{"id":7695,"date":"2026-05-01T08:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T08:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7695"},"modified":"2026-05-01T08:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T08:50:15","slug":"nipper-a-28-foot-tall-dog-statues-future-in-albany-is-up-in-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7695","title":{"rendered":"Nipper, a 28-foot-tall dog statue&#8217;s future in Albany is up in the air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Albany loves its giant dog statue.<\/p>\n<p>Nipper, a 28-foot-tall white dog with black ears has sat conspicuously atop a warehouse for almost seven decades \u2014 recreating the famous image of a terrier listening attentively to a phonograph that was long used by electronics and communications company RCA.<\/p>\n<p>Over time, the statue has grown into a source of local pride around this city on the Hudson River. Parents point it out to their kids from the highway. Nipper\u2019s image, with his head cocked to one side, appears on items like key chains, ball caps and hoodies.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Albany\u2019s 28-foot Nipper dog statue has stood atop a warehouse for nearly seven decades and become a local landmark. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen I think of Nipper, I think of Albany. When I think of Albany, I think of Nipper,\u201d said Cody Hitt, who was out with friends recently at a bar right by the statue.<\/p>\n<p>Now that pride is tempered with concern for Nipper\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>After years of litigation, the unused four-story warehouse on which Nipper sits was recently marked by a red placard with white slash \u2014 a warning to firefighters and other first responders to use caution when entering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s definitely not a good thing for Nipper. He is attached to that building, so if something happens to it, it\u2019s going to be kind of hard to take him off,\u201d said Cara Macri, director of preservation services for the Historic Albany Foundation.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The history of Nipper<\/h2>\n<p>The flesh-and-blood Nipper lived in late 19th-century England and earned his name after trying to bite people\u2019s ankles. <\/p>\n<p>His owner\u2019s brother, Francis Barraud, immortalized the dog posthumously in the painting \u201cHis Master\u2019s Voice,\u201d which shows Nipper intrigued by the recorded sound coming from a phonograph horn.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The giant white terrier, modeled after RCA\u2019s \u201cHis Master\u2019s Voice\u201d logo, is a local landmark seen from the highway. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Gramophone Company in London purchased a version of the image in 1899 and it was registered soon after for use in the United States. The \u201cHis Master\u2019s Voice\u201d trademark was acquired in 1929 by the company that became RCA.<\/p>\n<p>Albany\u2019s Nipper, with a composite body over a steel frame, was placed by a crane atop the building in the late 1950s to advertise the location of an RCA appliance distributor.<\/p>\n<p>There were many Nipper statues made during his heyday, including a 1958 Nipper statue now at the Maryland Center for History and Culture in Baltimore that\u2019s 14 feet high and paired with a larger-than-life phonograph.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Concerns are growing over Nipper\u2019s future as the unused building he sits on faces years of litigation. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But Albany\u2019s is bigger. <\/p>\n<p>It stands out in a skyline otherwise notable for a modernist state government complex adjacent to the\u00a0state Capitol, which features a 44-story office tower and theater shaped like a giant egg.<\/p>\n<p>The beloved dog appears on socks, caps, stickers and shot glasses for sale downtown at the Fort Orange General Store, where store owner Erica Cubello said the items are bestsellers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is kind of like our unofficial mascot here at Fort Orange, as well as the city of Albany,\u201d said Cubello, who was wearing a Nipper hoodie.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The dog statue in Albany<\/h2>\n<p>Nipper still looks fresh after all these years. But the building below him has sat unused for at least a decade, with paint chipped off the front exterior.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing ever became of plans announced a decade ago to develop apartments and retail space in the newly purchased building. Foreclosure litigation has been going on for years and city tax documents show an attorney acting as a receiver.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>City officials are weighing landmark protections to preserve the warehouse and iconic rooftop dog. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lawyers involved in the litigation didn\u2019t immediately respond to calls for comment.<\/p>\n<p>By 2024, the Historic Albany Foundation put the building on its list of places in peril. In March, the city put the red-and-white caution placard up on the building\u2019s entrance. Times-Union columnist Chris Churchill soon after sounded the alarm in a piece headlined: \u201cNipper has our love, but needs more protection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Albany Mayor Dorcey Applyrs\u2019 office said she is working to add Nipper to the city\u2019s list of historic landmarks, which could help protect the dog and the building from damaging changes. <\/p>\n<p>Separately, a state board last month nominated the warehouse district that includes Nipper\u2019s building for state and national historic registers. <\/p>\n<p>That would make the building eligible for state and federal historic preservation tax credits.<\/p>\n<p>There is no serious talk of moving Nipper from his forever home, which would be logistically challenging and expensive.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, where would the roughly four-ton statue go?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a whole redevelopment downtown. You could put him there. 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