Police sub station on James St

[concerned]

Why is it taking so long for the work to be completed on that building that will become a sub station. I hope this isn't going to be like all the time it took to do the court house.

[dgriffin]

Exactly where on James St. is it?

[concerned]

Miller and West Streets. The outside still looks like crap but I quess that is a good thing because it blends in well with that neighborhood. I have also noticed many Vietnamese and Cambodian familys moving it. Apparently the blacks are moving up into South Utica( that should make them happy). Another suspisious house fire this one on Stark St.

[gearofzanzibar]

Aug 21, 2008 10:21:05 GMT -5 @concerned said:

Why is it taking so long for the work to be completed on that building that will become a sub station. I hope this isn't going to be like all the time it took to do the court house.

I believe Mr. LaBella actually said the substation would be ready in "90 days". That, of course, is in Utica time, not regular days, so you can expect the grand opening in 2011.

[stoney]

Wait a minute. Miller & West Sts.?? Do you mean Miller & James?

I didn't think they were putting a substation there, but rather a memorial building for Lindsey where there would be foosball, etc.??

[dgriffin]

I took concerned's post to mean between Miller and West on James. But, maybe he meant something else. Stoney, are there two sites? A substation, plus a memorial?

[Ralph]

No Dave, just one.

It is going between West & Miller on the South side of James St.
It will be a sub-station/activity center with a small B-ball court outside dedicated to Lindsey.

It was originally scheduled to be opened in September if my memory serves me right. I thought it was odd, but normal, for it to open as soon as the kids went back to school.

The Vietnamese and Burmese are nothing new around this section of Cornhill, they have been here for more than 12-15 years at least and have built a wonderful Buddhist Temple which they just dedicated a short time ago on Steuben St. near James.

[dgriffin]

Thanks, Ralph. The Vietnamese and Burmese should be a welcome addition to the neighborhood, if they're self-starting.

[stoney]

Thanks for the info, Ralph!

When I was in college I tended bar on the corner of Miller & James at a place called Huck's Tavern. I used to walk there from Grant St. at night with no problems.

Of course, that was back when there was actually corn in Cornhill..

[Clipper]

Wow Stoney, Hucks was a wild little place. I remember on more than one Saturday Morning when I lived on West St, that the glass from Hucks windows was scattered over the sidewalks where someone had exited without using the door. I thought at the time, that they should have had a plexiglass window, and swinging doors like the old saloons, haha.

I hung out at the Regency Lounge, where I drank with folks that were quiet and reserved murderers and mobsters. haha. It was a different atomsphere (Hmmmm)

[stoney]

Clipper, I met my 1st husband at Huck's, & his mother worked part-time at the Regency! (A french lady named Lily?) I spent my share of time in there. I remember Turk being in there a lot & he was like a grandfather to me. Little did I know...

It was Lily's night off when Angelo Grillo was killed in the bar.

[Clipper]

Yep. I remember Lily. She was a sweetheart. Bobey was working the night that Grillo was killed wasn't he??

Do you remember Mook?? He was my buddy. I lost track of him years ago. I have a few stories to tell about that place, like the story about the gal that got drunk and snatched Lyle Bosely's toupee' off his head and was waving it around, haha. We all called him Lyle Boozley behind his back.

Had a great time in there on New Years Eve before I quit drinking. I went there after work, and never left until 3 the next afternoon. They closed the doors but the regulars stayed and watched football and drank bloody mary's. Ah yes, the days of the all night licenses on New Years. