hi!! the disney princess mural was one my father had painted for me when i was two years old:). absolutely devastating to see the state of it now. i feel heartbroken something that i hold so dear to me and the photos i have of it is now rotted away:(. i grew up very well with and without the house but i forever miss my first home.
actually the house directly across the street was lived in by my beloved childhood best friend and now coworker (we work not far away from the neighborhood now.). were both 19 now and reminisced recently on our love of the neighborhood
if you have any questions about these homes i would absolutely talk about it! that hoarder house with the diary was lived in by a good friend who i loved but am no longer in contact with. there was a boy my age, an older daughter, and an older son.
It sucks ppl trash these places. Please explore with respect. Its quite sad that these houses are all abandoned with things inside still & all the memories.
That tornado alarm plus the abandoned city gives me post apocalyptic vibes. I could imagine a hoard of zombies wandering the town being the former residents
So much stuff it seems they miss I mean obvs you need a van too be taking ovens but just the scrap metal alone inside these urbex type searches the bare metal n copper alone you could earn a very nice easy bit off money if you had a van near by but obvs getting caught that's a whole other story you would have too do your homework n recon a few times make sure it's feasible but I just saw a clip they found about 30 hot wheels cars still in there box vintage hot cars some off them can go for £100 outside the box not even in the box still lol...what part vid is the oven you ment ?
@@pladampawhen corrupt trash co-sign with foreign entities to build a infrastructure of racketeering theft and extortion the American dream is unobtainable. It’s been stolen from us all as the ppl in this country have become complacent compliant and willfully ignorant. The American dream is not a lie. We have shown the world what man is capable of for hundreds of years. The decline of our prosperity is in the hands of the 330 million population who sit on their asses and do NOthing while a wealthy 0.0001% of the population push you around and wreck your country your livelihood and your family and its future. It’s amazing to me the people who have the capability of such incredible might and strength would choose to cower in the presence of such evil, and at the hands of the weakest and most pathetic individuals who’s only weapon is a pen. They have no power other than the massive armies of dumb ppl who serve them at their own peril
That's insane I live about 20 minutes away. Well yes it would be great to have a Costco, I had no idea that they was a really pushed people out of their houses for this. Massage part is it's been like 7-8 years and they're still no Costco. We have heard that it is still in the works and that this should be starting soon I'm guessing the litigation has delayed everything. That is heartbreaking that accompany can just come in and destroy an entire neighborhood.
I did some digging when I was there. It was a family of 7. I haven't found why they left everything, but I did find 2 family member that still live in the area. I would contact them but they obviously left because they wanted to forget.
I've seen Sheriff evictions, where the homeowner were only allowed to take what they could carry, If they came back without a court order they would be arrested for trespassing, It's sad to see people have to loose litteraly everything, and not have the money for a attorney to retrieve their belongings
On Google you can see it in 2007 an 2011 and it is weell kept and inhabited. As a 48 year old 2011 is like yesterday to me. Hard to believe how quickly a neighboorhood can go like that.
Thats insane. In 2011 Google Maps this place was totally up and running. Lawn chairs, tables and inflatable pools outside. The whole atmosphere is just on the extremes of the spectrum. That "hoarder" family? An emotionally troubled daughter thinking about death, and a bro living in his parents basement with the cupboard full of beer and a table covered in tobacco. Insert shady multi-billion dollar corporation using stealth developmental tactics. 1 certified valued employee of said company to infiltrate relationships, and then just sweep the rug out from under everyone. Literally the storyline to a show or video game.
It was under my understanding that some families that rented a property were evicted and during an eviction process (which once they come to evict you you have like 10 minute to get your stuff out or leave it) hence why you see a ton of items in the one house while others sold properties that the homeowner lived in and had ample time to leave.
Ya know!! And Phylis Wells got employee of the month or year or whatever at least 3 times, but the bedroom was untouched like the guys said, maybe she passed away. I thinking something fishy going on.
right!? im actually one that looks into this stuff a bit, i have not actually heard of them, but cmon, you just gonna put it right out there huh... sheesh, they are getting bold
That paint on the street is utility location.... blue is water, yellow is gas, red is power, and green is sewer! Worked a brief time at vannguard utility partners, locating and painting and flagging.😊.
That is an air raid siren. When I lived in New Jersey a lot of the small towns would use them when the fire department had to get out on the road. After World War II they had all these air raids sirens left over and they didn't know what to do with them so they gave them to the fire departments. And they would use them to sign everything from a disaster to they are fixing to roll on a fire. And that way it would let people know to get off the roadways for a minute so they could get through and get to the fire as quickly as possible. Actually pretty damn good idea and my town still uses them!
It's really just for show now-a-days. For at least the last 30 years, they've used pagers, and then cellphones to notify volunteers of calls (and even radio alarms before that). Imagine how much money is wasted just in NY alone, across the state, maintaining and replacing those sirens...when they no longer have any real purpose.
Pyramid is a real estate company based out of Syracuse focuses on Massachusetts and New York, they also own 13 malls INCLUDING cross gates. Love upstate
Black Rock Vanguard Owens pyramid buddy boys this is going to happen to a lot of the good towns in Upstate New York and all over the country I'm from this area you're going to owe nothing and be happy
Man you guys are crazy for going inside these places, i don't have the balls & getting too old for it so i'm glad i can watch you guys explore these joints for me. Salute my G stay safe.
I be goin in places I see abandon to my husband be fussing . I found a BIG snake skin in a barn next to me the other day , hell I still went in there !
