Schenectady NY: A Brief Overview
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2024
- Schenectady NY is located on the Mohawk River 15 minutes west of Albany. Schenectady is known for being the home of General Electric, but the history of this city goes way deeper than that. In this video, we explore the history and geography of Schenectady New York, from its founding by the Dutch in the 1600s to the urban development happening in the present day. Whether you are from Schenectady or just want to learn more, we truly hope that you enjoy this video.
For good information on urban planning in Schenectady, I highly recommend this paper: www.schenectadyhistory.org/sch...
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Leo Rosenblum (Editing)
Michael Diana (drone footage, historical consulting)
The Schenectady County Historical Society
Derek Baranski
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As a 12yr old we moved to Schenectady from Chicago 41 yrs ago. It has many challenges but I wouldn't trade anything for my experience & life here! Home is Schenectady! 💪❤✌✊✌❤💪
That's awesome! I love the Schenectady pride that you have!
I moved to Schenectady from NYC when I was 16. I had a lot of good experiences in Schenectady and I am grateful for having lived there for 10 years. While I no longer live there, I recognize that Schenectady was a place that allowed me to grow and become a man. I had a lot of 'firsts' in Schenectady such as getting my drivers license, getting my first job, getting my degree, having my first long term relationship and so on.
As a teen growing up in Schenectady It amazes me on how much the schools missed out on teaching us about Schenectady and it's past, but i'm pretty happy to know the state and city im living in does have a future ahead but till then imma keep on living good life here.
I guess things changed over the years, they taught me all about the history and my ancestors when I was in school there.
Im from the 518 born In Troy and up a lot in Schenectady I went Elmer Ave elementary and St John's I went to middle school at Onieda this was back in the 80s
Great video by you,grew up in Schenectady,went on many explores,many old buildings torn down,had explored underground,many tunnels under the stockade..found many artifacts from the late 1600's - 1800's ,had lived in the old trading post location, awesome history was left in that basement, an ediphone was there with over a hundred wax cylinders with Thomas Edison's voice on most of them,was awesome for me as being 7 yrs old running that machine, great respect for Schenectady's history ,lived a lot, learned a lot here
This was an incredible video!!! As a resident of Schenectady in the suburb of Rotterdam my entire life, I had no idea the population actually decreased from 90k to 65k. Who’s going to be the next generation of leaders to step up and plan Schenectady for the future???
It’s dead
@@qjtvaddict Metroplex would say otherwise!
Grew up in Schenectady, we adored the Mohawks. We could still find arrowheads around lake George. It was a lovely place to grow up years ago. Near Union College.
That's really interesting.. thanks for sharing!
Been there many times when late Reagan was the president
And met many nice peoples of all ages.
Now kids in Schenectady Hunt used dope syringes instead of arrowheads. It’s sad
Lake George was a great place for vacations. Loved it. My grandparents had a cabin there. Evenings there with a fire in the fir place and sitting out on the patio with my Grandfather was heaven on Earth.
My family came to Schenectady in the 1850’s. Many family members worked at GE, Ive been here for about 63 years watched the city go to crap and have been watching the city come back to life again, our downtown is looking really great!! Love it here, so much in this part of NY.
Love the optimism
Schenectady is coming back to life? Nothing in this part of NY, other than Saratoga County, has a pulse.
this is the city where my family history in America started! Way back in the furs and pelts trading times!!
I was born and raised in Schenectady . I grew up on Hamilton Hill .
My Grandparents are buried at Fisher Cemetery.
Love the upstate NY videos. Ideas for interesting smaller cities for future overviews: poughkeepsie, kingston, plattsburgh, saranac lake/tupper lake, hudson/catskill. Appreciate the history
These are all good ideas, I plan to do a few more upstate videos, maybe about the Adirondacks as a whole for one and the Hudson valley as another. Sort of still a work in progress.
As an MVP Employee, thank you for showing us! :)
Of course!
Union class of 66. Enjoyed what you could fit into 10 minutes. Schenectady mirrors each of the industrial cities along the Erie Canal. All have enjoyed better times. Manufacturing has deserted upstate NY. But the history and the architecture cannot be taken away. Nice job.
