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- Adirondack Park, New York - Unlucky Guide Monument The Monument is to David Henderson, not a guide, but an entrepreneur who founded an iron smelting operation in the area of the High Peaks. The pistol that Henderson discharged (in September of 1845) had been cocked by his guide, John Cheney. The site of the accident is commemorated in the name of the site, "Calamity Pond." [Ray Welch, 10/15/1998]Unlucky Guide Monument:
Address: Adirondack Park, NY [Show Map]
Directions: Adirondack Park. Calamity Pond. No roads nearby. You'll have to walk. - Albany, New York - Nipper the RCA Dog Looking at the large Nipper the RCA Dog on a warehouse in Albany, New York, you can clearly see a bracket with fasteners on its upper ear, suggesting the ear used to be bolted onto something, such as a Victrola horn. [Jeff Duboff, 10/01/2005][RA: July 2006: Michael Arnoff, president of Arnoof Moving and Storage, writes "I was happy to see that Nipper, on my building, is listed there! Just to clarify some of your reader's comments: the bracket is actually a light fixture. It was formerly a beacon as the building used to be the tallest building in Albany (not so any longer). There was never a Victrola box and horn."
October 2005 - Eric from Albany writes: "There was never anything like a Victrola with the Nipper Dog in Albany. The bracket on the ear held an aircraft warning light and a weather monitor."]Nipper the RCA Dog:
Address: 7 Tivoli St., Albany, NY [Show Map]
Directions: Arnoff Moving and Storage Co. North side of the city, near the river, in the warehouse district. I-787 exits 4A or 4B west to Broadway, then right (north) about ten blocks. Turn left onto Tivoli St.
Phone: 518-371-5555 - Albany, New York - Nipper the RCA Dog The bit about the "Victrola box and horn" having been removed from the building is probably wrong. I have lived in Albany since 1983 and have never seen or heard any evidence that ther ever were there. Looks like from the beginning it's been only the dog on the building. [Eric Stott, 07/13/2004]Nipper the RCA Dog:
Address: 7 Tivoli St., Albany, NY [Show Map]
Directions: Arnoff Moving and Storage Co. North side of the city, near the river, in the warehouse district. I-787 exits 4A or 4B west to Broadway, then right (north) about ten blocks. Turn left onto Tivoli St.
Phone: 518-371-5555 
Albany, New York - Nipper the RCA Dog The old RCA Victor dog Nipper is still atop the former RCA building in Albany, NY. One of only two giant Nippers remaining - the other is, or was, in Baltimore. The Victrola box and horn were taken down from this Albany building many years
ago, but subsequent owners have continued to maintain Nipper.
[Chuck Porter, 01/21/2001][RA: March 2006: David Cranston points out that the building was never owned by RCA, but instead by the "RTA Coproration."]Nipper the RCA Dog:
Address: 7 Tivoli St., Albany, NY [Show Map]
Directions: Arnoff Moving and Storage Co. North side of the city, near the river, in the warehouse district. I-787 exits 4A or 4B west to Broadway, then right (north) about ten blocks. Turn left onto Tivoli St.
Phone: 518-371-5555- Albany, New York - Nipper the RCA Dog There has been a four-ton statue of Nipper, the RCA dog, on top of the (currently) Arnoff Moving and Storage Co, since 1954. It's one of the better
portions of the Albany skyline. [Randy England, 08/18/2000]Nipper the RCA Dog:
Address: 7 Tivoli St., Albany, NY [Show Map]
Directions: Arnoff Moving and Storage Co. North side of the city, near the river, in the warehouse district. I-787 exits 4A or 4B west to Broadway, then right (north) about ten blocks. Turn left onto Tivoli St.
Phone: 518-371-5555
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