The Sport Shop Building at 209-211 E State St demolished in August 1962 following a devastating fire in February which gutted the building. It, along with most of the odd-side of the 200-block of E State St  was replaced by the New Rothschild Brothers Department Store in 1975.

"Firemen Still Battling Last Smoldering Flames As City Praises Work of Chief Weaver, 200 Men," Ithaca Journal, February 26, 1962, 2. 

Demolition photos, Ithaca Journal, August 18, 1962, 1.