NEB&W Guide to Troy, NY - Broadway Between Fifth to SeventhLast Update: 2009-07-02
Troy Table of Contents
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- Aerial view.
- [Photo courtesy RCHS.]
- Looking north from Broadway.
- [Street level view. Photo by Gerrit Bruins.
- [Prototype view from Tower No. 1 by Jim Shaughnessy.]
- Gerrit Bruins captured NYC passenger cars crossing Broadway c. 1950.
- [Looking down Broadway.]
- [Looking up Broadway.]
- [Looking up Broadway. (This is a slightly later shot that the previous one, as Cunningham garage has been repainted in the orange and black scheme, and in the process, painting out the Cunningham name.]
- Prototype view from near the Approach on Broadway.
- [Prototype view by Jim Shaughnessy c. 1955.]
- A c. 1900 postcard view from the Approach shows the original
RPI gym (later the RPI Players playhouse) on the left, with
the large brick collar factory later the home of Hudson Valley
Community College. The large gray building with tower on the
right of the street in the distance was the original Post Office.
- [Postcard c. 1900.]
- [Prototype view c. 1960's. Unknown photographer.]
- My, how things have changed. Looking down the Approach today.
- High-level view, looking up the hill
with the depot in the lower left and RPI up on the hill.
West Hall is on the left. The building with the
spires was St. Joseph's Seminary. RPI took
it over c. 1960, when it became their
University Building. Our model railroad layout
was in the former bakery in the basement from 1962 until 1968, when the building was
torn down. About a decade later, the spot became the site of the RPI library.
- [C. 1910 view.]
- [Postcard view. (Hand-coloring produces false information. The roofs of RPI buildings on the hill are copper green, not red.)]
- [Another postcard.]
Troy Laundry Co.
- Across from the Y was the Troy Laundry Co. The building was
built c. 1909 by James Beattle, 607 Broadway. It was 25 feet
wide by 86 feet deep.
- [Photo c. 1909.]
- [Rear of the RR YMCA c. 1917 with Troy Laundry across the street. Valuation photo.]
- [Photocopy of a photo c. 1940's looking up the street, courtesy RCHS.]
- [Photo c. 1960's looking down the street, courtesy RCHS. (By this time, it was Nu-Way Laundrite.)]
- This Jack Waite photo, c. 1960, shows the
D&H ore train returning from South Troy through
the site of the depot. The Railroad Y is on the left, with
Cunningham's Garage freshly painted in orange
and black. Troy Laundry is
just to the left of the garage.)
- Looking up the recently restored Approach today.
- [Today.]
Lincoln Hotel
- The Lincoln Hotel was on the west side of the tracks at Broadway.
- [Close-up of a Jim Shaughnessy photo c. mid-'50's.]
- [Photo c. 1962, courtesy RCHS.]
- [Demolition c. 1962. Photo by Jack Waite.]
Revere House
- Next to the Lincoln Hotel on the west side was
the Revere House.
- [Photo c. 1895.]
Gainor's Bar
- Gainor's Bar was in a converted row house across from the Revere House. (It
was the source of a popular song of the 1940's ("I want to go back
to the little shack down by the railroad track" where "an aging queen
sits drinking Gainor's beer" or words to that effect.)
- [Photo c. WWII. Gainor's is on the right, with the Revere House and the Lincoln Hotel in the background. Photo courtesy RCHS.]
- [Matchbook cover.]
- [Back cover.]
- [Inside.]
Troy Record
- The Troy Record was on the east corner of Fifth and Broadway.
Fifth and Broadway
- Across Fifth Avenue was a store which still stands today (2004).
(Note the "Waterford gable".)
- [Photo of the Fifth Avenue side, c. 1972 by Tony Steele.]
- The intersection of Fifth and Broadway.
- [Aerial photo courtesy RCHS.]
- [Photo c. 1930 courtesy RCHS. Note the building shown above was not a store back then.]
- [Photo further back c. 1930 courtesy RCHS.]
- [Photo of the two nearest buildings, rebuilt as stores. Photo c. 1973.]
