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Post by BHU on Dec 8, 2020 9:55:45 GMT -5
www.uticaod.com/opinion/20190616/historical-perspective-olbiston-once-jewel-on-genesee-hillShe was a valuable and dedicated member until she was driven away by foolishness, much of which I either was responsible for, allowed, or contributed to. She is a wonderful artist, and a great historian with a vast knowledge of Utica's history. She, Dave Griffin, and Jon Hynes dedicated countless hours researching city history and bringing it here to the forum for us all to enjoy. That was an interesting piece of Utica's history. Thanks for sharing. I remember the Olbiston's twin that was destroyed in a fire a few years ago. Now there's a plaza where it once stood with a laundramat & a Chinese restaurant. I think Tim Julian owns the laundramat. |
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Post by Clipper on Dec 8, 2020 10:44:06 GMT -5
The Kanatenah apartments? When I worked at the OD we had a carrier that lived there. That place was a dungeon. The hallways in that place were like the inside of a cave. Tim Julian probably DOES own the laundromat. His dad, Ben Julian had the laundromat on Oneida St. When I was single I used to drop my laundry off there and for 35 cents a pound they would wash, dry, and fold it. Between my Griffiss Fire Dept. uniforms and my Central NY Coach Lines uniforms I kept the laundromat and Jet Cleaners in business. Benny Julian owned the apartment I lived in on James St. next door to the Salumeria deli on the corner of Brinkerhoff. It was an interesting place to live for a single guy. All the topless dancers from the Elbow Room on South St. lived downstairs from me.  |
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Post by clarencebunsen on Dec 8, 2020 13:18:28 GMT -5
Welcome back.
Totally off topic but I noticed that today's paper used no local by-lines. Two things were local: the obits which are provided by funeral homes and "Nominate your favorite Utica-area HS team" which was by-lined From Staff Reports. Does anyone still work in the newsroom?
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Post by Clipper on Dec 8, 2020 15:38:14 GMT -5
Welcome back. Totally off topic but I noticed that today's paper used no local by-lines. Two things were local: the obits which are provided by funeral homes and "Nominate your favorite Utica-area HS team" which was by-lined From Staff Reports. Does anyone still work in the newsroom? Who knows? They change the format every other day, and who knows how many reporters they have left in Utica. Newspapers are going down hill fast. I just re-subscribed to our Bristol paper. I cancelled my subscription several months ago because of poor delivery service. I started it up again last week on a special offer of $26 for 13 weeks. The paper and the print have both gotten smaller and the quality of the newsprint they are using is crap. Where is the OD printed now? It's been to Ithaca, then Binghamton. Is it printed in Syracuse now. I know they were having trouble getting the paper to Utica from Binghamton in winter with the bad roads. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2020 16:20:42 GMT -5
A lady who rides the Bus at times with me who is a library aid at Proctor said the editor of the OD is now gone. Not sure if retired or quit. The second section I noticed is from USA newspaper at least that is the labeling used on the e-edition format. I get it thankfully for $7.99 a month( as a senior with very limited income) both weekday and weekends.
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Post by Clipper on Dec 8, 2020 17:40:55 GMT -5
The editor or the publisher? They brought in a publisher from one of the company's other newspapers when Donna Donovan retired. incidentally, I read recently that her mother died.
I don't imagine that a publisher has as much control over the day to day operations and personnel when the paper is being printed somewhere else and some of the news and reporting also come from another source other than the third floor at the OD.
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Post by BHU on Dec 8, 2020 18:01:24 GMT -5
I was considering subscribing to the OD again after I cancelled my subscription a couple years ago. The price is $63.00 for the 7 day print edition plus their online access. Well, I don't want the online access, it doesn't interest me. I used to enjoy reading the paper with my morning coffee & I just want the damn paper edition in my mailbox in the morning but there was no option for it when I was going to sign up so I didn't bother. Plus they want a year paid in advance, no thanks. Before, I was billed monthly which is what I want. If I'm not satisfied I could just cancel & not go thru the hassle of getting a refund. So, it looks like I won't be a subscriber again.
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Post by clarencebunsen on Dec 8, 2020 18:12:17 GMT -5
I don't know anymore. My contact with Donna when I worked at the OD was limited. Barb has had a lot of contact with her on various church committees. Barb doesn't know if she is still in the state or being a snowbird.
