Above is an interactive photo of the Hudson Valley Community College. The view on the left is from the late 2010s, while the view on the right is as it looked in mid-1990s. By clicking on the layers button in the upper right hand corner, you can load contemporary images or scroll to anywhere else in the state. Uses the WMS-feed from NYS GIS.
It seems very wasteful of urban downtown space in Troy that the CDTA Troy Bus Depot is located at the base of the Hoosick Street Interstate 787 Bridge, but it was a neighborhood that was demolished decades earlier under one of many failed urban renewal projects in the city.
A look at urban renewal in Troy.
This is an index of all the 1:24k or 1:24,000 scale topographic maps for New York State. You can use this index to download high-resolution maps, both the traditional DRG topographics and the latest all-digital version based on the National Map project.
Download Topographic Maps (Newest National Map - PDF or GeoTIFF)
Download Historical Topographic Maps (PDF - Traditional DRG Raster/"Hand Drawn" Maps, going back to 1880s to Present)
Download Historical Topographic Maps (GeoTIFF - Traditional DRG Raster/"Hand Drawn" Maps, going back to 1880s to Present)