Sunday, February 19, 2012

A look at Winter 2012


Such a mild winter, comparatively speaking. Now in mid-February, after Pauxsatawny Phil predicted six more weeks of winter, it’s gotten colder but we still have a scarcity of snow, as evidenced in today’s photographs. Corning NY has seen little white, featuring instead a surfeit of grays. Personally, I like the color gray.


Gray skies over Carpenters Funeral Home on the northside…



Nothing quite as “gray” as a tree void of leaves, such as this one on Bridge Street…



Corning’s southside on a gray day led me to take the next photo (and the one at the end) in black and white…



Gray rock on the Chemung River. Oh, wait, they’re gray all the time…



I admit it was a sunny day, but the tires were certainly fitting for today’s theme…



A rare glimpse of snow in Corning NY…



Grey and light make a stunning contrast…



Monday, February 6, 2012

Sign up for Corning


Remember Corning's Historic Walking Tour on December 5, 2011? It surprised me to find out that I walked by those signs several times each week and didn't pay attention to them.

Now I've gathered up more signs from around Corning that show there's a lot of history behind this community. Let me know if you come to town and find them when you take a walk (or a drive!).

Brown's Cigar Store...



Concert Hall Block...


Ecker Drug Store...



Valerie Reep...



One of the many manhole covers found throughout Corning, made in Jamestown NY...



Brisco Bridge...



Achsinessink--across the street from the Corning Fire Department. YMCA on the left, CMOG and the "big black Corning Inc building" in the background.



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Corning NY Step by Step's most popular post so far has been the January 2011 entry about the Corning Fire Department.

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