Well put, the industry may have left but the institutions often remain. Thanks for stopping by! My brother is Union class of 2022, so I have a connection there.
I grew up here. The nicest people I've ever met. Had a slice of pie after school...had to walk idk, miles to price chopper...and anybody remember Mohawk Mall?
My husba d was a Laborer on the crew that built Mohawk Mall in 1969. He had just gotten out of the Army and it was his first job.
They filmed some scenes of the movie Beyond the Pines near my house . It was Bradley Cooper's character's home in movie. Met Ray Liotta there too. It was fun to watch them make the movie
Such a cool movie
My mother worked for the police when they made that movie. Have pictures of her with the cast. They also filmed a lot in Scotia.
It’s funny how even being from Schenectady, most of us don’t know our cities history
So true
Ikr also you didn't talk about the other parts of schenectady
frfr
Thanks for the tour down memory lane.
No problem!
This overview is well filmed and contains interesting historical information. However, it is hard to believe that Proctors, a major driver of the new economy in Schenectady is mentioned only as being near the NY State Lottery headquarters. I suggest a video devoted to Proctors and all of its many aspects.
I personally think that the historical significance of Proctors is overstated. That's a really controversial opinion to have, and I recognize the love that the community has for Proctor's. I should have added it to the video, and perhaps in the future I will make a video that spends more time on it.
@@TheDCShow0 Thanks for the response. At one time Proctors was just one of three major cinemas downtown, but in the past 20 years it has taken on much more importance. Its renovation has led to its use as a place to prepare major Broadway touring musicals for the road as well as being a major showcase for many broadway shows. The former Carl Company building on the other side of the arcade is the home of the Empire State Youth Orchestra as well as housing The Addy, a performing arts school and theatre. The GE theatre in the old Carl Company seats 450 for music, small musicals, movies and other events. Proctors growth has led to the addition of many restaurants and several breweries.
Anyone who lived in Schenectady between the late 50s and mid 90s knows who my dad was. I have lived all over the northeast, but Schenectady will always be "home".
Schenectady my hometown I live here for 20 years and I love it.. me and my husband accomplish alot living here. We are homeowners of 3 two family home which we rented and we are living in one family home. I attended union street college and got my degree in accounting.. so yes I love Schenectady
That's an awesome story! I'm happy to hear that you're satisfied with your time in Schenectady!
@@TheDCShow0 I love it here..
Schenectady is known for being full of 2 family houses. This type of housing was quite practical town,
My message got chopped up.
Recently visited and discovered the city. It is a gem of a city. Thanks for the history lesson and overview. : )
No problem!
My sister is an executive at GE. When she hired in they gave her a tour of Schenectady. It was basically a don't go there, don't go there, that area there is ok. Most of Schenectady fell into the don't go there category.
Really enjoying these videos, keep up the great work!
Thanks Thomas!! I appreciate the support and will continue to maintain this level of quality.
Thanks for the 518 love. Live over the bridge in scotia and it’s been nice to see positive developments in Schenectady
Excellent video-research, writing, production, narration - you guys deliver a big city review for a small city video .. keep 'em coming! (new sub)
Thanks so much!!! We will definitely keep them coming. Be on the lookout for Brooklyn Heights soon!
So happy to see this new update! Keep it up. Also, I never knew the name of the city meant Beyond the Pines. There is a move “A Place Beyond the Pines” that takes place in Schenectady. Great movie. Makes sense now!
yeah that is a great movie, its very cool that they chose Schenectady to make a piece of film like that
I went there with my family in July 2022 and I love everything there, it seems a very nice place to live.
That’s excellent! I heartily agree
You may have missed a few things?
I’m originally from Long Island but I live in Schenectady now! I love it here . The drone footage is so gorgeous. Thank you for this !
I went there amazing city
No problem! Glad you enjoyed!
Where on EARTH are you living in Schenectady and loving it? Niskayuna somewhere?
