TUC Tomatoes

A tomato vine randomly growing in one of the decorative planters on the steps of the Times Union Center.  With autumn here and cool weather approaching, I don't think the tomatoes will actually ripen.  Still, it was unexpected.

The Olympic

The neon is long gone, the painted letters are fading, and there's no signs of life in the business downstairs. I'm not sure when the Olympic Bar closed. A quick search shows it was at least still open in 1990 when it was robbed by a knife-wielding man. I don't think I even noticed the place - or, more accurately - its worn sign - until 2005 or so when it caught my eye on the way to the Albany bus station down the street.