In my Jan. 7, 2003 column — that’s 21 years ago — I featured my Top Ten Endangered List for Troy.

1. Troy Bell Foundry, First and Adams

2. Quackenbush Dept. Store, Third and Broadway

3. Brown Building, 207-215 Broadway

4. Rensselaer Rolling Mills, South Troy

5. Burden Horseshoe Building, South Troy

6. Albany Rolling Mill, South Troy

7. Riverside Club & Freihofer’s, Burgh

8. Proctor’s Theater, 4th Street

9. Woodside Presbyterian Church, South Troy

10. William H. Young Booksellers, 9 First Street.

Today, numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9 and 10 are still standing and many are in use.

The Troy Bell Foundry is I believe a storehouse for an adjacent business. The Quackenbush Department store is now Center of Gravity.

The Brown Building aka “The Clark House” at 207-215 Broadway is food and drink. A famous connection to the Brown Building happened in 1938. It’s been written that the popular songwriter and pianist Frankie Carle penned Sunrise Serenade, the number one hit of the time (million seller), with lyricist Jack Lawrence while working at the hotel. The hotel had a “seedier” reputation then.

Proctor’s is still waiting to be........

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