Troy’s master carpenter, “barroom Socrates” dies at 62 Master carpenter, 62, also was known as raconteur, rebel By Paul Grondahl, Times Union Published 7:27 pm, Thursday, February 18, 2016 TROY — Anyone who slid a pint of stout or slammed

He was gunned down 70 years ago in an Albany rooming house, but Legs Diamond left behind a glamorous persona that has been harder to kill. Note: The following article by A Small American City Host Duncan Crary first appeared

The following is A Small American City Q&A with Mark Nickita, president of Archive DS, a design firm specializing in projects and strategies for city building in Detroit and Toronto. Nickita is a city commissioner and has served as mayor