: (518) 434-2532 ext. 14 Fax: (518) 434-9846 E-mail: Rebecca L. Brownell  New head of codes is Nick DeLello. If you have something to report, his direct line is 434-2218. Next DANA meeting will be held on Thursday, June 9 at 7 pm at the VFW. The new librarian Sarah Hinman may join us. Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit Strawberry Festival will be held on Thursday, June 16 from 7 to 9 pm. → A Letter from the Board of Trustees Concerning the Albany Public Library Elder Network of the Capital Region (ENCR) and the Capital District Senior Issues Forum (CDSIF) request your participation in the following program: Faith Community Initiatives Promoting Healthy Seniors Friday, May 13, 2005, 8:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. First Lutheran Church of Albany 646 State Street, Albany, New York 12203 Please RSVP with your name, program name and contact information to: Polly Petruska Phone at: (518) 442-5203 See our Calendar Page For The Program Description  Welcome
to the Delaware Area
Neighborhood of Albany NY Website. The Delaware
Neighborhood is truly a place where we
believe that you don't have to move to live in a
better neighborhood!Our site is updated regularly to bring you the latest information about our community. The Delaware Neighborhood is a great place to grab a bite to eat, catch a movie, find a book, or just take a stroll. Our website has a listing of restaurants, including access to menus. Visit the Spectrum Movie Theatre. C A N A Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month from 7-9 at the Albany Public Library. Save Our Libraries!! O CAPTAIN! My Captain! our fearful trip is done; The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won. ~~ Walt Whitman Our goal is a new library in our neighborhood. We want to make sure DANA is well represented. You could write a letter to the Director Jeff Cannell expressing your support of having a library in our neighborhood. Albany Public Library Jeff Cannell, Executive Director 161 Washington Ave, Albany 12210 (518) 427-4379 (518) 449-3380 Switchboard Fax (518) 449-3386 AlbanyPublicLibrary.org Application for the Citizen Police Academy Community Accountability Board Amanda M. Paeglow Community Coordinator phone: (518) 487-5460 → See our Calendar Page for recent goings on → e-mail us at DANA@DelawareNeighborhood.com |
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About Our NeighborhoodOur neighborhood is friendly, vibrant, affordable and diverse. It's a convenient neighborhood where many everyday needs such as shopping, banking, and entertainment are within easy walking distance. We have a wide selection of activities along Delaware Avenue, including a movie theater, bookstore, retail stores, restaurants, churches, a post office, a bank, pharmacies, a beautiful and historic firehouse and numerous other small businesses. Once
settled as farmland, Delaware Avenue began to
build up more than 100 years ago around the turn
of the 20th Century, when farmers began selling
off parts of their land to individual builders,
many of whom built homes for themselves before
building for others.The Delaware Avenue neighborhood of Albany, southwest of the Empire State Plaza, is a melting pot of many nationalities: Italian, Jewish, Greek, Irish and Chinese, among others. It`s the kind of place, say residents, where you can walk to almost anything - to the cleaners, the hairdresser and grocery store, or to restaurants and movies.  Residents
include college students, families and retirees.
It`s a neighborhood that has stayed the same for
many years, except for a few businesses coming
and going.This patchwork of streets is intersected by Delaware Avenue, which is similar to a traditional Main Street neighborhood strip, and by Whitehall Road, which turns into Second Avenue east of Delaware Avenue.  Delaware
Avenue features the bulk of the retail
and professional operations. Whitehall Road and
Second Avenue feature several professional
offices, a school and restaurants.The City Square Plaza shopping center on Delaware Avenue is where the Albany Hyatt Billiard Ball Co. used to be. It was here that the plastic celluloid was first invented for billiard balls. Parts of the neighborhood are zoned as C-1 neighborhood commercial, and others are R-2 for one- and two-family residential. Homes are either single- or two-family, with a few apartment buildings. Most are well-kept two-story homes constructed of brick, stone, shingle, clapboard and aluminum siding; many have a small lawn in front.
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