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Post by clarencebunsen on Dec 8, 2020 18:18:41 GMT -5
I was considering subscribing to the OD again after I cancelled my subscription a couple years ago. The price is $63.00 for the 7 day print edition plus their online access. Well, I don't want the online access, it doesn't interest me. I used to enjoy reading the paper with my morning coffee & I just want the damn paper edition in my mailbox in the morning but there was no option for it when I was going to sign up so I didn't bother. Plus they want a year paid in advance, no thanks. Before, I was billed monthly which is what I want. If I'm not satisfied I could just cancel & not go thru the hassle of getting a refund. So, it looks like I won't be a subscriber again. I tried to change my subscription and found that I am still getting the employee rate even though it has been years since I worked for them. I have been reading the paper since 1952 no matter where I lived. Barb & I still read it while drinking our morning coffee. Drinking coffee while surfing Google News just isn't the same. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2020 20:00:43 GMT -5
I was considering subscribing to the OD again after I cancelled my subscription a couple years ago. The price is $63.00 for the 7 day print edition plus their online access. Well, I don't want the online access, it doesn't interest me. I used to enjoy reading the paper with my morning coffee & I just want the damn paper edition in my mailbox in the morning but there was no option for it when I was going to sign up so I didn't bother. Plus they want a year paid in advance, no thanks. Before, I was billed monthly which is what I want. If I'm not satisfied I could just cancel & not go thru the hassle of getting a refund. So, it looks like I won't be a subscriber again. Be careful. This lady I know told me she is lucky if she gets her paper four times a week in the delivered. Many times she calls and it still is never delivered. She also pays yearly. My Mom used to get the paper and paid yearly and went through the same problem so she just subtracted the price when a paper wasn't delivered. One good thing about the e-edition which I get is that it is always there never late but just might not open in the pdf format properly all the time. I ready mine on laptop with my cup of coffee in the morning. I do not miss the ink print on my hands. |
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Post by artsyone on Dec 9, 2020 17:24:54 GMT -5
Clipper: your political beliefs had nothing to do with why I left the forum (for that time). In reality, I was ganged up on by another member. Ganged up on is a poor way of expressing it. This member took umbrage at a statement I made and refused to let it go. That's why I left and I kept wanting to come back, but things, life, just got in the way. But that was then and this is now. I am a newly refurbished and self actualized Fiona, who realizes that when IT rolls downhill IT gains speed and momentum until IT either collides with another object, or reaches the bottom and there is no where left for IT to go . Elementary law of Physics according to Fiona.
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Post by artsyone on Dec 9, 2020 17:39:04 GMT -5
Clipper: Colonial Laundamat is owned by another Corp. But I believe that Tim Julian still does own the laundrymat on Oneida Street. Both are filthy dangerous dumps day or night. I would rather wash my laundry in a tub in my basement, which I do, than take my life in my hands just to have clean you knows. Regarding the Elbow Room on South Street...another 10 cents a dance dump...long gone now...owned by a less that scrupulous fellow by the name of Sid Baker. He once went to Florida and brought me back a coconut with a painted face and straw hair. I kept that dumb arse thing for years. I even painted a mustace on it. Now I'm telling tales out of school...I used to drink there... but I never got as drunk as I thought I was... have a great day.
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Post by Clipper on Dec 9, 2020 18:55:44 GMT -5
The Oneida Street laundromat was nice and clean back when I patronized it, and he had women that would do laundry, fold it, and either put it on hangers or wrap in in bundles for about 35 cents a pound. There were a lot of those lap dance holes in the wall back then. Dulan's on lower Broad St, One near St Joe St Pat church, Presty's on Franklin Square and several more. I partied a few times with the girls from the elbow room but I wouldn't fix them with YOUR tools if ya know what I mean, haha.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2020 20:23:19 GMT -5
Never , never use those two places in Utica. Go to the one in New York Mills. Much better class of people.....
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Post by Clipper on Dec 9, 2020 23:41:06 GMT -5
Hell, with all the bed bugs and cooties around I would wash my clothes in the creek before I would go to a laundromat. The only thing I would consider washing in one of the huge machines they have would be the furniture moving pads that I have in the garage.
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