Duncan Crary Communications

Tales of new trails for bike riders
Added cycling paths on drawing board, assuming there's money to build them
By Alan Wechsler
Times Union
June 21, 2009

In the meantime, Crary brings up another issue: making the Troy-Menands Bridge accessible to cyclists and pedestrians. The bridge has sidewalks, but they lead to nowhere. On the west side, the road turns into a limited- access highway. But a bootleg path and a broken fence shows that pedestrians are already using the bridge. So why not create a bike-friendly bridge and connect South Troy to the bike path, Crary wonders.

"We build all these roads," Crary said. "Why is the bicycle community less important? I think it's a legitimate question."

Dutch Apple Hudson Riverboat Commute to Work
Assorted Media
April 23 - May 15, 2009

On May 13, 2009 Duncan Crary brought back riverboat passenger service to New York's Capital Region. He partnered with Dutch Apple Cruises to bring people to and from work by riverboat on the Hudson River. The Aqua Ducks Trolley even picked up the passengers from the boat and shuttled them to their offices.

The event was covered by Capital 9 News, WTEN Channel 10, WRGB Channel 6, WNYT Channel 13, The Times Union, The Daily Gazette, The Troy Record, The Business Review, WGY 810 AM, PYX 106, WRPI 91.5, 88.3 The Saint, and All Over Albany.

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Commute By Canoe
Call it "Canoeting" if you must
By Jeff Kinney
Canoe & Kayak Magazine
Dec 2008

Gas in Duncan Crary's hometown of Troy, New York, hit $4.63 a gallon last summer. Not that he cares. He paddles his Old Town canoe the six miles from home to his job at a nonprofit organization. The commute on a quet stretch of the Hudson River takes him so close to I-787 that he can see the curious stares of drivers mired in six lanes of gridlock. Suckers.

Crary calls it "canoeting" and admits the term – never mind the activity – may not catch on. But that's not the point. "We have this idea that we have to drive to a national park to enjoy nature, but there are lots of opportunities to go canoeing and kayaking in urban areas he says.

For two, rush hour means rapids: Instead of commuting to work, they take paddles and "canoet" to Albany.
By Danielle Furfaro
Times Union
Sept. 4, 2007

Although the sun is just barely up, Duncan Crary is smiling brightly as he stands outside of his First Street home. Never mind that he's preparing for a three-hour commute to work.

While most Capital Region commuters are rolling over to hit the snooze button, Crary, with the help of his friend and office mate Alison Bates, drags his 17-foot-long green Tripper canoe out of his backyard, straps a two-wheeled carrier onto the bottom of the boat and starts pulling it toward the river.

Programming for pod people
Recording technology lets audiences worldwide tune in to Capital Region events
By Chris Churchill
Times Union
March 3, 2009

Kunstler and Crary are unlikely podcasters. Kunstler, for one, often warns of technology's dubious benefits and our overdependence on its pleasures. And Crary, a 30-year-old former newspaper reporter, doesn't own a television and still uses a rotary phone. He doesn't even own an iPod.

Man's dream is tale of a trail
Crary's hope is to fit Troy for an Emerald Necklace
By Alan Wechsler
Times Union
Sept. 28, 2008

The hike begins inauspiciously -- we enter a nondescript section of woods in South Troy, right next to a Hess gas station. Within two seconds, I've jabbed my eye into a dead twig.

Seward honored with Alaskan boulder
By Scott Christiansen
Anchorage Press (Alaska)
May 26, 2005

Schenectady has a street named Seward Place, but memorial proponent Duncan Crary said Union College itself had no proper memorial for the man. Many students and locals didn't know who the street was named for, Crary said. "The man was actually instrumental in ending slavery, and all we ever hear about is 'Seward's folly' and 'Seward's ice box,'" Crary said.

Artistic Endeavor
Metroland
Ben Sher
June 27, 2002

Salvage magazine, a new publication featuring short stories, poetry, and visual art by artists from all over the Capital Region, will publish its inaugural issue this July. For its debut, 2,000 copies of the magazine will be circulated and distributed, free of charge, at various Capital Region locations.

The magazine is a labor of love produced by editors Marcus Anderson, Warren Craghead, Duncan Crary, Lawrence Hovish, Roger Noyes and Phillip Schwartz. The magazine's first issue is a collaboration between writers, artists and graphic designers who combined their various talents to get it off the ground.

Photography and poetry combined in exhibit
The Daily Gazette
Jan. 12, 2002

An exhibit by Duncan Crary and Cal Crary, titled "Tin Horns," will be open with a reception and reading from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Albany Pump Station, 19 Quackenbush Square.

The exhibit, which will include a presentation of poetry and photography, will run through Friday, Jan. 18. "Tin Horns" is a collaborative effort expressing sentiments of loss, wonder and loneliness in upstate New York. With Duncan's poetry and Cal's photographs, "Tin Horns" will feature large color photographs and printed panels of poetry. Photo editor Christine Bower assisted the Crary's with design contributions.

The Crary's are long-lost cousins who met during their freshman year at Union College. While both Crarys continue to combine their talents by working on magazine articles of historic interest, they also continue to work independently. They have recently published together in Adirondack Life and are scheduled to appear in Hudson Valley Magazine in September.