Wikipedia:WikiProject Capital District

Welcome to WikiProject Capital District. This is a collaboration of Wikipedians related to the Capital District (also known as the Capital Region) of upstate New York. The goal is to bring together resources dedicated to improving the coverage of the Capital District on Wikipedia and to organize information related to this topic. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in the topic. If you would like to help, please join the project, inquire on the talk page, and see the list of goals below.

The Capital District of New York is a general geographical area in New York (similar to the upstate area) centered around the cities of Albany, Schenectady, Troy, and more recently, Saratoga Springs. It is rich with national and local history. It is the original home of General Electric, contains the eastern end of the Erie Canal, houses the oldest technical university in the English-speaking world, and is home to the capital of New York State. The region is made up of a number of counties, but most specifically, Albany County, Rensselaer County, Schenectady County, and Saratoga County. The area is also now known as Tech Valley due to emergence of technological advancements based in the area in recent times. The Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce introduced the term in 1998.

Any article on the English Wikipedia that deals with a subject located in the area (see map at right) fits within the scope of this project and it is requested that the templates shown below be used to designate that.

Some excellent research sources of information and images:

• Capital District Regional Planning Commission (info)
• Capital District Transportation Committee (info)
• The Library of Congress' Prints and Photographs Division (old photos, most in public domain)
  • See this example on how to credit the LOC; upload to Commons preferably
• Capital District Library Council Digital Collections materials digitized from libraries and archives throughout the NYCD
• Capital District photos at Commons
• 2010 Census for all NY counties, cities, towns, villages, and CDPs

Sources related to Albany:

• McEneney, Jack J. (2006). Albany: Capital City on the Hudson. Sun Valley, California: American Historical Press. ISBN 1892724537.
• Munsell, Joel (1869). The Annals of Albany (2nd ed.). Albany, New York: Joel Munsell.^†
• Reynolds, Cuyler (1906). Albany Chronicles: A History of the City Arranged Chronologically, From the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Albany, New York: J. B. Lyon Company.^†
• Albany, New York at Commons

Sources related to Troy:

• Rittner, Don (2002). Troy, NY: A Collar City History. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0738523682.
• Weise, Arthur James (1886). The city of Troy and its vicinity. Troy, New York: Edward Green.^†
• Weise, Arthur James (1891). Troy's one hundred years, 1789-1889. Troy, New York: William H. Young.^†
• City of Troy (1906). Charter of and laws relating to the city of Troy: as amended at the close of the legislative session of 1906. Troy Observer Co.^†
• Troy, New York at Commons

Sources related to Schenectady:

• Schenectady, New York at Commons

Sources related to Dutch times:

• Van Laer, A. J. F. (translator and editor) (1908). Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts. Albany: University of the State of New York. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)^†
• Venema, Janny (2003). Beverwijck: A Dutch Village on the American Frontier, 1652-1664. Hilversum: Verloren. ISBN 0791460797.

July 2011

1. Sprouts of the Mohawk River
2. Marcus T. Reynolds
3. St. Joseph's Church (Albany, New York)

June 2011

1. Bleecker Park
2. Dana Park
3. Tricentennial Park (Albany, New York)
4. Tivoli Nature Preserve
5. Lincoln Park (Albany)

May 2011

1. Sheridan Hollow, Albany, New York
2. North Albany, Albany, New York
3. Pine Hills, Albany, New York

October 2010

1. Malta Test Station
2. Van Schaick House
3. Matton Shipyard
4. Gideon Putnam

September 2010

1. Downtown Schenectady
2. Bellevue, Schenectady, New York
3. Albany Convention Center

August 2010

1. Mont Pleasant, Schenectady, New York
2. Hamilton Hill, Schenectady, New York
3. Woodlawn, Schenectady, New York
4. Albany City Hall 10x expansion
5. Woodlawn Preserve
6. Fort Nassau (North River) expansion
7. Coat of arms of Albany, New York

July 2010

1. Patroon Creek
2. Rensselaer Lake10x expansion from 1-sentence stub
3. Albany Pine Bushcomplete rewrite and expansion
4. Wellington Row
5. W. Averell Harriman State Office Building Campus