No kidding! I just found your channel recently and quickly became interested in the content. Just this morning I wondered how many similar buyout situations have happened near me in Troy/Albany NY and then this video shows up, perfect timing I’d never heard about this. How recently this was filmed? Also the siren you heard is used by volunteer fire departments to alert members of an incoming call, pretty common for non-paid fire services. And you’re correct the air raid sirens used are the same type used for tornados or even old repurposed missile/nuclear warning sirens during war times
In the beginning you said that the developers name was Pyramid. Then at around 36, 37 minutes in as you were looking at some framed items you said that one of the individuals that once lived in one of the homes worked for a company named Pyramid...🧐🤔🔼
Very interesting and very sad. Nobody should be forced to move out of their homes for a corporation. Same thing happened in my city in Brooklyn when people were forced to move to make way for the Barclay Center some years ago.
I lived in one of these houses. They've all been abandoned for about 9 years. The Pyramid company that owns crossgates mall bought them all up and kicked everyone out. Since then the houses have been ransacked and destroyed for years by many folks.
watching your fate play out has got to be the eeriest thing when you know its coming.. whether you are on the giving or receiving end of this fk up.. either they knew and didnt warn the rest, or they were willingly ignorant and prob got a bigger payout just because
I remember those from when I used to live in New Jersey. When I moved back to Indiana, there are no sirens. The alarm in New Jersey didn't sound like that one. I used to call it the moose because it sounded like a moose to me.
I've watched the show, too most people it doesn't make sense to store useless junk, but a hoarder...it dies, a traumatic thing happened in their life where hoarding is a relief,a feel good a euphoria of necessary 😢 that's why they need professional help and organization. Comfort in a healthy environment
That's why those notices from April 2024 were there: Squatters. Once they are told that they are tresspassing their squatters rights are revoked. They need a certain length of time without being notified for adverse possession to take effect.
@@sqeekykleen49 depending on location, squatters can connect all those things. Had a friend do it here in Australia. Lived in an abandoned property for 10 years. Reconnected amenities, changed the locks, slowly fixed up the place, albeit cheaply. Good thing he did things cheaply as the land owner had the place demolished 2 years short of him being able to claim ownership. Frustrating, but at least my mate had somewhere to live for 10 years instead of being homeless
I always loved exploring abandoned houses when I was a kid. It really taught me a lot and made me think. You see all of the abandoned possessions, and you think "Somebody once desired all of that stuff, and worked for the money to pay for it, and spent good money on it...but it's all really just crap and garbage. Nothing really of any substance or value is made anymore, and it's only the really old stuff from a bygone era (like that old chair) and stuff with sentimental value that has any worth. I'm very glad to see that the kids in this video were very respectful of the previous residents and properties. The one doing the narration is a smart cookie.
I got a good chuckle out of your commentary guys. Pretty cool find but so sad at the same time. Thanks for bringing this to us here on RUclips. I would otherwise never ever see anything like this. Grab masks for your trips. You don't want to get sick from your explorations. 😢 have fun & be safe ❤ 🙏
Explore videos?!!! I never knew these type of videos existed! I used to tape in pre 2005 but I'm too scared to tape now. At least I got you ( and other) to get my exploration fix from 🎉
So 36:46, rewind a bit and pause. Do you think it's strange that Phyllis J Wells is getting rewards from the pyramid management company that tried to get everyone off that land they bought ? So she was living there and was paid good I bet to try and get everyone out? I mean that's dirty!!!! What do yall think? Also those sirens are standard firehouse sirens around ny.
Sad to see.. The home my grandfather bought from the railroad co back in 1938, where my Father grew up and my Uncle wound up owning went through this same experience.. That house still stands with new owners since my uncle passed, and then my aunt a couple years later. It's at the end of a dead end st. The city had built a huge soccer field behind it along the main river, where a massive building used to stand which was where train engines used to be serviced.. Some years ago the entire street was bought out by Walgreens.. every owner sold on the street but my Uncle.. so they basically became tenants, which means they did sell the property/house to Walgreens but were able to remain as tenants until they passed. And since the actual house didn't interfere with the Walgreens being built a deal was struck.. Walgreens maintained their property and any serious problems. It was sad to see the entire, close neighborhood torn down around my uncle's home and see the Walgreens and its parking lot built there.. It was very surreal.. the entire house was surrounded by businesses and parking lots over the years and a huge soccer field right next to it. Im amazed the house still stands and there are new people living in it, as Walgreens sold it as a private home with its tiny little back yard which is prone to flooding as all the land around it has been built up so high, and all the surface rains drain into a small basin which was built about 50 ft from the property, and there is a major river only 300 ft away. In the basement of the home is a pump which runs 24/7 which was installed when the home was raised and a new foundation built to set it on. If that pump ever burns out and no one is home.. that basement will fill up to the rafters within an hour easily. It's bizarre anyone would want to live there to me.
That stuff gets left behind bc ppl refuse to leave their home until the police show up and say youve been evicted and have 24 hours leave the property. Its sad bc it usually means these ppl had no where else to go!
I'm gonna take a swingin wild ass guess and say those memos/notices on the doors are to get squatters out.. There's no way the grass grows that quick.. lol
The one house with the "front" door that was open, but the next door was locked, what you thought was the "front" door was just an enclosed front porch.
They had a buy out before just to build Crossgate Mall. My grandparents lived on Rapp road there and had to leave. As far the sirens, it does go off a lot especially in Schenectady. Also on late night Tv they did it about every 20 minutes at night. They once had a big billboard sign on Route 7 near Albany St in Schenectady showing preparation for a zombie apocalypse. True story. Lived there over 20 years. Weird energy upstate NY but it’s a beautiful lie.
I live on central Long Island. Have been upstate many times tho not specifically to Albany. There isn't NORMALLY tornados upstate but in recent years there has been. There was just one last week in Rome and Canandaguia NY. We've had a few on Long Island over the years.. we usually average one about every 18 months. We about due for another one. They're often EF-0. Rarely do we get EF-1's.
