For years, industrial sites that once fueled the city’s economy have sat idle and deteriorating in and around residential areas. Now, the brownfields are presenting an opportunity for residents to re-invent their neighborhoods.
Paul Pagiotas uses a leaf vacuum to clear the driveway of his Clifton Park home on Friday. "I don't think I'll be taking that cruise I wanted to take. I'm running out of time to do these things," said Pagiotas, a retired GE worker at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory.