Native New Yorker - 518 Upstate

Native New Yorker - 518 Upstate Food, Travel & History Blog, Upstate New York, Everything NY, Niagara to Long Island, Dutch Settler

I'm a 13th Generation Descendant of an Original Dutch Settler (circa 1648 Beverwyck aka Albany) on one side, and 1st Generation Canadian tourist (circa 1964 Niagara Falls) on the other side! Born & Raised in the 518 (circa 1985, Schenectady)

Most Native New Yorkers are referring to NYC, even more specifically, Manhattan. I've spent my whole life over 3 Hours from NYC, yet my whole life has been i

nfluenced by this major city, I hardly ever visited at all until the last 10 years. I'm here to show off the rest of our beautiful state, we regularly rank at one of the most beautiful states in the country. Yes, NYC exists, but what about Long Island, the Hudson River Valley, the Capital District, Lake Champlain & Lake George, the Adirondacks, the Mohawk River Valley, the Finger Lakes, the Southern Tier, Niagara Falls, our biggest city Buffalo, and both of our Great Lakes? What about New Yorkers that are closer to Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Michigan & Canada than they are to NYC? I've lived in the 518 my whole life, and I've spent considerable time in the 716, the 315 & the 585 growing up also. Outside of the Capital District, and various trips to and through NYC, my first experiences visiting Downstate from Albany were this year, 2023, and Hudson Valley & Long Island are amazing!

06/08/2025

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#2 of the official City of Albany Tulip Beds, the Capitol Hill Tulip Bed, slightly NW of the Hudson Riverfront Bed. Bea...
06/07/2025

#2 of the official City of Albany Tulip Beds, the Capitol Hill Tulip Bed, slightly NW of the Hudson Riverfront Bed. Beautiful work by our city gardener and I love the Virichic's! (Scroll to bottom for more!) 2 whole blocks of tulip beds fill both sides of the median on Upper State Street Hill between Pearl & Eagle Streets, centered around Lodge Street in front of the French-gothic St....

#2 of the official City of Albany Tulip Beds, the Capitol Hill Tulip Bed, slightly NW of the Hudson Riverfront Bed. Beautiful work by our city gardener and I love the Virichic& #821…

1 of the official City of Albany Tulip Beds, the Hudson Riverfront Tulip Bed, located in one of the oldest sections of A...
05/31/2025

1 of the official City of Albany Tulip Beds, the Hudson Riverfront Tulip Bed, located in one of the oldest sections of Albany dating back to the 1620's, on Broadway between Pruyn & Hamilton Streets, in front of the Hudson Riverfront Entrance to the 787 Freeway. This is the southernmost intersection on Broadway before the freeway and the closest intersection to the site of the original Fort Orange from 1624 which is under the freeway overpass....

1 of the official City of Albany Tulip Beds, the Hudson Riverfront Tulip Bed, located in one of the oldest sections of Albany dating back to the 1620’s, on Broadway between Pruyn & Hamilt…

One of my favorites of the sidewalk Nipper Dog statues in Albany is this one at the end of Maiden Lane where you walk up...
05/10/2025

One of my favorites of the sidewalk Nipper Dog statues in Albany is this one at the end of Maiden Lane where you walk up the stairs to the Hudson River Walkway over 787 & the Railroad to Jennings Landing for Alive at Five every summer! There are 20 rotating 3-foot Nipper statues all around town every summer imitating our 28-foot-high World’s Largest Nipper Dog downtown on Broadway! Can you find them all?


One of my favorites of the sidewalk Nipper Dog statues is this one at the end of Maiden Lane where you walk up the stairs to the Hudson River Walkway over 787 & the Railroad to Jennings Landing…

Beautiful sunsets over one of the Pine Hills districts of Albany, NY (Buckingham Neighborhood)Some of these giant pines ...
05/10/2025

Beautiful sunsets over one of the Pine Hills districts of Albany, NY (Buckingham Neighborhood)

Some of these giant pines have been here since this was the Great Western Turnpike as a plank road over 100 years ago.



Beautiful sunsets over one of the Pine Hills districts of Albany, NY (Buckingham Neighborhood) Some of these giant pines have been here since this was the Great Western Turnpike as a plank road ove…

Nipper Dog #3 is tucked inside the 677 Prime parking garage near his friend, Red/Black. but all 7 chakras fully opened!...
05/05/2025

Nipper Dog #3 is tucked inside the 677 Prime parking garage near his friend, Red/Black. but all 7 chakras fully opened! This dog is ready to vibrate to higher frequencies and ascend the tree of life! This one not only has 3rd Eye Bling (with a fully decalcified pineal gland).... it even has the 7th Chakra re-forming into the 8th chakra and returning to root as the 1st chakra all over again....

Nipper Dog #3 is tucked inside the 677 Prime parking garage near his friend, Red/Black. but all 7 chakras fully opened! This dog is ready to vibrate to higher frequencies and ascend the tree of lif…

There are 20 of these 3-foot-high Nipper Dogs around downtown Albany and they are PAWSOME! After almost a decade here, I...
05/04/2025

There are 20 of these 3-foot-high Nipper Dogs around downtown Albany and they are PAWSOME! After almost a decade here, I've still yet to find them all as they rotate every couple years and change locations and new artists create new artpieces. I just recently found this guy and his friend you'll meet shortly literally inside of the downtown parking garage at my job, 677 Prime, the finest dining in the Capital District!...

There are 20 of these 3-foot-high Nipper Dogs around downtown Albany and they are PAWSOME! After almost a decade here, I’ve still yet to find them all as they rotate every couple years and ch…

This beauty was sitting right outside our local neighborhood bar district, directly across from the PD. Look at the hand...
05/04/2025

This beauty was sitting right outside our local neighborhood bar district, directly across from the PD. Look at the hand grip to open the hood...steel, no plastic or aluminum anywhere1 Petrol intake on the front passenger side over the tire, solid black tires, small silver rund rim I'm not a car guy but i've never seen a curved exhaust that protruded out from under the vehicle past the bumper....really wished I could have heard this. Safe + Sound & Aerodynamic! German Design!

This beauty was sitting right outside our local neighborhood bar district, directly across from the PD. Look at the hand grip to open the hood…steel, no plastic or aluminum anywhere1 Petrol i…

Just some Spring blooms around the neighborhood. Upstate NY has walkable neighborhoods and tree-lined streets come visit...
05/03/2025

Just some Spring blooms around the neighborhood. Upstate NY has walkable neighborhoods and tree-lined streets come visit! Learn more about NY State at www.romearoundtheworld.net/nativenewyorker518 Pretty in pink, just about matches the Spanish Stucco house whose yard it sits in!

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Just some Spring blooms around the neighborhood. Upstate NY has walkable neighborhoods and tree-lined streets come visit! Learn more about NY State at www.romearoundtheworld.net/nativenewyorker518 …

2024 was a great year for photography!Feel free to send us some of your own favorite Tulip photos and we can sh...
04/29/2025



2024 was a great year for photography!
Feel free to send us some of your own favorite Tulip photos and we can share them as well.
All Photos by JRKD Ent.
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