@@anonconspicuous6910 The corner of Emmett & Backus Streets is lovely in the summertime. Or at least it still was in 1972 when our family lived in the big green house on the corner. Retired police officer Carmen Insero lived across the street on Backus so we knew we were always safe :)
@@dennman6 unfortunately the Hamilton Hill district was one of the worst in Schenectady for a while when I was growing up in the 90s. If you walk those streets at night to this day you better have your concealed carry permit. The only place worse than that these days is crane st. I've heard from elderly Italians that Hamilton Hill and Bellvue used to be great in the 70s, but the substance epidemics of the 80s and today have decimated those neighborhoods. My neighborhood in the Stockade was pretty decent until they opened the casino. Now beligerant drunk people own the streets after dark, and the illicent substance trade is very high, driving up robberies and assaults. Plus our infastructure is the worst in the area. Roads remain unplowed for many days if there are snow/ice storms. I couldn't leave my house for 5 days following the recent 33 inch storm we got.
This was really informative. I live here and there was stuff you guys have here I didn't know. lol
Thanks! I checked out your channel and just bought your cookbook, gonna try out some of those recipes.
@@TheDCShow0 hey thanks a lot! I hope you love the recipes.
This is a great little documentary about Schenectady. I enjoyed it.
❤️ makes me homesick. Born in & grew up in Rotterdam
Me too but only from July - Oct 😎
Great video. Someday everyone will be able to say Schenectady thanks to you.
And SPELL it!! :-)
started this video to make sure I got the pronunciation of Schenectady right. But the beginning was so interesting I just continued watching. Great, informative video. I‘m glad, I stumbled upon this. 👍
Schenectady school children loved the naughty way to learn to say it--"skin (pinch your cheek), neck (circle your neck), tittie (grab your busom)."
pov: your from schenectady
Love that
I am!!
xD
Hiii
@@deziiluv allo
This is actually really cool!! This is my hometown. Its nice to learn more about its history!!
So glad you think so!!
Thank you! Great background details
Glad it was helpful!
I lived nearly 60 years in Schenectady, Thought I would miss it when I moved to Saratoga area. Nope, Can't say I miss it.
Fantastic video
Loved hearing about Schenectady ! Hope you'll be doing one on Watertown in upstate NY. Lots of history there as well !
You're the second person to say that. I'm envisioning a sort of Lake Ontario/thousands islands video. Gotta get up there to do it.
@@TheDCShow0 Its worth it ! I use to live in Watertown years ago.Sacketts Harbor is nice ...and yep, the Thousands Islands. But , word of advice , LOL, don't go now . You'll freeze your tail off !
Great video. You are criminally under-subscribed.
Loved this!
Thank you!! That means a lot to me!
The place beyond the pines? I love this place, I really do.
I m from Thessaloniki Greece, a city with over 3000 years of history.
The town across the river, Scotia, has a mural in its post office depicting the massacre. The founder of scotia was visited by the French and Algonquin after the attack, bringing hostages from Schenectady along. He was allowed to pick out his family members from the hostages (he claimed as many people as he could before arousing suspicion). The rest of the hostages were marched north to canada.
That's an awesome story, didnt' know about the mural! I did read about this in my research but I didn't include it because some of it seemed more like a legend to me than verifiable fact (though sometimes legends are important in their own right).
@@TheDCShow0 I grew up there, so that part of scotia/Schenectady history was taught to us in elementary school. The stockade district still has houses from around that time
I've been looking for this info everywhere! Thanks for making this video! Schenectady is 100% haunted after all of that 🤣
Wow really killed us in the end there damn beautiful presentation otherwise thanku for your Ostentatious outlook on the place beyond the pines
Just moved here, a year now.. I like Schenectady.
This was an excellent production. There were several times when I thought to myself, so that's why that's the name of the street
Hometown. Thanks for sharing. A very nice job~ Makes me homesick - have not lived home in over 20 years AND it makes me really flipping mad about how GE forgot how being loyal to Schenectady might have been a decent thing to do. The city was loyal to them.
That was a well done video!
Thank you!
