Albany New York Wall Art

The capital of New York was founded originally as a Dutch settlement called Fort Nassau in 1614 and then a new settlement, Fort Orange was built in 1624. The city was incorporated in 1686, making it the oldest chartered city in the United States. It became the capital of New York in 1797. The city served as a center of trade and transportation in 1700s and 1800s and was the eastern terminus of the Erie Canal, connecting to the Great Lakes. It is a center of higher education, with SUNY Albany based here and in recent years has become a center of high tech, health care, and the state government of New York. The city's population reached a peak of 134,000 in 1950. The city only recently has experienced modest growth in the city proper to just under 100,000 today. The metro area, known as the Capital Region also consists of nearby Schenectady and Troy and has a population of roughly around 1 million.

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