June 2010

1. Bleecker Stadium
2. Niska Isle
3. Albany, Rensselaerville, and Schoharie Plank Road
4. Van Schaick Island
5. Hurstville, New York
6. Fort Frederick (Albany)created from redirect
7. Lake Albany
8. Washington Park Historic District (Albany, New York)complete rewrite and expansion

May 2010

1. Dongan Charter
2. SUNY System Administration Building complete rewrite and expansion

April 2010

1. Hotel Ten Eyck Project
2. Aumic House, Guilderland
3. Apple Tavern, Guilderland
4. Albany Glassworks Site, Guilderland

March 2010

1. Alcove, New York Expanded from stub
2. Clarksville, Albany County, New York
3. Joseph H. Allen
4. New Salem, New York
5. Slingerlands, New York Cleaned up and expanded from stub
6. Feura Bush, New York Cleaned up and expanded from stub
7. South Bethlehem, New York
8. Kenwood, Albany, New York

February 2010

1. Normansville, New York
2. Elsmere, New York Changed from redirect
3. Delmar, New York Greatly expanded
4. Fort Hunter, Albany County, New York
5. Fullers, New York
6. Guilderland Center, New York
7. Guilderland (hamlet), New York
8. McKownville, New York
9. Mannsville, Albany County, New York
10. Roessleville, New York
11. Karner, New York
12. Lisha Kill, New York
13. West Albany, New York
14. Boght Corners, New York Greatly expanded
15. Dunsbach Ferry, New York Greatly expanded

January 2010

1. List of tallest buildings in Albany, New York
2. East Greenbush, New York Greatly expanded
3. Oakwood Cemetery (Troy, New York)
4. North Greenbush, New York Greatly expanded
5. Rensselaer, New York Greatly expanded
6. Valley Falls, New York Increased history section (ongoing)

December 2009

1. Watervliet, New York Greatly expanded history section
2. Beeren Island
3. Menands, New York

November 2009

1. Helderberg Escarpment

October 2009

1. Hartford Baptist Church
2. Delaney Hotel
3. Hoosick Falls Armory
4. St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Hoosick Falls, New York)
5. Hoosick Falls Historic District
6. U.S. Post Office (Hoosick Falls, New York)
7. Cambridge Historic District
8. Revolutionary War Cemetery
9. Salem Historic District (New York)
10. Colleges and universities in New York's Capital District‎very preliminary
11. U.S. Post Office (Granville, New York)
12. South Granville Congregational Church
13. Elisha Straight House
14. U.S. Post Office (Lake George, New York)
15. Old Warren County Courthouse Complex
16. Hadley Parabolic Bridge
17. Oakwood Cemetery (Troy, New York) 5x expansion
18. Saratoga Gas, Electric Light and Power Company Complex
19. U.S. Post Office (Saratoga Springs, New York)
20. Gideon Putnam Burying Ground
21. Hiram Charles Todd House

September 2009

1. West Side Historic District (Saratoga Springs, New York)
2. Tech Valley
3. East Side Historic District (Saratoga Springs, New York)
4. Union Mill Complex
5. Brookside Museum
6. National Bottle Museum
7. U.S. Post Office (Ballston Spa, New York)
8. Verbeck House
9. Abraham Glen House
10. U.S. Post Office (Scotia, New York)
11. Schenectady Armory
12. Elston Hall (former Hotel Van Curler)
13. Union College 5x expansion
14. Union Street Historic District (Schenectady, New York)
15. General Electric Realty Plot
16. Foster Building
17. List of Union College alumni
18. Kiliaen van Rensselaer (Dutch merchant) 5x expansion

August 2009

1. Timeline of town creation in New York's Capital District
2. Map of Rensselaerswyck
3. Arbor Hill, Albany
4. 48 Hudson Avenue
5. Streets of Albany, New York
6. Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions

July 2009

1. Van Rensselaer Island
2. Tulip Festival (Albany, New York)
3. Maiden Lane Bridge
4. Kenmore Hotel
5. Albany Lumber District
6. Mansion Historic District
7. Pastures Historic District
8. Buildings at 744–750 Broadway

June 2009

1. Manor of Rensselaerswyck (expanded)
2. Albany Pump Station
3. Garfield School (Brunswick, New York)
4. Little Red Schoolhouse (Brunswick, New York)
5. St. Mary's Church (Albany, New York)