This city and Yipsalanti Michigan are my two favorite city names
lol @3:06, narrator says Union College was founded 1785, but on screen, the flag says founded 1795. But great overview of Schenectady's history. Its a shame you guys didn't record footage during the summer when the city looks a lot nicer haha.
Oh yeah that’s bc it was named something else for 10 years I believe. a predecessor institution was founded in 1785. And yea what can you do the snow makes everything look terrible
@@TheDCShow0 ahhhh that explains it thanks!
I lived across the river in Scotia but i was born in Schenectady. Remember the Mohawk mall arcade? They don't make um like that anymore.
Lol great video.
My special friend lives there and I love coming there my Mohawk ancestors were there to
Very cool that you have Mohawk ancestors!
I have lived in this city my whole life. As much as I love knowing where I come from, it is not the same place from even my childhood. I do hope that it comes back to having some of its greatness from its earlier times.
I hope so too. What's changed?
@@TheDCShow0 you know....
It's dangerous lol
A lot. Crime is still rising, houses are becoming more vacant, people just not caring in general.
@@dqueenfrostine That makes sense, the same thing has definitely happened in Albany sadly.
born in Schenectady in 1965. Left in 1978. It was once a very advanced society. Far beyond anything I have experienced in California where I have lived since 1989.
PLZ DO OLD PICS THEN AND NOW OF SCHENECTADY MONT PLEASANT AREA. PLEASEEE
Used to deliver big indian spring water there in the late 80s you didn't mention the stockade area .
Yea I wish I had mentioned that, but at least I showed some footage from there.
That is some good droning
And yes my Mohawk Indian blood comes from Schenectady
I’m from Brooklyn living in Schenectady wanna go back to Brooklyn tho lol
Haha I don’t blame you honestly
Ryan then you should go back to Brooklyn what are you doing here then
@@vanessasingh2472 lmao I want to but my broke ass wouldn’t be able to afford it 😩😩😩😂
It's a cute little town with a New England feel but the first thing that must be done is to build back like it was before but better upon all those parking lots!
So glad I left in the 1980s. Rowing on the Mohawk was fun though.
Very intriguing facts. Quite amazing how it was originally already integrated with a diverse population.
You should do Saratoga/Greenfield region
I definitely hope to someday!
A FINE JOB !!!👌🤗🧓
Thank you so much! Such a positive comment!
Uh GE is still in Schenectady I know because I lived there until June
Guys I live in NY and very close to Schenectady I’ll sum it up for you ITS HELL if you go you’ll probably get shot.
It's not that bad lol
Nice
My family ancestors were part of the Dutch West India Trading Co in the mid 1600s. Sadly the UpState part of New York State has fallen on hard times and I see no hope of it ever recovering to be the Empire State again. I have been fortunate to escape and live in a much healthier area.
Yeah ok
What area do you live that is healthier?
@@emiliog5930 Northern Virginia
Do ulster county next, please.
I'm thinking about doing an Ulster Sullivan type thing.
Holy smokes did you put alot of effort into this. My biological DNA donaters both went to Union college in the 70s. I have had several friends that ended up in Schenectady and despite normal probability they all died from drug related illness or drug overdoses. I'm not sure why everyone I know who moved to schenectady lost their life but it is true and it did happen.
That’s really too bad, I’m very sorry to hear that. I’m really glad that you liked the video.
big man Leo
YES leo is killing it
I lived on Mohawk Manor as a child..Some sort of military housing..Was hoping this was in the video
Taxes are high, rundown houses, GE is the only big company here that layoff workers from time to time. People get used to federal aid. Will choose to work part time so they can still get aid.
Y'all better watch out! Its a showdown in Schenectady!😂🎉❤
i live in schenectady and ist the best
If you meant "it's the best" then I love this comment!
Was the low point on my drive to Vermont
It’s actually in the capital district
Yea it is you're right, but I like the Mohawk Valley connection.
@@TheDCShow0 it has no connection wit Mohawk other than the it being a little bit close
Tbh no capital district buses run in Mohawk valley I found that out about a hood tear after moving here from Harlem
And the river
❤️
NY must have been beautiful before people.
