Thursday, May 2, 2013

Honoring a Member of Our Audience

 
We'd like to take a moment to honor the memory of a "regular" at our Visiting Writers Series events,
one who once told us in passing that he would put up posters of some of our visitors in his garage.

From the Times Union:

Guilderland

Richard "Dick" Patrick, Albany's first city planner and an intimate of Mayor Erastus Corning 2nd, who brought a quirky sense of humor and spirit of play to his wide-ranging interests, died Saturday at the Hospice Inn at St. Peter's Hospital.

He had undergone three heart bypass surgeries and had a brief battle with cancer. He was 76.

Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Albany-s-first-city-planner-dies-at-76-4481172.php#ixzz2S9o4YTw3