Alfred E. Smith Building - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Alfred E. Smith Building - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Alfred E. Smith Building, known officially as the Alfred E. Smith State Office Building and sometimes called simply the Smith Building, is a structure located in downtown Albany, New York across the street from the New York State Capitol and One Commerce Plaza. The building's namesake, Alfred Emmanuel Smith, was a four-term governor of New York and the Democratic Party's nomination for the 1928 presidential election. The Art Deco skyscraper has 34 stories and is Albany's second tallest structure (after the Erastus Corning Tower) at 388 feet (118 m). Completed in 1928, it houses offices of the New York State government. It was built originally with an open-air observation deck on the 31st floor, above the ground; this deck was closed in 1976 when the enclosed Corning Tower Observation Deck on the 42nd floor, up, was opened. An extensive renovation of the building began in 2002. This modernization, which cost at least $103 million, is now finished. Read more on Wikipedia
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