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| Composite of Eastwood (1991-97) store (no real photo) |
Fay's Drugs were a chain based right in CNY. They never even had a 40th Anniversary. It started in Fairmount in 1958 and grew from there. They bought the founders relatives' rival chain Carls Drugs in 1991. In 1996 JCPenneys Thrift Drug bought Eckerd, then Fays, and as mergers and acquisitions can take up to a year or so to materialise, Fays were no more by the fall of 1997. Here's a list of stores mainly in their home territory and what they are now (it will never be a complete list 'cos it's too much).
Syracuse (Eastwood) - NY 290; originally Loblaws, Peters IGA and Foodland, then Carls, was Fays from 1991-97, Eckerd from 1997-2010, Rite Aid from 2010-19, vacant from 2019-22 and is now Family Dollar (pictured)
Syracuse (Lyncourt) - Shop City; Eckerd moved to part of former Ames after ceiling collapse, old store now Valu Home Center
Cazenovia - US 20; now Walgreens
Syracuse (north side) - Lodi & Butternut Sts; now Dollar Tree
Syracuse (east side) - Nottingham Rd & E Colvin St, Skytop Plaza; originally Drumlins Pharmacy; now Walgreens
Hannibal - NY 3; now Walgreens
deWitt - NY 5, Shoppingtown; now closed and set for demolition pending court approval for District East, may have been CVS/pharmacy prior to '80s (did have Walgreens and Carls before that)
Fayetteville (Wegmans Plaza) - NY 5 & 92 - demolished in 1994 for current Wegmans
Fayetteville (Mall) - NY 5; previously Carls; demolished by late '90s for Towne Center
Fayetteville - N Burdick St; now Walgreens
East Syracuse - originally Church Leader Drug; now Walgreens
Syracuse (south side) - NY 175 & 80; now Dollar Tree
Syracuse (west side) - S Geddes St; later Save-a-Lot, now Wilson Dental
Poughkeepsie - US 9, Poughkeepsie Plaza; TBD (was on the way out when I moved in up the road)
Fairmount - former flagship/original store; now Dollar Tree
Camillus - Camillus Plaza; now Rite Aid
Gloversville - N Main St; now Dollar General
Elmira - TBD
Cohoes - NY 470?, TBD
Albany (Delaware Area) - NY 443 & US 9W; later Save-a-Lot, now vacant
Albany (Uptown) - NY 5, Westgate Shopping Centre; now Rite Aid
Utica - Genesee St; later Rite Aid, now vacant
Pittsford - NY 31; later Walgreens, now vacant
Cortland - NY 13, Riverside Mall; now vacant
Waterloo - US 20 & NY 5; now AutoZone?
Cortland - NY 222; later Dollar Foods, now vacant
North Syracuse - Pyramid Mall, E Taft Rd; TBD/DMV?
Baldwinsville - Tri-County Mall; replaced by original Eckerd in 1997, now Rite Aid
Auburn - Seminary St, TBD
Greece - NY 18, Parkway Commons Plaza; now Bingo World?
Painted Post - NY 17C
Horseheads - NY 14
Athens, PA
Amsterdam - NY 5 & 67
Ilion - NY 5
Greenville, SC (even opened that far south)
Sayre - TBD
Nedrow - US 11, Green Hills Plaza; now Planet Fitness
Saugerties/Vails Gate - NY 32 & 94, Simmons Plaza; later Eckerd and Rite Aid, now Walgreens
North Syracuse - US 11 & W Taft Rd, Sweetheart Corners; previously CVS, now Rite Aid
New Paltz - NY 299; now Walgreens
Middletown - NY 211; TBD (closed when Eckerd opened in Scotchtown)
Middletown - NY 17M; now Market Fresh
Wilkes-Barre - S Main St; later Eckerd, now closed
Luzerne - TBD
Gates - Westgate Plaza
Scranton - Luzerne St; later Eckerd, now Rite Aid
Clarks Summit - TBD
Ithaca - NY 13, 34 & 96
Cobleskill - Main St; TBD
Edwardsville - TBD
Fairport - NY 31F
Mattydale - US 11; later Dollar Tree, now vacant
Cicero - US 11, Marketplace Mall; demolished by 2000s (now various businesses)
Baldwinsville (Moyers Corners) - NY 31 & CR 57, Kimbrook Plaza; later Rite Aid, now Planet Fitness
Baldwinsville (village) - NY 31 & 370; now Dollar Tree (new store built; confirmed by chain as former Eckerd)
Manlius - NY 173, TBD
Canastota - NY 5 & 13; now Dollar General
Oneida - NY 5 (not sure, but it is a small town)
Syracuse (Westvale) - NY 5; now Family Dollar
Syracuse (Onondaga Blvd) - now Goodwill
Oswego - NY 104; now demolished
Fulton - NY 481; now Taco Bell (old store demolished and restaurant built on site, of course)
Watertown - NY 3, Stateway Plaza (also had a liquor store); now vacant
Liverpool (Galeville) - Old Liverpool Rd & Electronics Pkwy; later Thrifty Shopper, now vacant (likely more of a flagship in later years as headquarters were up the road on Henry Clay Blvd, which is now the regional office for Rite Aid)
Liverpool (Bayberry) - CR 57; Seneca Mall; later Eckerd, now vacant
North Syracuse (Sugarwood Corners) - Buckley & Bear Rds, Sugarwood Center; now various businesses
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