![]() ![]() Troy is also home to the world renowned "Troy Music Hall", formerly "Troy Savings Bank Music Hall" dating from the 1870s, which is said to have superb acoustics in a combination of restored and well preserved performance space. Several churches boast a concentrated collection of stained glass windows by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Troy, therefore, is noted for a wealth of Victorian architecture downtown and elaborate private homes in various neighborhoods. Due to the confluence of major waterways and a geography that supported water power, the American industrial revolution took hold in this area making Troy reputedly the fourth wealthiest city in America around the turn of the 19th/20th century. Today, Troy is home to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the oldest private engineering and technical university in the USA founded in 1824. Troja est, which means "Ilium was, Troy is". At the 2010 census, the population of Troy was 50,129. The city is one of the three major centers for the Albany Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which has a population of 1,170,483. ![]() Troy has close ties to the nearby cities of Albany and Schenectady, forming a region popularly called the Capital District. The city is located on the western edge of Rensselaer County and on the eastern bank of the Hudson River. ![]() state of New York and the seat of Rensselaer County. ![]() Location of New York in the United States ![]()
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