A follow up on Albany; as years ago we were asked to come up and  have a walk
through prior to bid documents or even drawings;
 It was around 91 or 92 but I remember the brownstone work was some of the
most superior you will ever see in this country; or the world ...except..
..( and here's the historical clue )..Scotland....
.There is only one other building; built a few years before that dwarfs Albany
in craftsmen ship (but not in scale) that is Glasgow City hall.
.it is my understanding ..that it was those workers who came over to work on
the State Capital of New York..
.I do not know but that was the rumor in Scotland when I lived and worked
there..ask Ian Cramb (author Art of the Stonemason) he might know.I do know
the children of some of the workers and meybe even the Gov. were used as
models in some of the sculpture...regards Michael