St. Anthony's was founded in to serve the Italian community that was moving into the Mansion and Pastures neighborhoods of Albany. Situated 2 blocks from the Cathedral and St. John's on the corner of Grand St. and Madison Ave. It's population was practically demolished with the South Mall construction project and the parish was closed in the 1970's. Currently, it is a local arts center for the neighborhood.
St. John's was the 2nd Catholic church built in the city (after St. Mary's) and is located in the Pastures neighborhood of the South End. Like others, the community here relocated during the construction of the South Mall project. St. John's had a huge parish with both a grammar and a high school. In 1978, it merged with St. Anne's and the building was sold to an architectural firm. It currently sits vacant, boarded up, and for sale.
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