Editing Cohoes, New York (section)

===21st Century===
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From 2005 to 2013, the Harmony Mills were redeveloped and restored by real estate developer Uri Kaufman. Kaufman converted the Mills to luxury loft apartments, sparking a revival in the heart of the city.{{Citation needed|date=October 2017}}

On November 30, 2017, there was [[2017 Cohoes fire|a massive fire]] that destroyed and damaged 21 buildings that caught the attention of national media.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Flames-consuming-large-building-in-Cohoes-12395747.php|title=Mayor: Amateur bladesmith started massive Cohoes blaze|newspaper=Times Union|date=30 November 2017|access-date=19 January 2018}}</ref> An amateur blacksmith, attempting to mimic the show ''[[Forged in Fire (TV series)|Forged in Fire]]'', started a barrel fire to forge with before losing control of it. High winds stoked the flames which spread over the course of six hours. At one point smoke and fire collectively consumed three blocks of the downtown district, and a plume of smoke rose over the city large enough to be detected by weather radar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/NWSAlbany/status/936331831200370689|title=Smoke from a fire in Cohoes, NY is visible on the Albany, NY WSR-88D Radar. See that plume of gray and blue colors in southern Saratoga county? That's the smoke from the fire in Cohoes.pic.twitter.com/PpQLEInc4M|first=N. W. S.|last=Albany|date=30 November 2017|publisher=[[Twitter]]|access-date=19 January 2018}}</ref> Twenty-one buildings were heavily damaged or destroyed, with two businesses and a garage being completely leveled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newyorkupstate.com/capital-region/2017/12/cohoes_fire_ny_tv_show.html|title=Cohoes fire: Upstate NY man sparks massive blaze while imitating TV show (photos)|website=Newyorkupstate.com|date=December 2017|access-date=19 January 2018}}</ref>