What was left behind?
What was once a bustling motel and restaurant has been completely razed to make room for a luxury car dealership. The Cocca's Inn & Suites on Route 7 in Latham closed in the mid 2010's. As it sat empty and in decay for several years, nature - with a little help from vandals and squatters - took its toll on the structure. A local fire department was even using it for training drills.
Cocca's had a number of locations throughout the Capital Region. This particular motel was located close to Albany International Airport, making it a convenient place to stay if traveling to the Albany area. At one point, it was the home of Otis & Oliver's - a restaurant now located at the nearby Mill Road Acres Golf Course.
The entire building was leveled in 2023, but local UrbExer (slang for Urban Explorer), Jake Towne was able to get a look inside before it came crumbling down.
- Underneath the debris, it's a heart shaped jacuzzi
- A workshop of some sort?
- Art continues to grace the walls
- Art continues to grace the walls
- Old School TV
- Someone left their golf clubs behind
- What was once a wall
- What was once a ceiling
- Classic motel bedroom lights
- Mattresses still in the rooms
- Cocca's info
- Bathroom is pretty in pink
- Classic motel room furniture, just rearranged
- Does that door lock?
- Pallets and... hay?
- Old school TV in the restaurant
- The wooden structure that hovered over Otis & Oliver's restaurant
- Antique phone? And lighter fluid
- Classic rotary phone receiver
- The basement
- Boilers in the basement
- Restaurant kitchen are
- Furniture moved into the kitchen
- Somehow the fireplace held up
- Either the restaurant bar or the check-in counter
- The restaurant
- Mattresses in the restaurant
- Restaurant area
- Restaurant area
- Restaurant area
- Restroom
- Motel hallway
- Restroom
- Desk and chair in the room
- Room with a jacuzzi
- Yes, there's a jacuzzi under there somewhere
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