Cleaning Boots

My friend volunteered to test an antique boot-scraper on Elk Street and agrees that these are a pretty good idea.

State Street Scraper

An iron railing with a boot-scraper on the bottom step. This house actually has the scraper on both sides of the steps, most have only one.

Previously: The Boot-Scraper

The Boot-Scraper

I've heard of these before and I've seen photos of a few, including some built right into the steps or iron railings of 19th-century houses. But I've never come across one in Albany before. Until this weekend, when on my way to the St. Patrick's Day Parade, I veered off of Dove Street and onto Chestnut....and this caught my eye.