Those funny grasses that explode, I call them boing boings. It's how they spread their seeds. Kinda cool that plants can have potential energy stored like that. You only heard a local fire department roof alarm in the beginning. I'm sure you knew that anyway. It's a traditional way of summoning volunteer firefighters to the firehouse for an emergency. Totally not necessary anymore and just noise pollution I'm my opinion. Being a volunteer for 25 years now. The smartphone gives you a map, detailed information, and status of a call. Why do we have to listen to that siren? NOSTALGIA!
The people who left everything were probably renters and the houses were sold out from under them and they couldn't afford to take everything. Also if you stay past the eviction deadline the police can make you leave with little notice.
Tornados actually occur in all 50 states. When properties are bought up like this, they are paid so much, that they just leave it all behind and start fresh.
Tornadoes do NOT occur in upstate New York lol Source: I’ve lived her my whole life and have gone to Crossgates mall probably over 500 times at this point. Seen lots of movies at that regal theater. Johnny Rockets is across from the theater
@@dylanhealy8126 Policygenius has a link with data showing on average the entire state of NY has roughly 9 tornados a year. I live a state that is high on the list for the number tordanos per year, however, the county I live in does not see that many.
@@dylanhealy8126 he said all 50 states my friend.. i live in westchester county ny and i had one 2 weeks ago about 1 mile from my house.. it happens, rarely but it does
@@dylanhealy8126 Tornadoes DO occur here. Source: Also lived here all my life. One of the worst was 1998 Mechanicville. Also, there were about 8 or 9 this summer just north and west of here. P.S. Johnny Rockets has be closed for years.
Hi love watching these.. So the awards for Phyllis were from Pyramid, the same Pyramid that sold everyone out and kicked everyone out of their homes... Did the other residents know? woah
guessing you Filmed this on a Wednesday around Noon time? Some Towns and Cities in NY and other States will Sound Tornado Sirens at This time. as a Test Once a Week. I used to live in NY for 20 years growing up in the First Capital of New York Called Kingston.
Bro I cannot with the commentary on the urban explorers “Whoa they left office furniture. That’s so crazy! I wonder if it was an office . What do you think”? “Yeah like you said an office” Nooooo shit!!!
@@d.graham3623 yes!! That are our eyes they need to let us see more. I get it they can’t make 2 hour vids (even though some of would watch 3 hours) but show us the meat and potatoes the good stuff not what’s in the fridge ffs
You’re near Crossgates mall which is near a fire department, the sirens are from the departments. It’s sad that they made so many leave their homes and the mall has turned out to be a crap hole! It’s not a great mall at all.
It's not odd that people leave all their stuff, people get paid 5 × what their property is worth from COSTCO and just leave everything because they can buy more.
The photos are what get me on these type of videos. Why would anyone leave photos of their kids/relatives/friends behind if they really did sell the property?
@@IvyANguyen Can't fit everything into a tiny old age home studio apartment. Can't pull big crates full of pictures out of storage with frail bones and withered muscles.
1) NYS had a record amount of tornadoes this year, wild. 2) it was a fire department alarm 😂😂 its only a block or so away from there so it is very loud
Im from ny we don't have tornado alarms, we have alarms for when nuclear power plant go into meltdowns and it's the tell people to get out of the area before the plant blows up and they test them every month.
Believe it or not, we do occasionally get tornadoes up this far north, and east, they just tend to not be as strong as they would be in flatter areas. And sometimes our fire departments use sirens to call for volunteer firefighters in addition to radios.
Awesome finds. Thanks for respecting that kids' privacy. The red velvet chair looks like Polart furniture from like the 40s. Truly great finds. I haven't seen a good abandoned town exploration in a while. To see the pics the old stoves even the calendars..just wow. Corporations can be lethal and savage.. really makes me wonder what happened that everyone left so abruptly almost. 😮 i also find it strange that phyllis wells woman worked for Pyramid..and Pyramid which is the largest privately owned mall building company. They so called own like 12 properties.. the majority are in nyc specifically albany... bought out that town.
Hey Guys, that siren maybe a volunteer fire department alert or an emergency . Since hearing the emergency equipment it must be a bad accident or big fire.
Quite sad, to think people loved that neighborhood, and loved those homes that are not rotting. When they could have had families still living in them 🥺 to be forced out of a home you thought would be your home for years to come. & Then to just have it ripped out from under you, AND now they sit empty rotting 😮💨 developers can be a nightmare at times
there is a sad part of all these the home here with notices your showing were people were still paid and holding out they have no electric meters these hose lost there occupancy permits and they removed services while people still were there no loght water swer nothing ..
So they destroyed a community and all of those beautiful houses for a company that didn't even move there. If the company was smart they would have left the people alone built what they needed and sold their products to the people living there. They had enough space without destroying people's homes. That's just greed at its finest. Hurting people just to hurt people. The company couldn't even finish building so there was no profit to anything they did.
So Pyramid is corporation that owns malls, so honestly to be living right outside of the mall, it is actually pretty common to be an employee of said company
They arent hoarders. Parents have a lifetime of life, along come the children...creates a home. Now i do not believe they left everything like this. Looters
Whoa! Have delivered to the BJ'S in that mall dozens of times when I lived out in Massachusetts for almost 10 years! Did refrigerated freight to them from Rocky Hill, Ct. 😊
Compared to how sad this is, just an FYI, it's pronounced "All-benny" (I grew up in Albany). Alarm 's are blown at 12 noon in most cities and towns. But yes there are plenty of tornados in NY. Had one last night! People rip out walls for copper pipes to sell. Hoarder was probably foreclosed for non payment and they were evicted. So sad for the kids. People getting evicted will trash everything because they had no means to actually move it all. The tobacco-probably squatters.
I hope you see this because when you were inside that one house with all the junk inside of it, you found certificates of appreciation from somebody’s work. I hope you remember that from that video because it said pyramid, which is the same company that put signs on the door saying they had to evacuate, so those people worked for the same company that were kicking them out
It's sad to see this. I don't think the people living here did this. When a house is abandoned losers take the opportunity to drop in. They take whatever they want
Those aren’t tornado sirens, they’re fire sirens. That’s why after one went off you heard fire trucks. It’s also not in Albany, it’s in Colonie or Guilderland. The whole area is a Karner Blue butterfly sanctuary that was never supposed to be developed but Pyramid Corporation has developed all of it minus about twenty acres. This after the existing buildings were harassed for having community centers. Someone is getting a payoff for certain.
