ALBANY — Albany’s Nipper building, with its iconic 28-foot-tall RCA dog statue on top, has been tagged with half of an “X” placard by the city amid safety concerns.
The building, located at 991 Broadway in the city’s warehouse district, was once slated to become apartments but has since fallen into legal limbo, and now, apparently, into disrepair.
The building has been marked on its exterior with a placard featuring a single slash across a red background, or half of a letter X, which alerts first responders, such as the police or fire departments, to use “extreme caution” when entering the building. A placard marked with a full X signals that a property is so dangerous that even during a fire, the building should only be entered if someone’s life is in danger…