Mack and Brockway buildings

[Maddog13407]

was in downtown Albany Ny last week and snapped these pictures of the original Albany Mack Sales before they moved to the old railroad building then onto another building in Rensaleer. amazin this place still is standing. the Brockway building is about a block down the road from the Mack garage on Broadway street

[umodelnut]

Cool pictures Matt. What are the letters on the Mack building made of?

[vision386]

Man,thats a great building! sure make a nice toyroom! shame it will proll get torn down and all that history with it,i'd sure like to have one of those IM blocks on the corners!............................Mark

[Maddog13407]

id say they were probably formed out of cement Vinster or plaster.the block letters might be wood. didnt have my 30 foot ladder handy to crawl up there. that buildin is old. back when people USE to work to make stuff. not just buy a cheap plastic letter and nail it on the side.

[2stacksuperdog]

They just tore down the mack building in West Haven, it actually fell down but the front was still standing and supposedly somebody bought the front of the building where it had the old mack logo and where it said mack same design as above but the white building is still standidng and it still says White on the building

[umodelnut]

Man, there was probably a U model or two in the parking lot.....

[David]

Very cool. Thanks for posting.

[felicello122]

awesome pics

[Superdog]

I sure wish that building was in my backyard.

[rsb502]

Somebody please get the signs before fastenal tears em down and throws em in a dumpster

[mackniac]

what a nice piece of history , they should give away the blocks and letters to the Mack Museum in Allentown .

[Vladislav]

Neat to see the old buildings still standing solid.

Mack letterings are awesome as the buildings itself.

Not shure the museum is the place to keep every Mack sign from all around the country but anybody's collection is definitely better place than no man's land.

Thank you for sharing these pics.

[GearheadGrrrl]

Looks similar to the old Mack dealership on University Avenue on the Midway area of St.Paul- It was used as a dealership up until the 70s when they moved a few miles north to a new building.

[h67st]

Well, it's not a Mack or Brockway building but we did save a Binder dealer here in Columbus Ohio. If you look at where the old truck is parked next to the building, my office (where I'm sitting right now) is right there. The IHC stuff was removed in the Fifties, so we didn't get the chance to save any of it. It's now an office building for several different businesses.

[umodelnut]

Somebody please get the signs before fastenal tears em down and throws em in a dumpster

I'd wait till that happens then go steal them out of the dumpster.

[dockmen027]

Albany Mack has been out of that building since about 1984, when they moved the operation over to Renssalaer to the former Brockway Factory Branch. When they outgrew that location, they moved to Menands NY to the former Southworth Caterpillar building, making major improvements there. Along with Fastenal, there is a large tin knocker shop in the old building, which has been there for a while.

The Brockway sign pictured, is on the origional Factory Branch just up the street on Broadway in Albany, not sure what year Brockway moved to Renssalaer. There is still a Brockway sign painted on the rear of the Renssalaer building.

[Maddog13407]

yup, last time i was at Albany Mack they were across the river in the old Brick building.

[mackniac]

Maybe not at the museum but at least being saved from destruction would be nice .