Woodlawn Preserve
The Woodlawn Preserve is a patch of the Albany Pine Bush in the Woodlawn neighborhood of the city of Schenectady, New York. It is the only remaining example of this rare ecosystem in that area, a combination of swamp, wetlands, water bodies, and dune vegetation, and one of the most biologically diverse parcels in Schenectady County.Places of Interest
Highlights include Brown School and Crosstown Plaza.
Brown School
School
Photo: Bsms2007, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brown School is a private school for students in nursery through twelfth grade in Schenectady, New York, United States.
Crosstown Plaza
Commercial area
Crosstown Plaza is a large strip mall in Schenectady, New York along Watt Street and NY State Route 7 near the I-890 entrance. As of January 1991, the strip mall consisted of 183,500 square feet. By August 1995, it was 193,500 square feet.
George Westinghouse Jones House
House
George Westinghouse Jones House, also known by the Welsh name of Caermarthen, is a historic home located in the Town of Niskayuna in Schenectady County, New York.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Schenectady and Downtown Schenectady.
Schenectady
Photo: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Schenectady, once called the city that lights and hauls the world, is in the Hudson Valley region of New York. Approximately 20 minutes from New York's capital of Albany, Schenectady is best known as the birthplace of General Electric and for Proctor's Theater.
Downtown Schenectady
Neighborhood
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Downtown Schenectady is the central business district for the city of Schenectady, New York. It originated in the 1820s with the moving of the commercial and industrial interests east from the original 17th and 18th century settlement, spurred on by the development of the Erie Canal.
Lisha Kill
Hamlet
Lisha Kill is a hamlet in the town of Colonie, Albany County, New York, United States. Lisha Kill lies on New York Route 5 in the western section of the town.
Woodlawn Preserve
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: protected ecosystem in Schenectady, New York
- Categories: protected area and recreation area
- Location: City of Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.7671° or 42° 46′ 2″ northLongitude
-73.9047° or 73° 54′ 17″ westOpen location code
87J8Q38W+V4OpenStreetMap ID
way 303261376OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q8033031
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