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Latham is a hamlet in Upstate New York. It is located along US 9 in the Town of Colonie, a suburb north and west of Albany. The latitude of Latham's center is 42.746N. The longitude is 73.759W.

Latham Circle Mall was one of America's earliest indoor shopping malls. While this retail destination remains open to this day, it has been in physical and financial decline for well over a decade, primarily since the opening of Crossgates Mall in nearby Guilderland, as well as the nearby Latham Farms big box store complex.

Latham is also home to Hoffman's Playland, a small, regional amusement park offering simple rides and games for children, including an operating miniature scale train; it is a relic of the "roadside vernacular" from days when Route 9 was the major north-south route through the region. The Playland is part of the larger Hoffman's complex which at various times has included an old-fashioned ice cream and soda fountain, a miniature golf course, a driving green and a carwash. Recently, the miniature golf course has been upgraded, and plans have been announced to demolish the driving range to build a new integrated development of apartments and businesses.

Other sites of historic or geologic interest in Latham include several small historic cemeteries now surrounded by retail or residential developments, and a sequence of slate and shale cliffs and canyons behind Shaker High School (from which nearby Blue Creek Elementary School takes it name) and between Haswell Road and New York State Route 2. Some of these sites are now on private property, and require owners' or town clearance for access.

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