Seeing all these videos of Poughkeepsie, makes me so homesick. Thinking about the great times I had when I was a kid, I really would like to see pictures of the old Big Ben dept store, used to love going there😢
@@bryflyguytry my sister still lives in down town Poughkeepsie, near the old train bridge. I remember coming home from Overlook elementary one day. The bus was on Degmaro road near the old Purple Parlor car wash and we could see the smoke from the Poughkeepsie train bridge fire. I remember seeing trains on the bridge back in the 60s going to Highland to visit family
Wow, what a blast from the past! Love seeing these videos from Poughkeepsie! I remember going to Caldor's every week with my grandparents and then stopping at Burger King on the corner for lunch afterwards. Also, grocery shopping at the old ShopRite by Kmart!
My mom would go to Caladors the the Old Dutch Mill, then we would all stop at Burger King, I remember before Burger king, it was an old transmission shop that was empty
Losing a major, major job producer like IBM and smaller but mighty ones like DeLaval came at the same time the mall vultures began to surround Poughkeepsie. Where it once held the biggest department store between NYC and Albany, Luckey and Platt, that came to an end. Major second-line stores like Von Der Linden's, a remnant from the days of the Poughkeepsie Regatta went away. The best-known downtown hotel (again between NYC and Albany) The Nelson House had gone. It was only a matter of time before Downtown Poughkeepsie became the sleepy,emptied husk it now is 40 years after this film.
Loved going to Davies hardware. I remember going to Big Ben dept store , they closed down in the 70s,and I went to Arlington jr high which originally was the high school
Went to the old jr high, used to be the high school , i remember going to library and seeing the nuclear fall out shelters down stairs , my sister told me its now an elementary school
1982 - 2019...McDonald's still in the same place, Red Cap Cleaners...same place. Can't believe that KFC is still there, even though someone found a rat in the fryer Ha!
Seeing all these videos of Poughkeepsie, makes me so homesick. Thinking about the great times I had when I was a kid, I really would like to see pictures of the old Big Ben dept store, used to love going there😢
I remember Big Ben, we grabbed some bricks for doorstep when they tore it down.
@@bryflyguytry my sister still lives in down town Poughkeepsie, near the old train bridge. I remember coming home from Overlook elementary one day. The bus was on Degmaro road near the old Purple Parlor car wash and we could see the smoke from the Poughkeepsie train bridge fire. I remember seeing trains on the bridge back in the 60s going to Highland to visit family
Wow, what a blast from the past! Love seeing these videos from Poughkeepsie! I remember going to Caldor's every week with my grandparents and then stopping at Burger King on the corner for lunch afterwards. Also, grocery shopping at the old ShopRite by Kmart!
My mom would go to Caladors the the Old Dutch Mill, then we would all stop at Burger King, I remember before Burger king, it was an old transmission shop that was empty
It was a roy rogers
@@dorrellk7471 roy rogers was where carrols was burger king was on the road that you turned on to get to Caladors
10 months before I was born. I love looking at stuff like this! 👍🏻🇺🇲
Losing a major, major job producer like IBM and smaller but mighty ones like DeLaval came at the same time the mall vultures began to surround Poughkeepsie. Where it once held the biggest department store between NYC and Albany, Luckey and Platt, that came to an end. Major second-line stores like Von Der Linden's, a remnant from the days of the Poughkeepsie Regatta went away. The best-known downtown hotel (again between NYC and Albany) The Nelson House had gone. It was only a matter of time before Downtown Poughkeepsie became the sleepy,emptied husk it now is 40 years after this film.
This is awesome! Thanks for sharing this!
Well I can now say I’ve seen that thank you
I was born here in 83’ sadly I moved to the west coast when I was only 5 but I have such wonderful memories with my grandfather. 🥺
Funny, I left in 83' after living there since age five.
wow Davies Hardware, my friend Matt from the 7th grade owns the place.... how time goes by.
Loved going to Davies hardware. I remember going to Big Ben dept store , they closed down in the 70s,and I went to Arlington jr high which originally was the high school
Davies is still there and still looks the same. Awesome hardware store!
Same year I moved there. I lived on Academy Street. Cool vid.
Look how small those trees were .. I wasn’t even conceived or born yet .. wow
Before Caladors that whole area was originally the city dump, also where they dumped the snow from plowing , late 60s to early 70s
These blocks are nearly identical today
I distinctly remember the B.O.C. (Blue Oyster Cult) symbol someone spray painted under 44 as you approach the junior high school. Memories.
Went to the old jr high, used to be the high school , i remember going to library and seeing the nuclear fall out shelters down stairs , my sister told me its now an elementary school
1982 - 2019...McDonald's still in the same place, Red Cap Cleaners...same place. Can't believe that KFC is still there, even though someone found a rat in the fryer Ha!
My barber shop was across a small side street from KFC, and I remember going to Howard johnson restaurant, I wish I could relive those days
McDonald's and KFC are still in the same place, but got remodeled
There was a sunoco there holy fuck
Pretty funny. It's still there.
Was trying to catch a glimpse of Jo-Ka-Jos.
Wow
I walk to work every day on main street glass to see it looked as bad then as it does today
How did you get this footage?
My video camera and vcr deck.
@@brickyardhillstudios 🤗
Oh wow, 1st up is Ginos. TBH everything else looks almost exactly the same
All the people who should have invested in Microsoft🥺
Can we stop and have a cigarette in McDonalds real quick?