Someday the puzzle that is Upstate New York will be insoluable because of its missing pieces.
Their days as the high road west left canalside towns with oversized hotels, its career as a manufactory is remembered by red brick factories and the mansions of carpet or celluloid collar or glove moguls.
Click the thumbnail images to see these memorials before they disappear through demolition, fire, or even heavy snow.
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Drugstore Wars in Troy
North Lake and Hoosick
March 31, 2008
Courtesy of Howard Ohlhous and Jim de Seve
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Sunday at Healey's in Perth
With Epilogue
February 18, 2008
Courtesy of Jerry Snyder
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Postcards from "The Cornelia"
in Amsterdam
With thanks to Jerry Snyder
January 14, 2007
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Business Blocks
in Schenectady
September 21, 2006
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"Uneeda Biscuit"
UPDATED: March 4, 2008
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Rolling Down River
100 Years in Downtown Troy
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The Fall of the Chalmers Mills in Amsterdam
February 16, 2007
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Save the Riverside Club and Freihofer Bakery in Troy!
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Last Call at Thomas' in Troy
April 10, 2005
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When "Coal Was King" in Gloversville
Courtesy of Gino DiCarlo
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Checkout Time
in Lake George Village
July 21, 2006
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The Hurricana Stock Farm
On the Backstretch
Racing at Sanford's in Amsterdam
Courtesy of Jerry Snyder
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Check into Albany's Wellington Hotel
August 11, 2005
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Kelloggs & Miller Linseed Oil Mills in Amsterdam
Courtesy of Jerry Snyder
2004
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"It's The Same Way Up At Fonda"
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Old Saint Cecilia's Church in Fonda
2003
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"15 Miles on the Erie Canal"
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The Lehman House in Northville
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"Atlantis of the Adirondacks"
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Old Homesteads
UPDATED: July 16, 2004
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The Silliman Memorial Church in Cohoes
Courtesy of Daniele Cherniak
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All messages will be answered.
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Click here to visit the Preservation League of New York State.
Click here to see our Washington, DC buildings site.
For a heart-rending look two states east in Manchester, NH, click here.
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