Eckerd in CNY et al

Eastwood store in 2008 that I took myself

 I may have heard of Eckerd in passing prior to 1996, then JCPenney bought them and Eckerd absorbed their Thrift Drug division. Then, Eckerd would acquire Fays Drugs.  By 1997, the latter would be no more.  Many older locations were kept, while others were sold after new standalone stores were built from scratch, including some of the first drive-thru pharmacies in the northeast.  Canadian chain Pharmacie Jean Coutu, which previously owned Brooks and sold NYS locations to Revco (which CVS bought in 1997) would later take over.  Rite Aid bought out the chain in 2010, except for Florida locations, which went to CVS/pharmacy instead. Eckerd is now a corporate subsidiary of Rite Aid, even though many of these locations were sold to Walgreens in 2019.  A number of them closed then that overlapped or later on.  Back in CNY, here's a select list of what I can memorise:

Syracuse (Eastwood) - NY 290; former Loblaws/Peters IGA/Foodland/Carls/Fays, now Family Dollar (pictured above)

Syracuse (Lyncourt) - Shop City; former Fays; moved to former Ames after ceiling collapse; old space later Valu; now Factory Direct Furniture; later Rite Aid now vacant

Syracuse (south side) - NY 175 & 80; now DG Market

Syracuse (north side) - Lodi & Butternut Sts; now Dollar General (Rite Aid already across street)

Syracuse (west side) - Avery Ave & Onondaga Blvd; now Walgreens

Fairmount - former flagship Fays; now Dollar Tree

Camillus - Camillus Plaza; former Carls and Fays; later Rite Aid; now vacant

Auburn - NY 5; later Rite Aid; now closed

Norwich - NY 12; closed after merger due to existing Rite Aid across street, TBD

New Hartford - NY 5A; later Rite Aid; now closed

Rome - NY 46 & 49; later Rite Aid; now closed

North Syracuse - US 11 & W Taft Rd, Sweetheart Corners; later Rite Aid; now closed

Mattydale - US 11; later Walgreens; now closed

Liverpool (Galeville) - Old Liverpool Rd; now Family Dollar

Liverpool (Bayberry) - CR 57; now Walgreens

Norwich - NY 12; now Walgreens

Baldwinsville (village) - NY 31 & 370; now Dollar Tree (confirmed by the chain themselves)

Cortland - US 11 & NY 41; now Walgreens

Cortlandville - NY 281 & 222; later Rite Aid; now closed

Nedrow - US 11; now Walgreens (one of the first standalones in CNY built to replace Fays; pictured below)

Canastota - NY 5 & 13; now Dollar General

Cicero (US 11); now Walgreens

Cicero (NY 31 & Thompson Rd); later Rite Aid; now Ace Hardware

East Syracuse - formerly Church Leader Drug/Fays; now Walgreens

Manlius - NY 92 - formerly Harveys Pharmacy; now Unplugged Gaming

Fayetteville - formerly Fays; now Walgreens

Syracuse (east side) - Skytop Plaza; formerly Drumlins Pharmacy/Fays; now Walgreens

Hannibal - NY 3; formerly Fays, now Walgreens

Watertown - NY 3; formerly Fays/liquor store; now vacant

Oswego (city) - NY 104; formerly Fays; now demolished

Baldwinsville (Moyers Corners) - NY 31 & CR 57, Kimbrook Plaza; formerly Fays, now Planet Fitness

Pittsford - NY 31; later Rite Aid, now closed

Oswego - NY 104; now Walgreens

Endwell - Hooper St; formerly Fays; later Rite Aid; now closed

Endicott - NY 17C & 26; formerly Fays final store; later Rite Aid; now Walgreens

Fulton - NY 481; formerly Fays; now Taco Bell

Dryden - NY 13 & 38; formerly Victory Markets and Great American; later Rite Aid; now demolished (pictured below)

Scotchtown - NY 211; later Rite Aid (actually downstate, but I was researching Fays, trying to find out about the Middletown store)

Poughkeepsie - US 9 (North Rd); later Rite Aid (I used to live up the road, and I remember it opening)

AI of Nedrow store (not wholly accurate)

AI of Dryden store

Cohoes store north of Albany