I remember this as I under stood it some of these houses People were offered far more then the homes were worth and they had plenty to start over and then some they just walked left everything behind , there were a few hold outs of Older residence and they decided to wait them out hoping once the people died the home would get sold by the families or they would go up for back taxes since the whole thing had already takes far longer then they hoped .
now its doubtful any thing will ever be built there because environmental studies say that it would hurt the population of the Blue Butterfly which is endangered, some of these homes have been abandoned Since the mid 90s the hay day of Excess the Economy was was smoking so to speak the biggest issue with the Costco Project and the Expansion of the mall the Pine bush and the larner Blue Butterfly people were already upstate over Crossgate and the strip mall being built as it was .
some of the dangers of entering these older home there is not just molds in the air but these house still had asbestos Tiles that are broken and walking on them can be a health risk also they were Still using lead paint so the finer crumbling paint is in the air and the dust you inhale is peppered with lead , Radon Gases were a huge issue to in homes with basements . Most older homes and new one all have vents and filters to filter this radioactive gas today ..
these houses with so much in them I think excepted the offers and got paid after a while but they held out remained in the houses but not paying taxes and such and in the ended many didn't have time to pack and move they were must locked out not allowed back the Taxes were paid so the company didn't lose the land . in 2023 after endless years of legal battles they finally won the right to start costco , they had one hurdle left before building a still trying to receive nearly four hundred thousand dollars in exemptions on sales and compensating use taxes. untill this is Complete all progress again came to a stop . this battle now has been on going for more then 30 years ..
There's one by where I live and it turn into an ANF Gyros & Grill on West Colonial Drive when they built the new one literally 5 minutes from the old one. They also did the same to an old Burger King on Silver Star Road.
I rode my bike through there before.I wondered what happened.Now I know.Corporations forcing people to sell their homes like cracked out scooby doo villains.Smh.f'd up.
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hi!! the disney princess mural was one my father had painted for me when i was two years old:). absolutely devastating to see the state of it now. i feel heartbroken something that i hold so dear to me and the photos i have of it is now rotted away:(. i grew up very well with and without the house but i forever miss my first home.
actually the house directly across the street was lived in by my beloved childhood best friend and now coworker (we work not far away from the neighborhood now.). were both 19 now and reminisced recently on our love of the neighborhood
if you have any questions about these homes i would absolutely talk about it! that hoarder house with the diary was lived in by a good friend who i loved but am no longer in contact with. there was a boy my age, an older daughter, and an older son.
Same! I’m happy to talk about it too! I lived there years ago and it was a really cute neighborhood.
@@hategabs5571that’s crazy I live right near Crossgates had no idea it’s a abandon neighborhood right there
Wow! What a lovely story. Your father loved you very much. I'm sorry you have to see what happened to the house.❤
It sucks ppl trash these places. Please explore with respect. Its quite sad that these houses are all abandoned with things inside still & all the memories.
It ridiculous, I like them to tell me why they feel the need to destroy something that doesn't belong to them that's entitled spoiled brats.
@@angiehull5518I bet you won’t get a suitable answer either. Ppl do some weird dumb shit. Can’t stand it
That tornado alarm plus the abandoned city gives me post apocalyptic vibes. I could imagine a hoard of zombies wandering the town being the former residents
I've never heard those alarms in real life but they sound creepy AF definitely apocalypse type vibes
@@thisislilraskal Agreed
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probably a model 5/7 a or b sounding off for a fire call or a noon blast
Why wouldn't you take your possessions with you. I'd hate to rebuy all my things .Who can afford to do that ?
It’s sad when a neighborhood is destroyed..people lose community.
I don't think there's much community to be had in single family American style neighborhoods.
U should've interviewed the mailman. They drive around those blocks everyday, I'm sure they know what happened there
Well said they would of gotten more information about the history & why families had to move out it's so sad I hope they got permission to explore?
That’s ain’t no mailman
Omg i would save that oven. They dont make em like they used to. That oven would outlive about 3 modern ones.
So much stuff it seems they miss I mean obvs you need a van too be taking ovens but just the scrap metal alone inside these urbex type searches the bare metal n copper alone you could earn a very nice easy bit off money if you had a van near by but obvs getting caught that's a whole other story you would have too do your homework n recon a few times make sure it's feasible but I just saw a clip they found about 30 hot wheels cars still in there box vintage hot cars some off them can go for £100 outside the box not even in the box still lol...what part vid is the oven you ment ?
@@jshaw47576:28
Dismantling the American dream
American lie.
One street at a time😢
@@pladampawhen corrupt trash co-sign with foreign entities to build a infrastructure of racketeering theft and extortion the American dream is unobtainable. It’s been stolen from us all as the ppl in this country have become complacent compliant and willfully ignorant. The American dream is not a lie. We have shown the world what man is capable of for hundreds of years. The decline of our prosperity is in the hands of the 330 million population who sit on their asses and do NOthing while a wealthy 0.0001% of the population push you around and wreck your country your livelihood and your family and its future. It’s amazing to me the people who have the capability of such incredible might and strength would choose to cower in the presence of such evil, and at the hands of the weakest and most pathetic individuals who’s only weapon is a pen. They have no power other than the massive armies of dumb ppl who serve them at their own peril
That's insane I live about 20 minutes away. Well yes it would be great to have a Costco, I had no idea that they was a really pushed people out of their houses for this. Massage part is it's been like 7-8 years and they're still no Costco. We have heard that it is still in the works and that this should be starting soon I'm guessing the litigation has delayed everything. That is heartbreaking that accompany can just come in and destroy an entire neighborhood.
