TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Troy City Mayor Carmella Mantello issued an emergency declaration for the immediate demolition of two 18th century buildings in north Troy.

Phil Hare lived just down the street from Hot Dog Charlie’s former location on 2nd Avenue in north Troy. He said his father would send him to the restaurant in his earlier years, “My dad gave me $2 to come down and get ten hotdogs. You know, when they were $0.20 apiece.”

His daughter Katie remembered the aromas coming from the restaurant. She grew up just down the block, “We used to smell the onions being freshly cut in the morning. That was a very like evident smell.”

Others in the neighborhood remember the popular Hot Dog spot for the quirky service. “The way they used to serve the hot dogs. He used to just place some on you

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