Corning NY ~ May 15 and 16, 2013

It’s always windy on the bridges crossing the Chemung River. On this particular day, May 15, I was crossing the bridge on my walk home following a hair cut. No, this is not the style my hair dresser gave me!



Elders exercising at the Corning Senior Center. The Chemung River is just the other side of the view out the windows.



The new transportation center is coming together nicely and should be open sometime this summer, I assume. Local busses and others that travel to nearby communities will now assemble here between Wall and Cedar Streets, along Dennison Parkway, to load and unload riders.


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Photos for Corning NY Step by Step are taken with two cameras -- a Nikon and a Canon. Today I added a third camera to the set. The first three photos (hair, Senior Center, transportation center) were taken with the camera on my new iPad Mini, a Mother’s Day gift from my children.


I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see. (John Burroughs)


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A tree’s offshoots have been cut back.



This bush’s attraction was in the late afternoon light shining on it.


(Each photo can be enlarged by clicking on it.)



Flowers carpet a garden in a front lawn on Pulteney Street.



The appeal in this shot was the lighting and the flowers losing their color as they make way for the formation of ornamental fruits.



In Wegmans’ parking lot, the driver of a tour bus from Vermont cleans off the windows. Look closely at the trees to see the effects of the gusting winds.


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Coming soon to Corning NY ~



GlassFest 2013 ~ May 23-26 ~ “The fourth annual GlassFest is a celebration of glass and the fire arts in America’s Crystal City


* Glass Fest 2011 (May 25, 2011)





* A celebration of glass (May 27, 2011)


* Glass Fest 2011 ~ The final day (May 30, 2011)

Parked at Corning's Senior Citizens Center.


Polo is a very friendly, retired greyhound. She's six years old. I couldn't decide which photo I liked best, so here they both are!






I noticed this chimney at the top of the BPOE (Elks) building and am not reassured that it wouldn't crumble and fall down, down to the ground at the slightest breeze.



The next two pictures are the old Corning library building which is now (finally) being converted to apartments, or are they referring to them as condominiums?






Centerway Square... hula hoops for exercise and dance.



Ideal day for a ride. Don't forget a helmet.



In the window at The ARTS on Market Street. Louise R and Connie S-B are setting up a display featuring a dress made of recycled materials. It's time for REcycled Runway 2013.



On sale--winter sporting supplies!



These photos were taken last week - April 9 - our warmest, sunniest day so far this Spring.

One Robin, One Crocus And Blue Skies

As we ease out of winter into spring, I've seen one crocus blooming in my garden. Squirrels have dug up and/or chewed the tops off most of them. I'm hopeful, however, because I see a few new ones coming up out of the ground--crocuses that is, not squirrels!

The changing of seasons is like the beginning of a new year and a good time to honor what has been accomplished not only in our gardens, but also in our lives. And, a time to prepare ourselves (and the soil) for whatever is about to arrive.

I invite you to click on each photo to enlarge it and enjoy all the details that can be seen in the larger view.

Who Is That Man And Would You Believe It Is Spring.

I was about twenty feet past this consignment store when I decided I had to back up! He was sleeping in the window display and is surrounded by window reflections, including clouds which look rather ghostly.


I would have cropped this photo closer to show off the birdhouses, but then I noticed the old plow in the foreground.









Corning Inc...








Corning Credit Union...

A look back at Spring 2011

Early morning Tuesday, June 12, 2012 ~ overcast and rainy. A few distant claps of thunder. A day of rain? 66-degrees Fahrenheit outside. 78-degrees indoors, in my apartment.

I take so-o many -- too many -- photos and get behind in sorting them. That’s why I decided to take a look at Spring 2011 and see what pictures are worth sharing before I started clicking on the “send to trash” button.

May 18, 2011...

Little League baseball field at Denison Park in South Corning. This is the “Minors” field. These players are somewhere in age and skill between “T-Ball” (4-6 years old) and the “Majors”.



May 21, 2011...

New park on Denison Parkway, a main drive through Corning. At the far end is a fairly new Walgreens.



Corning’s many alleys have old-time carriage houses with the upstairs converted to apartments.



This converted carriage house is at the rear of the stately Rosewood Inn on Corning’s East First Street.



May 25, 2011...

Market Street is always being spruced up. Here the front of Heron Creek gift shop is being painted.



Civic Center Plaza houses the Social Security office, the library, city hall and a union hall, plus (pictured here) a large covered skating rink.



Centerway Square, at a midway point of Market Street. The square hosts musical events and those who wish to dine outdoors, even an occasional political rally. Unseen on the right is the “bandstand”. At the right rear is the tall clock. To its left is a public parking garage. Far left is the Information Center, the Chamber of Commerce and several businesses.



June 3, 2011...

Again on Market Street, the second block coming from the east end.



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Corning's history, from Wikipedia.com...

The first settlement in the town of Corning was made near the site of the future city in 1796. The community was set apart from the town as a village in 1848. Corning was incorporated as a city in 1890. As the glass industry developed, Corning became known as the "Crystal City."
The Corning area's first real industry was lumber. The first settlers used the area's river systems to transport logs and finished lumber in fleets downstream to buyers. This gave rise to large mills which helped to develop the area. Rafting of lumber began to wane as timber was depleted. At one time the mills of the Corning area were reputed to be among the biggest in the world. After the lumber was depleted the great mills moved north to new forests.

East, across the Chemung River from Corning, lies Gibson, the site of a feeder canal for the Chemung Canal system. Some of Corning's early prosperity came from the feeder canal system exposure. Canal cargoes from Corning included soft coal, timber, tobacco, grain, and whiskey. From April 22 to December 11, 1850, the canal season that year, the newspaper reported that 1,116 boats left the port of Corning. Tolls for the year totaled $54,060.39. Among items shipped were 46,572,400 pounds of coal. The canal's best peacetime year was 1854 when 270,978 tons of freight was hauled. The Civil War brought an abnormal amount of business, with a peak of 307,151 tons hauled in one year.[3]
After the Civil War, an industrial boom occurred in the region. Ingersoll Rand opened during this period in Painted Post, just north of Corning.

Read more about Corning.


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