Courts just dimissed the block against development.
I did some digging when I was there. It was a family of 7. I haven't found why they left everything, but I did find 2 family member that still live in the area. I would contact them but they obviously left because they wanted to forget.
I've seen Sheriff evictions, where the homeowner were only allowed to take what they could carry, If they came back without a court order they would be arrested for trespassing, It's sad to see people have to loose litteraly everything, and not have the money for a attorney to retrieve their belongings
God help them..😢
That is sad , can't believe some of the things that go on in this US of A .
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If a sheriff tried to evict me from my home, the only way I'd be leaving is inside a body bag.
On Google you can see it in 2007 an 2011 and it is weell kept and inhabited. As a 48 year old 2011 is like yesterday to me. Hard to believe how quickly a neighboorhood can go like that.
Thats insane. In 2011 Google Maps this place was totally up and running. Lawn chairs, tables and inflatable pools outside. The whole atmosphere is just on the extremes of the spectrum. That "hoarder" family? An emotionally troubled daughter thinking about death, and a bro living in his parents basement with the cupboard full of beer and a table covered in tobacco. Insert shady multi-billion dollar corporation using stealth developmental tactics. 1 certified valued employee of said company to infiltrate relationships, and then just sweep the rug out from under everyone. Literally the storyline to a show or video game.
Pretty sad, the other part of this is when someone finally does tear it down they have to empty the house, that all can't go in the same debris pile.
@@westabsupplyebay4093they usually don't clean up or empty out houses before demolition
Yeah that employee thing was super weird.
It was under my understanding that some families that rented a property were evicted and during an eviction process (which once they come to evict you you have like 10 minute to get your stuff out or leave it) hence why you see a ton of items in the one house while others sold properties that the homeowner lived in and had ample time to leave.
Pyramid corporation… Nah that doesn’t sound sketchy..
Hahahahaha 😅
Ya know!! And Phylis Wells got employee of the month or year or whatever at least 3 times, but the bedroom was untouched like the guys said, maybe she passed away. I thinking something fishy going on.
They just own malls lol
@@ronnyk19xxand hotels
right!? im actually one that looks into this stuff a bit, i have not actually heard of them, but cmon, you just gonna put it right out there huh... sheesh, they are getting bold
That paint on the street is utility location.... blue is water, yellow is gas, red is power, and green is sewer!
Worked a brief time at vannguard utility partners, locating and painting and flagging.😊.
That is an air raid siren. When I lived in New Jersey a lot of the small towns would use them when the fire department had to get out on the road. After World War II they had all these air raids sirens left over and they didn't know what to do with them so they gave them to the fire departments. And they would use them to sign everything from a disaster to they are fixing to roll on a fire. And that way it would let people know to get off the roadways for a minute so they could get through and get to the fire as quickly as possible. Actually pretty damn good idea and my town still uses them!
Thats pretty amazing
The sirens are incredibly loud, annoying, and disruptive. Horrible to live near.
Totally unnecessary for decades.
That’s a firehouse.Lol. It’s like a block away.
That's literally the Guilderland fire dept a block away. I live 5 minutes away.
In New Jersey a lot of towns use the “6 o’clock whistle”. The air horn/siren would let kids know it was 6pm and to head home for dinner.
The "tornado alarm" was a horn used for alerting/calling volunteer firefighters to get to the station.
It's really just for show now-a-days. For at least the last 30 years, they've used pagers, and then cellphones to notify volunteers of calls (and even radio alarms before that). Imagine how much money is wasted just in NY alone, across the state, maintaining and replacing those sirens...when they no longer have any real purpose.
Pyramid is a real estate company based out of Syracuse focuses on Massachusetts and New York, they also own 13 malls INCLUDING cross gates. Love upstate
Pyramid corporation, 13 Malls, cross gates, how symbolic
@@Paranormal_Knight THAT part fr but nah that’s why the mail was to a house right there by the mall lmao
Black Rock Vanguard Owens pyramid buddy boys this is going to happen to a lot of the good towns in Upstate New York and all over the country I'm from this area you're going to owe nothing and be happy
Man you guys are crazy for going inside these places, i don't have the balls & getting too old for it so i'm glad i can watch you guys explore these joints for me. Salute my G stay safe.
I be goin in places I see abandon to my husband be fussing . I found a BIG snake skin in a barn next to me the other day , hell I still went in there !
Yo im literally the one who put that couch in the basement lol 😂 thats so cool to see in someone else's video
Did you put the couch in for someone or did you own/rent the place. Either way pretty cool to see that some form of you was in this vid
Ok
@@Scoobis925 na the couch was blocking the door in when I was exploring so we had to move it and it ended up downstairs
But why did you do that
@@HaikalHassan-s2yasking stupid questions he moved it dumba**
No kidding! I just found your channel recently and quickly became interested in the content. Just this morning I wondered how many similar buyout situations have happened near me in Troy/Albany NY and then this video shows up, perfect timing I’d never heard about this. How recently this was filmed?
Also the siren you heard is used by volunteer fire departments to alert members of an incoming call, pretty common for non-paid fire services. And you’re correct the air raid sirens used are the same type used for tornados or even old repurposed missile/nuclear warning sirens during war times
Filmed a couple days ago
Keep up the good work 👍🏻
In the beginning you said that the developers name was Pyramid. Then at around 36, 37 minutes in as you were looking at some framed items you said that one of the individuals that once lived in one of the homes worked for a company named Pyramid...🧐🤔🔼
Yea wonder is it same co..
Yes, he held up a certificate that said Phyllis Wells and I did see the pyramid group on that
Good for those people that held on to their homes!!!! Keep fighting!!!
Seniors are usually the hold outs and they eventually die with all their stuff left behind.
