Long shots

This opening photo was taken coming off I-86. You can see the parking lot for CMOG (Corning Museum of Glass, which is behind the big black Corning Inc. building also seen in this same photo. Free busses run all day from the parking lot to CMOG and on over to Corning's Market Street.


The next two photos were taken about a week ago when there was a tragic accident on I-86 just east of the off-ramp in the first photo Eastbound traffic was diverted from the highway across the Brisco Bridge, through the middle of Corning, onto Denison Parkway. You'll notice the heaviest traffic is going in one direction, southward. That bridge hasn't seen that many trucks in a long time!




Centerway Walking Bridge, south to north, parallel to the Brisco Bridge...


Standing at the southend of the Brisco Bridge, looking toward Centerway Square...


Seating in Centerway Square. Looking across Market Street and Denison Parkway, going up the hill on Pine Street...


Market Street, looking east. You can see the Palace Theater on the left. Centerway Square is a short distance past it.


Driving east on Denison Parkway, you'll see the Rockwell Museum on the left (big red brick building). Looking up the hill at the back of the photo, there appears to be a water tank. Is it? If so, I've not been too observant in the past. Will have to take another look.


I'm not sure about this photo. I know it's on the hilly southside and I think it is Sunset, just south of and parallel to Denison Parkway. I would have been standing on the end of Bridge Street. If I've got this wrong, I hope locals will let me know!


Back on Corning's northside, no memory of which street I was on, but I can see a cross street sign says Dodge Avenue.



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MAP OF CORNING NY

Corning NY 2011

These photos represent favorites of mine for every month in 2011. A few months, I just could not make a decision, so I included more than one.

As I browsed through over 1,500 photos I found myself on a journey made up of many small journeys. All the walks I took in 2011 were fresh in my mind again. I could see the big picture behind each snapshot. I could trace my footsteps and, often times, the thoughts that came to mind on my original walks.

The first photo, the one above that leads into today’s blog entry, is of Mike Sorge, up on a ladder, prettying up the place again. This is a November 2011 picture of the new storefront. Sorges Restaurant closed after a devastating fire on 12/27/2008 and reopened on April 21, 2010.


JANUARY ~

Northside, I believe. Remnants of Christmas 2010 and life in general.



FEBRUARY ~

Railroad tracks cutting east/west through Corning’s downtown. This photo was taken at Riverfront Park.


MARCH ~

A good indicator of the level of the Chemung River is this little island with its small stand of trees. In this shot, the river is quite high, but some of the island is still visible.



APRIL ~

A northside long shot that I cropped to show the variety of roofs.



MAY ~

Be sure to click on this photo to take a closer, clearer look. It’s May and lots of rain has brought the Chemung River up to a level where it’s beginning to cover early dandelions.



JUNE ~

The sunshine in June and the beautiful architectural structures of Corning’s southside made it difficult to pick just one photo. So, I included five!

Refurbishing for resale...


Old beauties lined up on a southside hill are easier to reach from the rear, unless you like climbing...


Gorgeous corner house...


I took 5-6 photos of this house and yard, and every one was “picture perfect”...


Another day, another time of day...



JULY ~

A lot of good this sign does!


Remembering...



AUGUST ~

Corning’s northside, just off Pulteney (Dodge Ave?). Love this old tree. Love taking photos of it.


I believe I took this one is on the southside in one of the alleys. Fresh, colorful flowers “framed” by old picket fence in need of painting.



SEPTEMBER ~

This tree intrigued me...



OCTOBER ~

Look at that sky. The clouds caught my eye and then I glanced downward and found the buildings. What a picture...



NOVEMBER ~

Apples or leaves. Leaves or apples. Oh, what the heck, include them both...




DECEMBER ~

The last month of the calendar year. It’s Christmas day and I have a new camera...


I was evidently holding the camera at a slant. I straightened it with iPhoto, then decided the slanted take was more interesting. Again, Corning’s southside, the west end...


Cold days are coming...



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STEP BY STEP IN THE KITCHEN ~ also by Kathleen Richardson

Corning Headquarters ~ Reflections

Welcome to the New Year...

It's only been a week or so since Christmas and receiving my new camera. Still loving the difference this Nikon makes in the quality and detail in the photos I take.





I took these pictures of the front of the Corning Inc. headquarters building from a distance, then did some cropping on the computer.





I'm often surprised and pleased by what I see and photograph on my walks, but because the screen on the camera is so small and my eyesight is not so good, it's the finished product that sometimes takes my breath away.





What actually IS and what each of us SEES are not necessarily the same. Reflections can be deceiving. For instance, look at yourself in a mirror, then the next time you're walking on a downtown city street, look at your reflection in a window. Well, before I get too reflective, I invite you to enlarge each photo and notice what's really there... or is it?





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STEP BY STEP IN THE KITCHEN ~ also by Kathleen Richardson