Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 56. Chapters: Streets of Albany, New York, Washington Park Historic District, Clinton Avenue Historic District, Albany Convention Center, National Register of Historic Places listings in Albany, New York, Pastures Historic District, Coat of arms of Albany, New York, Mansion Historic District, Architecture of Albany, New York, Fort Orange, Patroon Creek, W. Averell Harriman State Office Building Campus, New York Court of Appeals, Associate Judges of the New York Court of Appeals, Kenwood, Albany, New York, Normansville, New York, Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, Rensselaer Lake, Fort Frederick, Washington Park Lake, Hurstville, New York, Benjamin Walworth Arnold House and Carriage House, Alcove Reservoir, Church of the Holy Innocents, Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church, Buckingham Lake, List of tallest buildings in Albany, New York, Tivoli Lake, National Weather Service Albany, New York. Excerpt: Albany, New York - a.new, #quickbar a.new/* cache key: enwiki: resourceloader: filter: minify-css:5: f2a9127573a22335c2a9102b208c73e7 */ Albany, New York The Dongan Charter legally established Albany as a city in 1686; it is the oldest United States city charter still in effect. A view of North Pearl Street near State Street as it appeared around the turn of the 19th centuryAlbany is one of the oldest surviving European settlements from the original thirteen colonies and the longest continuously chartered city in the United States. The area was originally inhabited by Algonquian Indian tribes and was given different names by the various peoples. The Mohican called it Pempotowwuthut-Muhhcanneuw, meaning "the fireplace of the Mohican nation," while the Iroquois called it Sche-negh-ta...