BY PETE DEMOLA, TIMES UNION

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — What was once a neglected cluster of dilapidated structures at the corner of Craig and Albany Streets is now a strip of sparkling new buildings awaiting tenants.

Development is continuing to ripple across Hamilton Hill with the next phase of an ambitious housing effort on track to be completed this spring as part of a project that has dramatically reshaped the contours of the neighborhood, one of the city’s poorest.

Dubbed Hillside Crossing, developers have constructed 85 units across seven buildings on three sites, with the focal point a mid-rise apartment building at the foot of Hamilton Hill.

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PHOTO: Will Waldron, Times Union