Lark Street - 2 blocks away Other Albany skyscrapers include:

As King Street lots were sold in 1778 and residences began to line the route up to Lark Street by the 1790s.

Lark Street (www.larkstreet.org), north and uphill of downtown, has several restaurants and bars popular with university students when school is in session.

Lark Street, like all the bird streets from De Witt's plan runs north-south.

It then turns north along Lark Street, for two blocks, turning west again at Dana Avenue.

"The trolley came back to Lark Street in Albany," recalled Kennedy, "on a block where it had never run."

Lark Street has since become regionally noted for its arts community.

The main entrance is on Lancaster to avoid the busier Lark Street.

Lark Street is a critical public transportation route.