A. I’m in my 20’s yet remember clearly (I grew up in Albany) when Crossgates was built. The Uptown University Campus is only up since the very late ’60’s. Some time before that this area was undeveloped country, with lots of wild pine bush. Cemeteries are placed “outside the city limits” – which is where it was then. There’s a local old-timer, Nathan Rosenstein was his name, who always used to point out – as soon as you leave the hustle and bustle of shopping of all worldly pleasures at Crossgates, there’s a little Hebrew Sign over the road, at the exit (Western Ave) – reminding everyone – there’s more to this world than shopping!
