Last Update: 2009-11-18
Troy Table of Contents
Layout Photo Gallery Table of Contents
Overview
- Aerial view c. '48, looking north, with Fifth Avenue running up
through the center of the photo.
- [Prototype photo, courtesy Rensselaer County Historical Society.]
- Sanborn map for the section between River and Fifth. (Two
stores on Laundry facing the tracks had been torn
down only a year or two earlier.)
- [Map c. 1951.]
- [Close-up.]
- Prototype views of Tower No. 3 on Fifth Avenue.
- [Color photo by Jack Waite, c. early '60's, looking north.]
- Tower No. 3 looking west.
- [Prototype photo c. 1928.]
- [Another prototype photo c. 1928, taken from the other side of the tower.]
- [Ever so slightly different prototype photo c. 1928, from the south side of the tower.]
Emigh & Straub
- Emigh & Straub was a four-story collar
factory located right alongside the tracks
in Troy at 405 Federal. The top floor was set off from the bottom by
having more numerous but smaller windows.
(On the second and third floor,
note the hallmark Troy "double arches", with
each set comprised of a double-thick
wall.) Note the small shanty huddle against
the building in the background.
- [Close-up photo c. 1928, from our NEB&W D&H Collection.]
- [Model photo, by James Lauser. (Scene unfinished.)]
- This shanty was the crossing
shanty on east side of River Street.
This is real strange,
as I don't know why they had two shanties at this crossing, one
here and one diagonally across, seen above. Note the planking
next to the track, the novelty siding, and that the door is
along the long side. There isn't much room here and the
building is very narrow.
- [Prototype photo c. 1917.]
- Our track is slightly skewed
from the prototype and still very much
under construction.
- [Model view looking east.]
Hempstead Bros. Bakery
- Hempstead Bros. Bakery was on the west side
of Fifth.
- [Photo c. 1928 of the front and track side.]
- [Street side looking north. Photo c. 1960's by Jack Waite.]
- [Front and track side c. 1972 or '73.]
- [Track side, far end, early '70's.]
- [Track side c. 1972. (Two photos combined.) Note Paul Hubbs holding our red and white stick to use as a scaling factor.]
- [Sanborn map c. 1951.]
Bedbug Row, 2001-2019 Fifth
- Between Federal and Grand on the west of
Fifth was a block of identical rowhouses, apparently
owned by one person, 2001-2019 Fifth.
It was known as "bedbug row". (The official
name was "Waverly Place".)
- [Photocopy courtesy RCHS. In the background is the steeple of the Presbyterian Church.]
- [Sanborn map c. 1951.]
Fifth & Sixth
- The Sanborn map for the area between Fifth and 6th.
- [Map.]
2112-2120 Fifth (Including S. Richter, Locksmith)
- On the north side of the tracks across from Tower No. 3 (nos.
2112-2120 Fifth). No. 2112 looked like it was just an annex to
to 2114, but despite being triangular shape, it was a separate
building in its own right. What was strange was that
the front was the narrow section.
Caroline Trzcinski, who used to be the Financial Director of the Student Union, said her family used to live above the locksmith. Her sister was sweet on the one of the operators in Tower 3 - every time her sister wanted to cross the street, the guy would drop the crossing gates for her, stopping all traffic.- [Sanborn map.]
- [Photo c. late '60's by Chuck Porter of 2112 and 2114.]
- [The D&H no. 35, the northbound Laurentian rounding the curve. Photo looking east, by Jim Shaughnessy. Nos. 2112 and 2114 in the background, as they looked when still in use.]
- [Photo c. 1973 of the front of 2114.]
- [Photo c. 1973 of the "front" of 2112.]
- [Photo c. 1973 of the side of 2112.]
- [Above three photos combined.]
- [Photo c. 1973 of the back of 2112.]
- [Backs c. 1955. (Close-up of a Jim Shaughnessy photo shown below.)
- [Photo c. late '60's by Chuck Porter of 2118 and 2120.]
Deratzian's
- Hemmed in by the tracks, Fifth Avenue and Federal was
a free-standing triangular store, Deratzian's, 2100 Fifth.
- [Aerial view.]
- [Sanborn map.]
- [Photo c. 1972. Lines were scribed on the print to help in making a scale plan. Note Paul Hubbs holding our red and white stick.]
- [Rear view c. 1972. (Hempstead Bros. is in the background on the right.)]
Marvin Neitzel
- Marvin Neitzel was on the corner of Fifth
and Federal. (Marvin Neitzel has moved slightly north after
this building was torn down.)
- [Front on Fifth, looking south to Grand. Photo c. 1972.]
- [Side on Federal. Photo c. 1972.]
- [Looking west c. 1950's. Photo courtesy Jim Odell. (By the time of this photo, "bedbug row" had been torn down and replaced by a Gulf station.)]
- [Photo courtesy RCHS.]
- [Prototype photo c. 1917.]
Grand Street (North)
- Grand and Sixth, looking north. The prototype Jim Shaughnessy photo
was taken c. 1955, after removal of one of the two mainlines.
- [Prototype.]
- [Back of Union garage c. 1973.]
- [In progress model photo.]
- The row houses on the north side of Grand Street.
- [Aerial photo c. 1952, courtesy RCHS.]
- [Looking west c. 1972. Photo by Tony Steele.]
- [Looking west c. 2004.]
- [Back of Irma's Groc. c. 1973. (Lines scribed on the print for scaling purposes.)]
- [Photo looking east from Fifth to 6th, by Jack Waite c. 1960.]
- [Fifth Ave side c. 1973 looking from Federal to Grand.]
- [Model photo of the backs.]
NEB&W Guide to Troy, NY - South Leg of the Wye (River Street to Grand & Sixth Avenue)