tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282140921851003304.post3997250621655961376..comments2023-10-19T08:07:01.709-04:00Comments on drinkdrank: Albany Ale: A Picture is Worth a Thousand WordsCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129472719929268755noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282140921851003304.post-49391987223629393102014-10-04T15:39:59.891-04:002014-10-04T15:39:59.891-04:00That's a great photo, you almost feel as if yo...That's a great photo, you almost feel as if you are walking down the same street. I believe it was taken in 1948 since the car license plate states that year. Licenses are usually renewed annually.<br /><br />Until recently and probably still on 3rd and 1st Avenues in NYC, you still see storefronts like these.<br /><br />In Toronto, you see exactly the same wiggly streetcar tracks and unlike in Albany where they were partly paved over by this time (clearly in favour of buses), we still have streetcars here. Not so long ago, we had the cigar-shaped President's Conference Car type, which ranged American cities in the mid-1900's. We called them Red Rockets.<br /><br />I need to get back to Albany, I must have visited there a baker's dozen times in the 1970's and early 80's. Jack's seafood restaurant, beverage stores that sold Murphy Stout that had an 1800's slightly smoky taste and Ballantine IPA or early APAs from the West Coast, Newman's Albany Amber on cask in that corner bar next to the brewery, and the Egg. Also, a bar called MacGregor in a leafy area past the Egg or that was on MacGregor Street, I can never remember which. <br /><br />Craig, I hope to do this some day and that we can have a beer or two in your home town.<br /><br />Gary<br /><br />Gary Gillmannoreply@blogger.com