Very interesting and very sad. Nobody should be forced to move out of their homes for a corporation. Same thing happened in my city in Brooklyn when people were forced to move to make way for the Barclay Center some years ago.
I lived in one of these houses. They've all been abandoned for about 9 years. The Pyramid company that owns crossgates mall bought them all up and kicked everyone out. Since then the houses have been ransacked and destroyed for years by many folks.
Why was it a potential micron site???
@@jdjd962 I don't know what you mean by that
eminent domain is legalized theft.
Where is this place can you share i would love to visit . Please
@@BlackyRD-oq8ep look up Gabriel Terrace in albany NY. It's right next to cross gates mall
There's probably several thieves dumping stuff there. That's not just stuff that belonged to the prior residents.
That's insane one of the homeowners worked for pyramid. What are the odds...😮
watching your fate play out has got to be the eeriest thing when you know its coming.. whether you are on the giving or receiving end of this fk up.. either they knew and didnt warn the rest, or they were willingly ignorant and prob got a bigger payout just because
@@adamhilmer5922 yeah I noticed that too. I wasn’t sure if he noticed or not so I just commented.
Not a tornado alarm, it’s a fire house alarm. Either for fire or rescue/ambulance.
I remember those from when I used to live in New Jersey. When I moved back to Indiana, there are no sirens. The alarm in New Jersey didn't sound like that one. I used to call it the moose because it sounded like a moose to me.
It is in fact a volunteer fire alarm
stringer media thanks forsharing with me this video it was a reall cool video i really enjoyed it and God Bless.
I've watched the show, too most people it doesn't make sense to store useless junk, but a hoarder...it dies, a traumatic thing happened in their life where hoarding is a relief,a feel good a euphoria of necessary 😢 that's why they need professional help and organization. Comfort in a healthy environment
More people need to learn about squatters rights and taking these homes back from corporations who let them sit and rot
That's why those notices from April 2024 were there: Squatters. Once they are told that they are tresspassing their squatters rights are revoked. They need a certain length of time without being notified for adverse possession to take effect.
Have to have water and sewer. It is considered condemned without an approved toilet.
@@sqeekykleen49 depending on location, squatters can connect all those things. Had a friend do it here in Australia. Lived in an abandoned property for 10 years. Reconnected amenities, changed the locks, slowly fixed up the place, albeit cheaply. Good thing he did things cheaply as the land owner had the place demolished 2 years short of him being able to claim ownership. Frustrating, but at least my mate had somewhere to live for 10 years instead of being homeless
I always loved exploring abandoned houses when I was a kid. It really taught me a lot and made me think. You see all of the abandoned possessions, and you think "Somebody once desired all of that stuff, and worked for the money to pay for it, and spent good money on it...but it's all really just crap and garbage. Nothing really of any substance or value is made anymore, and it's only the really old stuff from a bygone era (like that old chair) and stuff with sentimental value that has any worth. I'm very glad to see that the kids in this video were very respectful of the previous residents and properties. The one doing the narration is a smart cookie.
I got a good chuckle out of your commentary guys. Pretty cool find but so sad at the same time. Thanks for bringing this to us here on RUclips. I would otherwise never ever see anything like this.
Grab masks for your trips. You don't want to get sick from your explorations. 😢 have fun & be safe ❤ 🙏
That was a fire siren. Most fire departments in the area are volunteer. That's how they call anyone available to the fire station.
Be careful don’t mess with the bee 🐝 it’s not fun to get stung by it I support you
Explore videos?!!!
I never knew these type of videos existed!
I used to tape in pre 2005 but I'm too scared to tape now.
At least I got you ( and other) to get my exploration fix from 🎉
So 36:46, rewind a bit and pause. Do you think it's strange that Phyllis J Wells is getting rewards from the pyramid management company that tried to get everyone off that land they bought ? So she was living there and was paid good I bet to try and get everyone out? I mean that's dirty!!!! What do yall think? Also those sirens are standard firehouse sirens around ny.
All estate was donated to a local college
After the pyramid company bought most of the homes on those streets in the 1990s, a lot of their employees stayed/lived in those houses.
Sad to see..
The home my grandfather bought from the railroad co back in 1938, where my Father grew up and my Uncle wound up owning went through this same experience..
That house still stands with new owners since my uncle passed, and then my aunt a couple years later.
It's at the end of a dead end st.
The city had built a huge soccer field behind it along the main river, where a massive building used to stand which was where train engines used to be serviced..
Some years ago the entire street was bought out by Walgreens.. every owner sold on the street but my Uncle.. so they basically became tenants, which means they did sell the property/house to Walgreens but were able to remain as tenants until they passed.
And since the actual house didn't interfere with the Walgreens being built a deal was struck.. Walgreens maintained their property and any serious problems.
It was sad to see the entire, close neighborhood torn down around my uncle's home and see the Walgreens and its parking lot built there..
It was very surreal.. the entire house was surrounded by businesses and parking lots over the years and a huge soccer field right next to it.
Im amazed the house still stands and there are new people living in it, as Walgreens sold it as a private home with its tiny little back yard which is prone to flooding as all the land around it has been built up so high, and all the surface rains drain into a small basin which was built about 50 ft from the property, and there is a major river only 300 ft away.
In the basement of the home is a pump which runs 24/7 which was installed when the home was raised and a new foundation built to set it on.
If that pump ever burns out and no one is home.. that basement will fill up to the rafters within an hour easily.
It's bizarre anyone would want to live there to me.
Every time that loud alarm went off all I could think of was Silent Hill lol
For real lol how amazing for their video tho
That stuff gets left behind bc ppl refuse to leave their home until the police show up and say youve been evicted and have 24 hours leave the property. Its sad bc it usually means these ppl had no where else to go!
I’m surprised there aren’t squatters in some of them homes. I’m in WNY we have squatters in abandoned homes.
