Washington Ave Gets its First Pavement and the IBM Demolition Looks Real 

Some of my earliest memories from the 70's in my childhood are driving from Vestal and passing the IBM buildings to go to church with the family. It's hard to imagine the buildings coming down.

Who drinks at 9:30 in the morning you ask? Well, Endicott IBM'ers used to - that's who! There was a small dive bar called The Rascal across the street from the Avenue Collection building, next to the old Music Workshop, that used to do happy hour for the 3rd shifters at IBM. It was on Fridays from 8am-noon way back in the 80's. It was so weird to be in a dark bar with people smoking (yep, that long ago) and drinking and live music playing. You would walk outside from a dark bar with live music into the blaring sunshine with all of the daytime folks on their way to lunch. The Avenue used to really be a bustling business district back in the day and those Friday morning happy hours were really something!

Growing up there, we never had temps get over the 80s, never saw it in the 90s. Most of the time, it was in the 70s. Not good now.

Speaking of change, i drove home RT 12 yesterday. Just a different day for a Saturday drive. I was surprised of the new bridge and traffic light replacing the steel bridge. Interesting!

The BookVault is awesome. Great video. Thx for the update. IBMer's kid & former IBM co-op. Born in Endicott.

It's a shame seeing ibm come down my Uncle Rick worked there for 27 years it's been there for many decades it's sad to see it go many memories from there and around

Glad to see there some revamping being done although It will be weird to visit with ou the IBM buildings being there

That brick building is the lab building.

You could have more fun with a backhoe than a steam roller.

Have you seen the Boscov's garage?! Wowee!

The roads and sidewalks will look great. Now they need to paint the buildings and get new business on the avenue.

I worked in one of those white buildings in the '60s. I don't remember which one.

thanks guy

Nice video work, Frank!

Having grown up and lived there till 1985 what memories my dad was communication’s manager at IBM worked in one of those buildings coming down those last two going east were upper management building’s they used to do a family day once a year were you could go and tour the facilities there and at the Glendale lab thank you for the memories you would be really good in sales

Great video.

my grandpa used to work for IBM

Thanks for this update video, Frank. Did you say that you are "unemployed"?

It is shocking to see the IBM bldngs in such a state. Nevertheless, a number of bases were touched. Good vid.