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  • Obituary: Peter Albrecht Troy’s ‘barroom Socrates’

    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 an empty shot glass onto an ornate wooden bar at one of several Troy pubs…

  • Diamond is forever…

    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 in the September 2002 issue of Hudson Valley Magazine. It has been revised and edited,…

  • Impressions of Troy: Mark Nickita

    Impressions of Troy: Mark Nickita

    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 of Birmingham, Michigan. He is co-owner of retail establishments in Downtown Detroit, including the Pure…