I'm gonna take a swingin wild ass guess and say those memos/notices on the doors are to get squatters out.. There's no way the grass grows that quick.. lol
The one house with the "front" door that was open, but the next door was locked, what you thought was the "front" door was just an enclosed front porch.
I don't want it to be true but that house with the busted front door you pushed in looks like my buddy Tony lived there with his family 😢
Did u lose fuckin touch with him or wut mate? 🧐🧐
If you look closey, Tony still lives there 😢@ToboeKey309
I don’t mean to be that guy but I would ware some type of mask. I would hate to see you guys get sick from inhaling all that mold.
And gloves
Please wear particulate masks. That first house is literally crawling with black mold.
They had a buy out before just to build Crossgate Mall. My grandparents lived on Rapp road there and had to leave.
As far the sirens, it does go off a lot especially in Schenectady. Also on late night Tv they did it about every 20 minutes at night. They once had a big billboard sign on Route 7 near Albany St in Schenectady showing preparation for a zombie apocalypse. True story. Lived there over 20 years. Weird energy upstate NY but it’s a beautiful lie.
I live on central Long Island. Have been upstate many times tho not specifically to Albany. There isn't NORMALLY tornados upstate but in recent years there has been. There was just one last week in Rome and Canandaguia NY. We've had a few on Long Island over the years.. we usually average one about every 18 months. We about due for another one. They're often EF-0. Rarely do we get EF-1's.
That alarm...You guys almost got stuck in Silent Hill
Those funny grasses that explode, I call them boing boings. It's how they spread their seeds. Kinda cool that plants can have potential energy stored like that. You only heard a local fire department roof alarm in the beginning. I'm sure you knew that anyway. It's a traditional way of summoning volunteer firefighters to the firehouse for an emergency. Totally not necessary anymore and just noise pollution I'm my opinion. Being a volunteer for 25 years now. The smartphone gives you a map, detailed information, and status of a call. Why do we have to listen to that siren? NOSTALGIA!
The people who left everything were probably renters and the houses were sold out from under them and they couldn't afford to take everything. Also if you stay past the eviction deadline the police can make you leave with little notice.
That siren is the volunteer fire department calling the volunteers to an emergency
She was a librarian 37:50 On this house she died at 82 in 2013
Tornados actually occur in all 50 states. When properties are bought up like this, they are paid so much, that they just leave it all behind and start fresh.
Tornadoes do NOT occur in upstate New York lol
Source: I’ve lived her my whole life and have gone to Crossgates mall probably over 500 times at this point.
Seen lots of movies at that regal theater. Johnny Rockets is across from the theater
@@dylanhealy8126 Policygenius has a link with data showing on average the entire state of NY has roughly 9 tornados a year. I live a state that is high on the list for the number tordanos per year, however, the county I live in does not see that many.
@@dylanhealy8126 he said all 50 states my friend.. i live in westchester county ny and i had one 2 weeks ago about 1 mile from my house.. it happens, rarely but it does
@@dylanhealy8126 Tornadoes DO occur here. Source: Also lived here all my life. One of the worst was 1998 Mechanicville. Also, there were about 8 or 9 this summer just north and west of here.
P.S. Johnny Rockets has be closed for years.
Hi love watching these.. So the awards for Phyllis were from Pyramid, the same Pyramid that sold everyone out and kicked everyone out of their homes... Did the other residents know? woah
We knew😉
I’m from there that the fire house depends on the time or if there is a call
What a shame. Some nice looking properties.
That’s a fire house alarm when they get calls I run with two fire stations! It’s not tornado alarm
The desolate houses are surreal. Always after they are abandoned.
guessing you Filmed this on a Wednesday around Noon time? Some Towns and Cities in NY and other States will Sound Tornado Sirens at This time. as a Test Once a Week. I used to live in NY for 20 years growing up in the First Capital of New York Called Kingston.
Bro I cannot with the commentary on the urban explorers
“Whoa they left office furniture. That’s so crazy! I wonder if it was an office . What do you think”?
“Yeah like you said an office”
Nooooo shit!!!
True lol
It’s endearing. They’re in the moment, nothings rehearsed.
Very difficult to listen to I just want to take control n go look with the camera myself damit n he doesn't look everywhere it pisses me off 😢
@@d.graham3623 yes!! That are our eyes they need to let us see more. I get it they can’t make 2 hour vids (even though some of would watch 3 hours) but show us the meat and potatoes the good stuff not what’s in the fridge ffs
You’re near Crossgates mall which is near a fire department, the sirens are from the departments. It’s sad that they made so many leave their homes and the mall has turned out to be a crap hole! It’s not a great mall at all.
Big corporations should be forced to pay double or triple the fair market value plus all costs of the moving & expenses
It's not odd that people leave all their stuff, people get paid 5 × what their property is worth from COSTCO and just leave everything because they can buy more.
The photos are what get me on these type of videos. Why would anyone leave photos of their kids/relatives/friends behind if they really did sell the property?
@@IvyANguyen Can't fit everything into a tiny old age home studio apartment. Can't pull big crates full of pictures out of storage with frail bones and withered muscles.
She was a librarian who died at 82 in 2013 at timestamp 37 minutes 50 seconds her estate was donated to a local college
I'm curious how you know that.
1) NYS had a record amount of tornadoes this year, wild. 2) it was a fire department alarm 😂😂 its only a block or so away from there so it is very loud
Im from ny we don't have tornado alarms, we have alarms for when nuclear power plant go into meltdowns and it's the tell people to get out of the area before the plant blows up and they test them every month.
Believe it or not, we do occasionally get tornadoes up this far north, and east, they just tend to not be as strong as they would be in flatter areas. And sometimes our fire departments use sirens to call for volunteer firefighters in addition to radios.
Some small towns sound a “whistle” at 12pm and 6pm. The 6 o’clock whistle let kids know it was time to head home for dinner.
