Here is kind of a classic example of wetlands being developed in this comparison between the 1996 and 2021 aerial imagery of the Brunswick Walmart.

LEFT 1952, RIGHT 2020

Originally, the New York 2 bridge went from Congress Street in Troy to 19th Street in Waterviliet.

In 1978, the Collar City Bridge was one of the last big Urban Removal projects in Capital Region, ramming it's way through downtown Troy, leaving it's noisy and smelly mark on an area just north of the downtown.