The Morning of March 27, 1962

Our thanks to Peggy, Lynn, and Mary Anne Nicholas for their help with this post. On the morning of March 27, 1962, 11-year-old Eddie Nicholas walked up the block from his family’s home at 158 Elm Street to Muraven’s grocery store on the corner of S. Swan. As usual, he purchased a copy of the…

98 Acres Media Blitz

Our blog has been quiet this summer, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been busy! On June 21, the 50th anniversary of the South Mall cornerstone ceremony marking the beginning of construction of the Empire State Plaza, we published an oped in the Times Union. Later that day Dave appeared on the Channel 13 (WNYT)…