Awesome finds. Thanks for respecting that kids' privacy. The red velvet chair looks like Polart furniture from like the 40s. Truly great finds. I haven't seen a good abandoned town exploration in a while. To see the pics the old stoves even the calendars..just wow. Corporations can be lethal and savage.. really makes me wonder what happened that everyone left so abruptly almost. 😮 i also find it strange that phyllis wells woman worked for Pyramid..and Pyramid which is the largest privately owned mall building company. They so called own like 12 properties.. the majority are in nyc specifically albany... bought out that town.
Hey Guys, that siren maybe a volunteer fire department alert or an emergency . Since hearing the emergency equipment it must be a bad accident or big fire.
Man I hope that violin wasn’t a Stradivarius 😂😂😂
Quite sad, to think people loved that neighborhood, and loved those homes that are not rotting. When they could have had families still living in them 🥺 to be forced out of a home you thought would be your home for years to come. & Then to just have it ripped out from under you, AND now they sit empty rotting 😮💨 developers can be a nightmare at times
there is a sad part of all these the home here with notices your showing were people were still paid and holding out they have no electric meters these hose lost there occupancy permits and they removed services while people still were there no loght water swer nothing ..
So they destroyed a community and all of those beautiful houses for a company that didn't even move there. If the company was smart they would have left the people alone built what they needed and sold their products to the people living there. They had enough space without destroying people's homes. That's just greed at its finest. Hurting people just to hurt people. The company couldn't even finish building so there was no profit to anything they did.
The people blocked the Costco build, the courts just cleared it, all these years later.
You're great! When you made the statement " That's a faze" I lost it. Funny as hell. It's like the one family just disappeared off the earth
So Pyramid is corporation that owns malls, so honestly to be living right outside of the mall, it is actually pretty common to be an employee of said company
Paint peeling, probably didn't prime the surfaces 1st
They arent hoarders. Parents have a lifetime of life, along come the children...creates a home. Now i do not believe they left everything like this. Looters
Whoa! Have delivered to the BJ'S in that mall dozens of times when I lived out in Massachusetts for almost 10 years! Did refrigerated freight to them from Rocky Hill, Ct. 😊
The alarm whistle is the firehouse calling firemen to the station, not tornado.
Wow thanks for the video sad all the stuff left behind an them houses rotting away . What happen there
Lol welcome to curupt ny
Compared to how sad this is, just an FYI, it's pronounced "All-benny" (I grew up in Albany). Alarm 's are blown at 12 noon in most cities and towns. But yes there are plenty of tornados in NY. Had one last night! People rip out walls for copper pipes to sell. Hoarder was probably foreclosed for non payment and they were evicted. So sad for the kids. People getting evicted will trash everything because they had no means to actually move it all.
The tobacco-probably squatters.
Looks like the whole neighborhood was forced out with no time... I wonder if the area is toxic? Weird to even leave cars.
Young people can’t pronounce names because they don’t talk in real life to people about anything of any importance.
I hope you see this because when you were inside that one house with all the junk inside of it, you found certificates of appreciation from somebody’s work. I hope you remember that from that video because it said pyramid, which is the same company that put signs on the door saying they had to evacuate, so those people worked for the same company that were kicking them out
It's sad to see this. I don't think the people living here did this. When a house is abandoned losers take the opportunity to drop in. They take whatever they want
Those aren’t tornado sirens, they’re fire sirens. That’s why after one went off you heard fire trucks. It’s also not in Albany, it’s in Colonie or Guilderland. The whole area is a Karner Blue butterfly sanctuary that was never supposed to be developed but Pyramid Corporation has developed all of it minus about twenty acres. This after the existing buildings were harassed for having community centers. Someone is getting a payoff for certain.
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You know this is not a local group - you can tell because they pronounced Albany wrong.
I think the recent notices from pyramid might possibly be towards squatters not residents who stayed.
I’ve been to cross gates like every weekend when I was in upstate ny. Cool to see where I been on a video fr
I bet you can find some antiques maybe good or old coins in the attics or basements.
I remember this as I under stood it some of these houses People were offered far more then the homes were worth and they had plenty to start over and then some they just walked left everything behind , there were a few hold outs of Older residence and they decided to wait them out hoping once the people died the home would get sold by the families or they would go up for back taxes since the whole thing had already takes far longer then they hoped .
now its doubtful any thing will ever be built there because environmental studies say that it would hurt the population of the Blue Butterfly which is endangered, some of these homes have been abandoned Since the mid 90s the hay day of Excess the Economy was was smoking so to speak the biggest issue with the Costco Project and the Expansion of the mall the Pine bush and the larner Blue Butterfly people were already upstate over Crossgate and the strip mall being built as it was .
some of the dangers of entering these older home there is not just molds in the air but these house still had asbestos Tiles that are broken and walking on them can be a health risk also they were Still using lead paint so the finer crumbling paint is in the air and the dust you inhale is peppered with lead , Radon Gases were a huge issue to in homes with basements . Most older homes and new one all have vents and filters to filter this radioactive gas today ..
That horn, that neighborhood, I thought it was a Silent Hill moment.
these houses with so much in them I think excepted the offers and got paid after a while but they held out remained in the houses but not paying taxes and such and in the ended many didn't have time to pack and move they were must locked out not allowed back the Taxes were paid so the company didn't lose the land . in 2023 after endless years of legal battles they finally won the right to start costco , they had one hurdle left before building a still trying to receive nearly four hundred thousand dollars in exemptions on sales and compensating use taxes. untill this is Complete all progress again came to a stop . this battle now has been on going for more then 30 years ..
There's one by where I live and it turn into an ANF Gyros & Grill on West Colonial Drive when they built the new one literally 5 minutes from the old one. They also did the same to an old Burger King on Silver Star Road.
Just saw the NYC tunnels on TikTok will there be a longer video of that exploration?
I rode my bike through there before.I wondered what happened.Now I know.Corporations forcing people to sell their homes like cracked out scooby doo villains.Smh.f'd up.