The century-old Strand Theater building in downtown Binghamton has seen some tough times over the last few decades but the place is about to get a new life.
The three-story Court Street structure that had been home to a drug store for nearly a century remains vacant several months after CVS ceased operating at the site.
Traffic was being detoured from a busy downtown Binghamton street because a crane was being used for a project at the Printing House apartment building.
City parks and recreation department crews have removed trees that for years had provided shade in an area adjacent to Court Street in downtown Binghamton.