NORTH PEARL STREET, part of the Downtown Albany National Register Historic District, was once the major retail street of both the city and the region. With the decline of central cities nationwide, the street hit upon hard times in the 1960s and ’70s. A revival of sorts is going on today, although current retail sales are aimed at the large population of weekday office workers. What remains from the 1920s and Depression Era are:
Society for Commercial Archeology
Advocates for America’s Roadside Heritage