April/May 2009

1. Schenectady City Hall
2. New York State Department of Education Building
3. Cohoes Commons
4. Stuyvesant Plaza
5. Saratoga Mall (Wilton, New York)
6. St. Francis Chapel (Colonie, NY)
7. Colvin Central Plaza
8. Westgate Plaza (Albany, New York)
9. Mohawk Commons (Niskayuna, New York)
10. Mohawk Mall (Niskayuna, NY)
11. Northway Mall (Colonie, NY)
12. Crosstown Plaza (Schenectady, NY)
13. List of incorporated places in New York's Capital District
14. Lafayette Park Historic District
15. Rapp Road Community Historic District
16. Albany Union Station
17. Downtown Albany Historic District
18. Berlin Central School District
19. Luther Forest Technology Campus

Listed below is a compilation of all articles tagged with the project template, split by importance and quality. Get out there and tag more articles and assess the unassessed, but be sure to read and understand the assessment criteria first.

Capital District articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA			3	5			8
FL				1			1
FM					3		3
A				1			1
GA	1	5	16	16			38
B	2	6	26	35			69
C	3	26	69	63		2	163
Start		20	134	344			498
Stub		2	130	238		4	374
List		7	5	15		1	28
Category					58		58
Disambig					2		2
File					10		10
Project					26		26
Redirect			1	2	40		43
Template					15		15
NA				2	1		3
Assessed	6	66	384	722	155	7	1,340
Total	6	66	384	722	155	7	1,340
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 5,670			Ω = 4.93

• Popular pages: A bot-generated list of pageviews, useful for focused cleanup of frequently viewed articles.
• Quality operations: A bot-generated detail log for "Capital District" articles.

Project template:

• {{WikiProject New York (state)|Capital=yes}} - for use on article talk pages; make sure to first read the assessment guidelines!

Navbox:

• {{Capital District}} - for use on related articles

Userbox:

• {{User CapitalDistrict}} - for use on your userpage!

There are lots of things to do! Consider helping out in one of the following areas:

1. Recruit more members!
2. Tag all articles relating to New York's Capital District with the project template.
3. Assess all tagged articles to determine quality and importance relating to this project.
   • Consider adding yourself to the Assessment Team!
4. Offer unofficial peer review services as a step to help editors create the best articles possible. This will be available to articles rated C-Class or below. For higher class articles, please see Wikipedia's peer review department.
   • All reviews are expected to be critical, but fair.
5. Note the existence of Category:New York Capital District at Commons. Add to its category tree to offer users possible sources of media to use in articles.

2011

1. 2011 in Albany, New York

July 2010

1. Interior of Albany Wal-Mart Supercenter

March 2010

1. Albany New York at night
2. Joseph H. Allen
3. Joseph H. Allen's home

February 2010

1. 1777 Map of New York and New Jersey

January 2010

1. Canfield Casino
2. Congress Park (Saratoga)
3. Congress Park (Saratoga)
4. Congress Park (Saratoga)

December 2009

1. Entrance to Capital Holiday Lights
2. Washington Park Bridge during Capital Holiday Lights
3. Troy City Council in Chambers
4. Troy City Council President Clem Campana
5. Troy City Council Chamber
6. SVG Map of the neighborhoods of Troy

November 2009

1. Barberville Falls on the Poesten Kill, courtesy of Waterfall Guy at Flickr

October 2009

1. Hartford Baptist Church and Cemetery, again courtesy of Dougtone
2. Estabrook Octagon House, Hoosick Falls
3. Hoosick Falls armory
4. St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Hoosick Falls
5. Downtown Hoosick Falls at dusk
6. National Bottle Museum, Ballston Spa (not mine, but uploaded from Flickr user Dougtone)
7. Hoosick Falls post office
8. Hubbard Hall, Cambridge
9. Hudson Valley Community College Campus Center
10. Revolutionary War Cemetery, Salem
11. Buildings on Main Street, Salem
12. Granville post office
13. South Granville Congregational Church
14. Elisha Straight House, now Hartford Museum
15. Lake George from village beach
16. Downtown Lake George
17. Judson Smith mural of Lake George area in post office lobby
18. Lake George post office
19. Old Warren County courthouse
20. Hadley Parabolic Bridge (not mine, but uploaded from Flickr user Dougtone)
21. Old electrical substation in Saratoga Springs
22. Saratoga Springs post office
23. Broadway, Saratoga Springs
24. Christian Church Disciples of Christ in Brunswick
25. Grave of Samuel Wilson in Oakwood Cemetery
26. Gideon Putnam Burying Ground, Saratoga Springs
27. Hiram Charles Todd House, Saratoga Springs
28. 150+ photographic survey of Union College
29. Former Senator Joseph Bruno
30. Assembly Majority Leader Ron Canestrari

