Developers blame lack of visibility for empty commercial space in luxury apartment building
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Prime Properties believes a key reason for the vacant ground floor retail space at the Electric City Apartments in downtown Schenectady is the lack of visibility. The city Planning Commission denied their request for a permit for the installation of an electronic message board on the State Street side of the building on Wednesday, April 21, 2021.Pete DeMola
SCHENECTADY The Electric City Apartments will not get the spark it wanted after planning officials spiked the installation of an outdoor electronic sign.
Officials rejected a request by the developers of one of downtown Schenectady s most prominent new apartment buildings to install a message board advertising future commercial tenants.
Live music returns to Frog Alley Brewing this weekend | The Daily Gazette
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A diagram shows the location of the stage and tables for the outdoor concert series at Frog Alley Brewing in Schenectady. (photo provided)
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Live music lives on at Frog Alley Brewing this season with an outdoor concert series starting this weekend.
Soloist Rich Ortiz kicks things off on Saturday, followed up by jam band Annie in the Water. Then on Sunday, the Grateful Dead tribute band The Wheel will perform two marathon sets.
Organized in conjunction with NY Rock N Roots, High Peaks Event Production, Nippertown and Frog Alley, the shows are a commemoration of Earth Day. Each will be held outdoors in a parking lot-turned performance space, featuring socially distanced tables set in front of a stage. The capacity is limited to 200 people each day. Tickets go for $120 per table, with a maximum of four people per table. Shows run from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. both nights.
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Photos: Gazette Photographer Erica Miller shares top pics of the year | The Daily Gazette
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As the TAPs are played in the distance, Chief Pilot with US Airforce Auxiliary Brian Benedict, of Saratoga Springs, pauses to salute during a private ceremony streamed online due to COVID-19 on Memorial Day at Gerald B.H. Solomon National Cemetery in Schuylerville on Monday, May 25, 2020. Benedict was placing flags at headstones, which his auxiliary would normally do after ceremony.
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COVID-19 pandemic posed major challenges to journalists across the globe in 2020. Despite the difficulties, photojournalists like our Erica Miller rose to the test and then some. Today we showcase a sampling of Erica’s best work on Day 2 of our three-day series of our staff photographers’ favorite photos of the year.