Corning NY Step by Step: Rockwell Museum of Western Art

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Friday, July 20, 2012

One Hundredth Post on Corning NY Step by Step!

I’m back from my Maryland/D.C. vacation just in time to celebrate CNYSBS’s 100th post. Yay! Would’ve been nice to do it soon after I returned (I’ve been home since Saturday evening), but, you know, “lifus interrupts!”

Whether or not you want to hear it, I gotta tell you. My (personal) Facebook account was hacked/spammed--whatever it’s called, maybe both. So, I’m closing down CNYSBS on FB. Also, all my computer files/documents disappeared. Luckily, my son insisted I install Time Machine backup on my MiniMac last August and I was able to restore the files. That night, after restoring, my Time Machine, which backs up daily for up to a year, crashed! Aargh!!! Add that to the other challenges I’m facing on my first generation MiniMac and I think it’s time for a new one ~ computer, that is. Further good news: Time Machine finally came back in all its glory!

So now you’ve heard a few of the challenges that popped up to test my vacation-rested mind and body. On to happier occurrences...

CORNING NY STEP BY STEP HAS, WITH TODAY’S POST, BEEN ALIVE AND ACTIVE FOR AN IMPRESSIVE ONE-HUNDRED POSTS. Well, it’s impressive to me anyways.

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It all started August 28, 2010 as a way to share my photos with anyone in the world who might want to see them.

Well, it turns out that CNYSBS’s readers/viewers do come from around the world. Many of them are former residents of Corning NY who stop in for the memories. Others, I’m not sure why, but love seeing where they are coming from ~ U.S., Russia, United Kingdom, Poland, Germany, Indonesia, Brazil, Ecuador, France, Guatemala, Iraz, Indonesia, India, Italy, Hong Kong, Australia, Ukraine, Canada, and Belgium.

You see, I walk everywhere and always take dozens of photos. (It takes dozens to get those one or two really good shots.) What was I to do with them? My family only looks at so many before their eyes start to glaze over. So, I decided to start a blog about Corning NY, about the parts that I see on my walks. There are lots of sites out there that tell about the big stuff, like the Corning Museum of Glass and the Rockwell Museum of Western Art. That’s not what CNYSBS is about.

Finally, here we are, 100 posts later--AND almost two years. Oh goody, another celebration post in about six weeks. Stay tuned!

YOU are why CNYSBS continues. You keep looking at the posts, the photos. You comment, not a lot, but every little bit counts. Every blogger appreciates comments, so chime in any time, please!

To stay linked with CNYSBS, look up in the right hand column. Translate, Sociable, then FOLLOW BY EMAIL. Fill in your email address and you receive email notification each time there is a new post. No one else can see your address, not even me!

One last reminder which is silly, I’m sure, ‘cause you all probably know this already. If you click on a photo, it will be enlarged and gave you a lovely close-up, detailed view. Try it... you’ll like it!

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Two Beautiful Women and Two Days till Summer

Shades of Humans of New York on Facebook! I was walking across a bridge and saw these two beautiful young women walking towards me in their long flowing skirts. I couldn’t resist stopping them to ask for their picture. I explained my blog and braced myself for a “no”, but they said “yes!” and were pleased that I wanted their photo.

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The ladies were actually the last photograph I took on my walk this morning. So, let’s go back to the beginning, starting with

an air-conditioned van...

I arrived for my appointment on Denison Parkway and saw these workers near the top of the Rockwell Museum of Western Art. From a distance I only saw one of them and when I viewed the photo on my computer, I realized that there were two.

Leaving my appointment and walking back to Market Street, I stopped in the middle of Denison Parkway and took these pictures: the first, looking to the west, and the second, looking eastward. Didn’t realize I’d gotten anyone in the second photo, but there she is, right in the middle of the street, jaywalking.

I spotted man and dog walking down by the river about a week ago. John gave me permission to photograph them. He said they walked there every night and that Jack, his 5-year old Jack Russell-Pug was determined to catch a woodchuck!

(I know the last photo is a little blurry. I'll try to catch up with John and Jack for another go at it.)

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

New Businesses and an Award

Walking down Market Street last week, I spotted several new businesses. That’s not unusual on Market Street. Someone--some business--is moving in or out all the time.

The two I noticed were side by side on the south side of the street and both were just getting set up, one not even officially open. Yet both owners invited me to come in a look around and gave me guided tours.

Don’t you love the hat above! I do. It’s for sale at Mint Velvet Vintage Interiors & Antiques, 24 East Market Street, as is this gorgeous framed picture.

Vintage goodies and antiques are always good for memories.

Next I visited AnnaMarri Soy Candles, 22 East Market Street and heard all about the owner’s transition into her new business.

If you live local, stop in to welcome our new entrepreneurs and tell them you heard about them here.