September 2009

1. Houses on Washington Street, Saratoga Springs
2. Houses at Regent and Caroline streets, Saratoga Springs
3. Union Mill Complex, Ballston Spa
4. Brookside Museum, Ballston Spa
5. Ballston Spa post office
6. Verbeck House, Ballston Spa
7. Abraham Glen House, now Scotia branch of Schenectady County library
8. Scotia post office
9. Schenectady Armory
10. I-90 highway sign
11. General Electric Research Laboratory
12. Niskayuna town hall
13. Jermain Street Houses
14. Elston Hall at SCCC, formerly the Hotel Van Curler
15. Schenectady Amtrak station platform view
16. Houses on South Ferry Street, Schenectady
17. Lawrence the Indian statue, Schenectady
18. Houses on Union Street, Schenectady
19. Houses on Stratford Road, Schenectady
20. Schenectady Post Office
21. Schenectady City Hall
22. State Street, Schenectady
23. Foster Building, Schenectady
24. Saratoga Race Course panorama

August 2009

1. Dormitory Authority of NY HQ
2. Lark Street in Albany
3. Broadway in Albany
4. Hollywood Drive In
5. Hollywood Drive In in Averill Park
6. Lark Street
7. North Pearl Street
8. Engraving of K. K. van Rensselaer (partially restored)
9. Burden Wheel (restored)
10. Albany Union Station
11. Washington County Farm
12. Downtown Saratoga Springs
13. Washington Park Boathouse/Playhouse
14. Times Union Center Atrium
15. Times Union Center
16. Albany Academy
17. Albany College of Pharmacy
18. Christian Brothers Academy
19. Home Savings Bank Building
20. Quackenbush House
21. Quackenbush House
22. Albany Pump Station
23. I-787 in Albany
24. I-787 in Menands

July 2009

1. Siena College
2. Congress Street Bridge
3. Russell Sage Hall
4. Campus of Russell Sage College
5. Bush Center at Russell Sage
6. Proctor's Theater in Troy
7. RPI Playhouse
8. Troy Antique District
9. Cannon Building
10. 48 Hudson Avenue (Albany)
11. Skyline of Troy
12. Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies at RPI
13. Engraving of a farmhouse in Brunswick, New York (restored)
14. Engraving of the original Rensselaer School (restored)
15. Engraving of Troy Savings Bank Music Hall (restored)
16. Engraving of Rensselaer School (later RPI, restored)
17. Engraving of damage from Troy Fire, 1854 (restored)
18. Engraving of damage from Troy Fire, 1820 (restored)
19. View toward downtown from South Pearl Street
20. Current St. Paul's Church engraving (restored)
21. Old St. Paul's Church engraving (restored)
22. Albany County Government Building
23. Houses on Grand and Madison streets
24. I-787 in Watervliet
25. Downtown Troy, New York
26. Saratoga Race Course entrance
27. Saratoga Race Course
28. Houses on Westerlo Street
29. Little Red Schoolhouse c. 1913
30. Garfield School c. 1881
31. Philip Schuyler statue
32. Kenmore Hotel
33. North Pearl Street from Steuben Street
34. Albany College of Pharmacy
35. Albany Law School
36. Palace Theater
37. Panorama from Thacher Park
38. Palace Theater
39. Houses on Clinton Avenue
40. Palace Theatre

