{"id":19611,"date":"2014-09-05T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T16:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/?p=19611"},"modified":"2019-06-25T13:41:36","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T20:41:36","slug":"spotted-on-the-roadside-a-colossal-clog-in-albany-ny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/index.php\/spotted-on-the-roadside-a-colossal-clog-in-albany-ny\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotted on the Roadside: A Colossal Clog in Albany, NY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/colossal-clog-albany-ny.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19621\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/colossal-clog-albany-ny-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"687\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/colossal-clog-albany-ny-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/colossal-clog-albany-ny-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/colossal-clog-albany-ny-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/colossal-clog-albany-ny-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/colossal-clog-albany-ny-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/colossal-clog-albany-ny-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/colossal-clog-albany-ny.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/giant-clog-albany.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19631\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/giant-clog-albany-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"687\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/giant-clog-albany-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/giant-clog-albany-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/giant-clog-albany-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/giant-clog-albany-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/giant-clog-albany-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/giant-clog-albany-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/giant-clog-albany.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Albany is proud of their Dutch heritage, and in 2012, installed ten huge clogs (six at a whopping seven feet long, four at three feet long) throughout the city as part of the &#8220;Stand in the Soles of Albany&#8221; program. This clog, however, might have gone rogue, as all of the clog installations were supposed to be removed in May 2013, and this bears out as I didn&#8217;t see any other clogs on my wanderings through the city, and I definitely visited some of the other\u00a0 installation locations.\u00a0 If they need ideas for future clog uses, I&#8217;d like to see them hollowed out and turned into clog cars for a clog parade where they could clog along, clogging traffic. Clog.<\/p>\n<p>Spotted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/@42.651436,-73.753377,3a,75y,295.13h,76.11t\/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1svcQc5gglQUjdPvAd9v7sPA!2e0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on Lodge St in Albany, NY<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albany is proud of their Dutch heritage, and in 2012, installed ten huge clogs (six at a whopping seven feet long, four at three feet long) throughout the city as part of the &#8220;Stand in the Soles of Albany&#8221; program. 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