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I’ve written about a new transportation center to be built on Denison Parkway. Here’s a recent photo of some of the buildings which are on the demolition list for this project. The yellow building is/was Evergreen Express which is now on Market Street in the former Subway storefront (Subway has moved just up the street).

In that same photo, the two buildings behind Evergreen will also come down. In the far background is the Rockwell Museum of Western Art in the next block.

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Coming to Corning NY May 24-27, 2012: GLASS FEST ~ “The third annual GlassFest is a celebration of glass & the fine arts in America’s Crystal City.” More information on Facebook.

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A special thank you goes to S. Harry Zade of The Narrative Imperative: Tell Stories or Die who nominated Corning NY Step by Step for a Sunshine Award. Behind this fascinating blogful of stories is former Steuben County resident Keith Wilson.

Accepting the Sunshine Award means answering 10 specific questions. I’ll do so to the best of my knowledge and memory.

1. What are your favorite things to do? Write... my blogs and my Helium articles, spend time with family, and walk around Corning taking photographs and talking with anyone who will listen to me.

2. Where would you most like to travel to? Japan. It’s been at the top of my list since I was a teen with several Japanese pen pals (still corresponding with one).

3. Who would you most like to meet who is still living? Oh, good grief, I can’t think of any one person. I want to meet lots of people.

4. Who would you most like to meet who has passed away? My paternal ancestors who fought in the Civil War. There were several.

5. What do you think is the hardest thing to do? Writing. It’s also the most rewarding.

6. What is your favorite non-alcoholic drink? Well, this is a silly, non-useful question, isn’t it! I suppose Wegmans decaf hazelnut coffee is a favorite, as is any kind of smoothie. (If this question was about alcoholic drinks, I’d say frozen strawberry daiquiri!)

7. What is your favorite charity? Since I’m a United Way volunteer, and they pass money on to numerous non-profits, I'll just say United Way. Also, is a library a charity? It’s a non-profit. I love libraries.

8. What are you proud of? Who... my daughter and son-in-law and all they’ve accomplished during their marriage, two grandsons, new house, and much more. Then there’s my son, in his twenty-second year in the U.S. Air Force.

9. What ambition do you still have? To win the Lottery! Every year, for years, I’ve made a list of what I’d do if I won a million. Always had a difficult time using it all. Now I have to figure out what to do with millionS! Don’t laugh at me. I’m old enough to be entitled to do whatever I want.

10. What is your favorite flower? Football mum (chrysanthemum). It’s been my favorite forever.

I’m supposed to pass the Sunshine Award on to other bloggers. It’s going around the Internet pretty fast without my help, so I’ll say here that I’ve met very few blogs and bloggers that I didn’t like. So, here’s to all of rest of you who are doing such a great job entertaining, enlightening and educating!

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Monday, January 31, 2011

Corning NY Fire Department

I intended to create two more entries on Bridge Street (see January 10), then move on to Wegmans! Here’s what actually happened... I completed my second cake decorating course and was left with, of course, a cake which I decided to give it to the firefighters. Wrapped it up, took a walk and there I was, inside the Corning NY fire station for the first time ever.

On impulse, I asked if I might take photos and include them in my blog. Thanks to Chief John Tighe for allowing me to do so, and thanks to Firefighter Eric for the extensive tour of the building and his patience in answering my many questions.

Surprise! After living in Corning for almost twenty years and driving/walking by the fire station numerous times, I found out that the Corning fire station is a triangle, constructed after the 1972 flood with funding from the Federal government.

From THE FLOOD AND THE COMMUNITY (1976):
“Just across the Chemung River a triangle-shaped Fire Station clad in brilliant red had been constructed atop a graded mound piled purposely to set the building above the flood line. The structure was a scientifically-equipped replacement for two ancient engine houses--one on each side of the river--which had been damaged by the flood.”

Pre-flood, the southside fire station was located in City Hall which is now the Rockwell Museum of Western Art. Eric mentioned that the fire department was also once housed on Ontario Street in what is now Corning Catering. I’m thinking that might be the the northside building referred to in the book.

Click on any picture to see an enlarged version.

If any of my readers have more information about the fire station and its history, or would like to make corrections to what I’m writing here, please feel free to post a Comment (at end of this blog entry).

At the time of the flood, there were thirty in the fire department. Today, employees total seventeen which is stretching things pretty thin, even with nearby volunteer departments.

Ready to go at a moment’s notice...

One of two 1971 trucks...

Six or more firefighters were required to hold the life net when someone jumped from upper stories of a building. To prevent the jumper from bouncing back up, the net was held up high and lowered as the body touched down. Life nets are no longer used and have been replaced with ladder and platform trucks. The yellow equipment hanging on the wall beside the net is used for water rescue.