The early stages of a $2.5 million project to tear down an unsafe parking garage in downtown Binghamton is getting underway. The city-owned structure was closed last January because of deteriorating concrete and steel. A view of a section of the west side of the State Street garage on July 2, 2026. (Photo: Bob Joseph/WNBF News) A view of a section of the west side of the State Street garage on July 2, 2026.