Then vs Now: Albany’s Riverside Park 🌊 Back in the day, Albany’s waterfront wasn’t something you drove past. It was somewhere you went. Riverside Park stretched along the Hudson as a lively public space with promenades, playgrounds, and front row views of river traffic. This was an era when the Hudson was still central to daily life, commerce, and leisure, and the park functioned as a true civic gathering place, not a backdrop. That version of Riverside Park didn’t disappear overnight. It was s