There should be a “Schenectady” counter on the screen for how many times it was said in the video. 😀
First time I heard of this city was on WILL & GRACE
Will you do NYC?
Yes, in fact my next video will be about a neighborhood in NYC. I can't do one about all of NYC yet, that's too big a topic lol.
@@TheDCShow0 Look over your shoulder thanks to Comrade DiBlasio
@@ras124 What do you mean? You feel unsafe in NYC??
@@TheDCShow0 Do you see whats going on in the city now? Gun violence, stabbings, people getting pushed on to subway tracks
Life long resident and it's like any other small city. Lots of history transpired here.
Thats for sure.
This is where the 18th horse in Belmont was from.
Take a drink every time he says Schenectady 🥴
You'd be sloshed in 5 minutes!
Peter stuyvesant at 1:13
Yeah sadly there are no good pics of Arendt van curler, I was hoping no one would notice
My favorite part about Schenectady are the dirty needles everywhere.
Same
Stop being negative it has so much more to offer.
@@Anime_kitten I grew up here, lived here on and off between college and grad school, and am back living here now. I can count the decent places in city on one hand. 1)Malcolms restaurant 2) Central Park 3) Proctors 4) an Amtrak and Grey hound station to leave 5) ugh.... Hmmmm.... Cheap rent? If you have any hidden gems please let me know! Especially since they built the casino it is pretty awful in the Stockade district. And the virus has closed so many iconic places for good.
@@Anime_kitten so please Brit, if you have any suggestions, I'm happy to hear them😊
Campbell Ave, Bellevue Schenect!
I used to live around there!
Helll yeah, actually it only sounds slightly familiar lol
I miss it. But we could not find an apt.
You didn't look hard enough
Shenectady new york?
Schenectady is pretty run down wish the city would do more to improve the place a little more.
It's doing better than Troy, and other cities in the capital district of NY.
When I first came to Schenectady look like a real shithole, it still looks like one now but there has been some improvements.
A lot of people that moved to Schenectady, most of them come from New York City, some come from Albany. They ruined it with gangs, drugs, violence, property damage, fires, trash on the ground.
NO ! SOME PARTS ARE RUN DOWN LIKE EVERY OTHER STATE, CITY BUT SOME AREAS ARE BEAUTIFUL, CLEAN AND HAVE PRETTY HOUSES LIKE WHERE I LIVE
Ghetto thugs took over
Basterebbe guardare il film (movie) di Derek Cianfrance "The Place Beyond the Pines" ... lol
@7:03 Calling a parking lot that sees substantial use in a downtown area "vacant lots" seems kind of disingenuous... The area was setup to be more walkable, but with addition of autos, residents need somewhere to park them when we are out and about!
All of that could be consolidated into a parking garage that takes up a quarter of the space in a moments notice. Some criticisms of this video hold some weight but this one does not.
And say what you want about substantial use, all those images were taken between 3 and 4pm on a weekday
Schenectady is my hometown. Possibly the most historic small city in the United States.
I don’t think the Northeast will thrive again until man finds a way to effect large, climate controlled zones in these climate zones. Life is much easier and enjoyable on the West Coast. For example, imagine Schenectady and suburb area that has an artificial year round summer climate.
Most pressing issue is the lack of modern home construction. Most dwellings in Schenectady need to be torn down. Keep a few for historical reasons. Also change the education system to train young people in architecture and home construction, etc.
Hahahaha yes, the miserable climate in the winter is difficult to deal with. I will point out that there are plenty fo examples of cold cities that are doing much better economically than the Capital Region. Minneapolis is one of my favorite example.
"Everything in its place"= a dutch idea!
Do watertown ny
I could see that happening, or maybe Lake Ontario/st Lawrence seaway
How about Green Island New York
Lol I live in Schenectady, NY
That's such an interesting coincidence.
Ikr
Oh the Dutch was here. Some area like mine - Florence ave, Rotterdam is nice, some not nice,
Yeah Rotterdam is kind of hit or miss for me.