Flah & Co.

AI Flahs if it were around now. Courtesy Meta.

 Flah & Co. are the last department store chain I'll do this year since the web led me to it. I've heard of them over the years, even though they were largely before my time. I even had a box at my old house. Because Flah's were chiefly in Syracuse, then later in the Capital Region and the Hudson Valley to a lesser extent before being sold to B. Forman, with most of the latter stores having less to go on unless you can dig a little (you'd be surprised by what I can find, and it helps to know these areas statewide).

Syracuse (downtown) - 419 S Salina St; demolished for the Galleries, which opened in 1988*

Syracuse (Fairmount) - W Genesee St, Fairmount Fair Mall; now plaza with several stores

deWitt - NY 5, Shoppingtown Mall; future District East*

Niskayuna - NY 5, Mohawk Mall; now Mohawk Commons*

Delmar - NY 443, Delaware Plaza; original Grand Union; later Revco, Dollar Tree and other stores

Albany (downtown) - NY 32; TBD

Albany (Guilderland/McKownville) - US 20 & CR 156, Stuyvesant Plaza; TBD

Albany (Colonie) - NY 5 & Wolf Rd; Colonie Center*

Kingston - Clinton Ave, Kingston Plaza; now MAC Fitness?*

Fishkill - US 9, Dutchess Mall; now Home Depot*

Middletown - NY 211; Orange Plaza; now Home Depot et al*

*later B. Forman & Co.