A look at the 1921 Albany quad and 1929 Coxsackie Quad from before the Alcove Reservoir was built. 

Do you remember the old NY 32 - NY 143 triangle that used to exist until the road re-alignment back in the early 1990s?

A simpler time in this rural village on the Hudson River some ten miles south of Albany. 1929 Coxsackie Topographic. https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/HistoricalTopo/GeoTIFF/NY/NY_Coxsackie_140572_1929_62500_geo.tif