Lost Landmarks of Upstate NY

LOST LANDMARKS OF UPSTATE NEW YORK

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.	LOST "TRIAL BY FIRE" AT THE RENSSELAER IRON WORKS IN TROY August 3, 2008	Check Into Albany's Wellington Hotel Go "Backstairs at the Wellington" NEW PAGE: July 18, 2008
LOST The Blaze at Maze's in Fonda June 17, 2008	LOST Sunday at Healey's in Perth With Epilogue Courtesy of Jerry Snyder February 18, 2008	LOST Drugstore Wars in Troy Courtesy of Howard Ohlhous and Jim de Seve March 31, 2008
LOST Postcards from "The Cornelia" in Amsterdam With thanks to Jerry Snyder January 14, 2007	Ghost Sign Gallery "Uneeda Biscuit" UPDATED: March 4, 2008	LOST North Lake and Hoosick in Troy Courtesy of Howard Ohlhous March 31, 2008
. . Rolling Down River 100 Years in Downtown Troy June 12, 2006	LOST Checkout Time in Lake George Village July 21, 2006	LOST The Fall of the Chalmers Mills in Amsterdam February 16, 2007
The Hurricana Stock Farm On the Backstretch Racing at Sanford's in Amsterdam Courtesy of Jerry Snyder	Business Blocks in Schenectady September 21, 2006 Courtesy of Howard Ohlhous	LOST Save the Riverside Club and Freihofer Bakery in Troy! 2007
LOST Last Call at Thomas' in Troy April 10, 2005	LOST Old Saint Cecilia's Church in Fonda 2003	LOST The Silliman Memorial Church in Cohoes Courtesy of Daniele Cherniak
"It's The Same Way Up At Fonda" 2003	LOST When "Coal Was King" in Gloversville Courtesy of Gino DiCarlo 2005	Kelloggs & Miller Linseed Oil Mills in Amsterdam Courtesy of Jerry Snyder 2004
LOST The Lehman House in Northville 2003	"Atlantis of the Adirondacks" at Sacandaga Park 2005	Old Homesteads UPDATED: July 16, 2004
"15 Miles on the Erie Canal"	WRITE TO US ! If you have a picture or story about a defunct or threatened building, we'll post it! All messages will be answered. psefton@comcast.net	LINKS For a heart-rending look two states east in Manchester, NH, click here. Click here to subscribe to the Capital District Preservation Task Force Discussion Group Click here to visit the Preservation League of New York State. Click here to see our Washington, DC buildings site.