User talk:DariaBlue

From "they"
Thank you for your commentary on my picture of 52–60 Clinton Avenue in Albany. It's always nice to find about these things.

I would have perhaps appreciated it a little more (and maybe not reverted entirely your unsourced and somewhat pointed additions to the historic district article) if you'd found out who took the picture and dropped me a note. Yes, it wasn't a picture that I would consider the best that could be taken, especially since I had to shoot in a direction closer to the sun then I would have liked at that time, but I had a limited amount of time to shoot a picture up there that day and I had to find a section of houses not too far from the theater (at the time I hadn't read the Register app and didn't know how far west the district goes). I could have taken some pictures of the rows on the north side that were getting the more dramatic sunlight at the time, but that row just stood out for its colors and architectural variation. So I shot it instead. And frankly I don't regret that choice. It typified the rowhouses in the neighborhood as far as I could tell, and based on the Register application it seems that wasn't a bad idea (since it points to some notable aspects of those four).

Since then, another user who lives closer to Albany and takes better pictures than I do (mostly) has shot some more pictures of various buildings in the district. I'm sure if someone told him that that row has been renovated since then, he could take a better, newer picture. Or maybe if he can't, you could? Daniel Case (talk) 03:41, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Arbor Hill
I appreciate your interest and help on the Arbor Hill, Albany, New York article however I have to ask you what you disagree with in the sentence you removed regarding the neighborhood being predominately African-American. If you disagree then please show me a reference that it is not. If you object because you find such sentences offensive I ask you to consider that it should be a badge of honor and something to be proud of and not hidden. There is no stigma in being a "black neighborhood".Camelbinky (talk) 23:27, 8 April 2010 (UTC)