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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. Fays Cornerdrug were a line of smaller locations in tight communities, especially small towns, that were once indies bought up by the chain. 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 later Valu Home Center; now Factory Direct Furniture Outlet
Cazenovia - US 20; now Walgreens
Syracuse (north side) - Lodi & Butternut Sts; later Dollar Tree; now vacant
Syracuse (east side) (1) - Nottingham Rd & E Colvin St, Skytop Plaza; originally Drumlins Pharmacy (Fays affiliate); later Fays Cornerdrug; now Walgreens
Syracuse (east side) (2) - Irving & Madison Aves; Madison Irving Medical Center; Fays Cornerdrug (likely due to being a smaller store inside a doctors office complex); absorbed by various practices/businesses after 1997 sale to JCPenney/Eckerd
Hannibal - NY 3; plaza with Tops (former IGA and Valero); now Walgreens
deWitt - NY 5, Shoppingtown; now closed and set for demolition pending court approval for District East; may have been CVS/pharmacy after 1975 prior to '80s (did have Walgreens and Carls before that)
Fayetteville/deWitt (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 - Kirkville Rd; originally Church Leader Drug; now Walgreens
Syracuse (south side) - NY 175 & 80; Turnpike Centre; 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 - W Genesee St; former flagship/original store; now Dollar Tree
Camillus - Camillus Plaza; now Rite Aid
Gloversville - N Main St; now Dollar General
Elmira - TBD
Albany - New Scotland Ave; Fays Cornerdrug; later For Petes Sake charity shop? (run by St Peters Hospital across the street); TBD
Springfield, MA - previously Genovese (which Eckerd later acquired in the tri-state in 1998 and rebranded in 2003); some were later CVS/pharmacy
Hartford County, CT - same as above; what didn't become CVS otherwise closed
Cohoes - NY 470?; TBD
Albany (Delaware Area) - NY 443 & US 9W; later Save-a-Lot, now vacant
Albany (Uptown) - NY 5, Westgate Shopping Center; now Rite Aid
Utica - Genesee St; later Rite Aid, now vacant
Pittsford - NY 31; later Walgreens, now vacant
Cortlandville - 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; Downer St; replaced by original Eckerd in 1997, now Rite Aid
Auburn - Seminary St, TBD
Greece (1) - NY 18, Parkway Commons Plaza; previously Key Drugs; now Bingo World?
Binghamton - US 11; Northgate Plaza
Herkimer - NY 5
Endwell - Hooper Rd
Vestal - NY 17C
Painted Post - NY 17C
Horseheads - NY 14
Athens, PA - PA 199
Towanda/Wysox Township, PA - US 6
Dunmore, PA - PA 347; later Dunmore Drug Store and Medicap Pharmacy; now closed
Amsterdam - NY 5 & 67
Ilion - NY 5; Ilion Mall
Greenville/Spartansburg, SC - previously Crafts Drugs; later Rite Aid (even opened that far south)
Charleston, SC - previously Berkeleys; later Rite Aid (decades before they bought old stores here)
Sayre, PA - PA 199
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 (standalone)
New Paltz - NY 299; now Walgreens
Middletown (1) - NY 211; TBD (closed when Eckerd opened in Scotchtown)
Middletown (2) - NY 17M; now Market Fresh
Wilkes-Barre, PA - S Main St; later Eckerd, now closed
Luzerne, PA - PA 309; TBD
Perinton/Fairport - NY 31; Perinton Square Mall; previously Key Drugs; now Rite Aid
Rochester (1) - Southview Commons; previously Key Drugs; now restaurants and medical offices
Irondequoit (1) - Stutson Bridge Plaza; previously Key Drugs; now various businesses
Rochester (2) - E Ridge Rd; Ridge Seneca Plaza; previously Key Drugs; now Family Dollar
Rochester (3) - Dewstone Plaza; previously Key Drugs (would have been small); now various businesses
Rochester (4) - Lake & Driving Park Aves; previously Key Drugs
North Chili - NY 33; Fays Cornerdrug; previously Key Drugs
Chili Center - Fays Cornerdrug; previously Key Drugs
Williamson - NY 104 & 21; Fays Cornerdrug; previously Key Drugs; now Rite Aid
Ontario - NY 104 & 350; Fays Cornerdrug; previously Petersons Drugs; later Eckerd and Rite Aid; now vacant
Irondequoit (2) - E Ridge Rd; Georgetown Plaza; previously Key Drugs; demolished
Gates (2) - NY 204; Westgate Plaza; previously Key Drugs; now demolished
Scranton (1) - Luzerne St; later Eckerd; now Rite Aid
Scranton (2) - Keyser Oak Shopping Ctr; now Gerritys Corner Drug Store
Clarks Summit - US 6
Old Forge, PA - S Main St; TBD
Eynon, PA - US 6
Ithaca - NY 13, 34 & 96
Cobleskill - Main St; TBD
New Hartford (Washington Mills) - Kellogg Mall, CR 24 & NY 8; now Rite Aid
Edwardsville, PA - US 11; Mark Plaza; now vacant
Fairport - NY 31F; previously Key Drugs
Victor - NY 96; Eastview Mall; previously Key Drugs
Mattydale - US 11; then kmart Plaza; 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 (perhaps Dollar Tree)
Canastota - NY 5 & 13; now Dollar General
Oneida - NY 5 & 46 (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 Palm Market (likely more of a flagship in later years as headquarters were up the road on Henry Clay Blvd, which was later the regional office for Rite Aid until fall 2024 following bankruptcy)
Liverpool (Bayberry) - CR 57; Seneca Mall; later Eckerd, now vacant
Niskayuna - NY 5 & Ballstown Rd; Mohawk Mall; now Mohawk Commons
North Syracuse (Sugarwood Corners) - Buckley & Bear Rds, Sugarwood Center; now various businesses
Moscow, PA - PA 435 & 690; Fays Cornerdrug; later Eckerd and the Medicine Shoppe; now Pivot Physical Therapy
Tonawanda - US 62; Fays Cornerdrug; previously Jet Drugs; now Rite Aid
Massena - NY 37 & 420; Fays Cornerdrug; now Walgreens (since Kinney are from the North Country, it's obvious in this small North Country town that the old store was demolished and there was a typo on the outdated but needed source page)
Wellsboro, PA - PA 287; Fays Cornerdrug; later Shabby Rue; now vacant
Amherst - NY 263; Fays Cornerdrug; now Lucky Dragon Food Market
Buffalo - Elmwood Ave & North St; Fays Cornerdrug; previously van Slyke Pharmacy, now Elmwood Market
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