demolition

The Starlite Music Theater opened in 1957 and was a popular venue located in Latham. There were many acts that passed through the Starlite until 1997. It was a 3,000 seat theater in the round. In the 1980s I saw Belinda Carlisle of the Go Gos at the Starlite Music Theater. Kenny Rogers, The Monkees, Weird Al Yankovic, Jonny Cash, Run DMC, Diana Ross, and more graced the stage. The Starlite closed its doors in 1998 and laid dormant for years. Then in December of 2012, the Starlite was demolished. Here are pictures of the venue in the summer of 2012 before it was leveled.

There has been a plan for Wilton Mall for quite some time. The first part of the plan is to level Bon Ton and start building luxury apartments. However, there has been some lasting resistance from a few.

If you drive along Route 9 in the Latham/Cohoes area chances are you have driven by this eyesore. It was an operating motel for quite some time, became apartments, and then it declined. Eventually, it was condemned. Now construction crews are tearing it down.

There are two restaurants that are eyesores in a very busy section of Schenectady. In an effort to revitalize the city, these two buildings will be demolished soon.

Tobin's First Prize operated from 1924 until 1981 in the Colonie building as a meat packing plant. They also manufactured fertilizers, glue, and animal hides, and it became a meat packing operation according to Spotlight News. There were offices, a boiler room, freezers, coolers, a machine shop, two incinerators, a hog pen, and a laboratory. There was a scare recently where demolition had to be halted to deal with a possible ammonia leak. Now all that stands is the 200-foot smokestack. There is no word of when that will be coming down.

There are plans to demolish the buildings this summer, this could be our last look at what was left behind.

Over the last 20 years they have purchased all the homes they need to...except one.

Rescheduling the explosion on the Hudson for a week day may cause some massive delays for commuters this week.Rescheduling the explosion on the Hudson for a week day may cause some massive delays for commuters this week.

A prominent building in downtown Albany that has been in decay for many years is set to be demolished.

An aggressive campaign to rid Troy of many dilapidated buildings has begun in the city.

An honorable mention for a Darwin Award goes to this guy!

To make an omelet you need to crack a few eggs. In this case the eggs are buildings and we’re not cracking them, we are tearing their ass to the ground! Boom!