Albany. The three cities
Abstract
The City of Albany was one of the earliest cities established during the European settlement of what became the United States of America. Albany is a cross roads city located on Hudson River near where the Mohawk River joins the Hudson. It is  between New York City and Montreal, Canada and it became a Gateway city to the west of the nation when the Erie Canal was opened in 1825. Goods flowed into and through Albany mostly on their way to New York City.
References
Daniel E. Button, Take City Hall: Mayor Whalen and the Transformation of New York’s Capital City, Whitstan Publishing Company, Inc., Albany, New York 2003.
Paul Grondahl, Mayor Corning: Albany Icon, Albany Enigma, State University of New York Press, Albany, New York 1907.
William Kennedy, O Albany: Improbable City of Political Wizards, Fearless Ethnics, Spectacular Aristocrats, Penquin Books, New York, New York 1983.
John J. McEneny, Albany: Capital City on the Hudson, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York 1981.
Albany Tricentennial Commission, Albany Tricentennial Guidebook, Albany, New York 1985.Â
