SCHENECTADY - 701 Congress Street was demolished in Schenectady. The building is the first that the city will knock down as part of a program to get rid of crumbling buildings. The razing is being financed by $10 million in government funds and private donations, the city said. A local non-profit organization, Capital Roots, plans to turn the site, at one of the entry points to the Mont Pleasant neighborhood, into garden space.