June 2009

1. Ten Broeck Mansion Garden
2. Ten Broeck Mansion (rear)
3. Ten Broeck Mansion (front)
4. Capitol & Agency Bldg #4
5. McGeary's Pub, Albany
6. State Street, Albany
7. St. Mary's Church, Albany
8. St. Peter's Church, Albany
9. Oakwood Cemetery Crematorium and Chapel
10. Troy Panorama from Oakwood Cemetery
11. Fire Alarm, Telegraph and Police Signaling Building
12. Police Station in Troy
13. Troy Public Library
14. Library interior
15. White Church in Brunswick
16. Emma Willard School
17. Garfield School in Brunswick
18. Little Red Schoolhouse in Brunswick
19. Capital District Montage
20. Quad at RPI
21. RPI Union
22. Cathedral of All Saints
23. New York State Cultural Education Center
24. New York State Executive Mansion
25. New York State Department of Education Building
26. NYSED Building
27. Port of Albany-Rensselaer

May 2009

1. Albany, New York
2. Albany Institute of History and Art
3. Skyline of Albany from the Corning Tower
4. Engineering Center (Union College)
5. Memorial Chapel (Union College)
6. Admissions Building (Union College)
7. Troy Skyline
8. Schenectady Post Office
9. Schenectady County Office Building
10. Schenectady City Hall (Rear)
11. Schenectady City Hall
12. Schaffer College (Union College)
13. Proctor's Theatre, Schenectady
14. Nott Memorial (Angled)
15. Nott Memorial (Head on)
16. Interior of the Nott Memorial
17. I-787 in Troy
18. West Hall at RPI
19. Watervliet from Congress St Bridge
20. Troy Sign (Prospect Park)
21. Troy Record Building
22. Troy Post Office
23. Troy Monument Square
24. Troy Antique District
25. Rensselaer County Historical Society
26. McCarthy Building (Troy)
27. Hendrick Hudson Hotel (Troy)
28. Washington Park (Troy)
29. Brownstones on Washington Park (Troy)
30. Green Island Bridge
31. Brunswick Town Hall
32. Collar City Bridge
33. Brunswick Community Center
34. Ned Pattison Office Building (Rensselaer County HQ)
35. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Troy
36. River Street restaurants in Troy
37. Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
38. Troy City Hall
39. State Quad at SUNY Albany
40. Siena College
41. SUNY Albany
42. Fountain at SUNY Albany
43. Nano Center at SUNY Albany
44. Meteorology Center at SUNY Albany
45. Albany skyline
46. Greater Albany skyline
47. New York State Court of Appeals
48. Empire State Plaza
49. King Fountain at Washington Park
50. SUNY System Administration Building
51. New York State Capitol (west face)
52. New York State Capitol (east face)
53. Rensselaer Rail Station (updated)
54. Albany City Hall (updated)
55. Alfred E. Smith Building (updated)

April 2009

1. King Fountain (tulips in bloom)
2. King Fountain at Washington Park
3. Washington Park Boathouse
4. EMPAC at twilight

Active participants

• UpstateNYer (talk · contribs) (co-founder) - specializing in public schools, photography, and local history (especially Dutch)
• Camelbinky (talk · contribs) (co-founder) specializes on geography and history
• Bearian (talk · contribs) - I've already created a lot of biographies and hamlet articles. I hope to improve those and add more.
• Daniel Case (talk · contribs) I have a lot of photos of NRHP listings all the way up to Saratoga Springs that I can add. And I travel to the CD often enough.
• Juliancolton (talk · contribs)
• Albany NY (talk · contribs) - Main contributions include photography, articles on architecture, and general copy editing.
• Mitchazenia (talk · contribs) - Roads, towns and whatever I feel.
• Jasebasketball (talk · contribs) - Add content to several Capital District-related articles including media, sports, and local buildings
• JB82 (talk · contribs) - Saratoga Springs native; will contribute as much about the city as possible
• Yx7791 (talk · contribs) - shopping areas, history; will contribute as time permits
• Austin512 (talk · contribs) - Politics, geography, maybe some other stuff
• Abc518 (talk · contribs)
• Doncram (talk · contribs) - historic sites listed on the NRHP in Albany County and area-wide
• Eternalschala (talk · contribs) - mainly radio and television stations, etc.
• Gyrobo (talk · contribs) - Mostly copyediting, dead link fixing, article promotion, and various improvements where I can make them.
• Listroiderbob (talk · contribs) - mostly Saratoga County articles, esp. Improving stubs and copyediting

Inactive participants

• None