It Can Be Done . . . Twice

In August, Gossips linked to an article in the Albany Business Review reporting that the Albany Planning Board had denied Stewart's Shops permission to build a gas station and convenience store at the corner of Washington and Colvin avenues. The proposed project involved the demolition of a former Key Bank building and two two-family houses.

Photo: Times Union

Stewart's revised its proposal, "in hopes of mollifying neighbors and Planning Board officials," and presented it to the Planning Board a second time. The Times Union reported yesterday that once again the Planning Board unanimously denied approval for the project: "Albany Planning Board rejects proposed Stewarts."

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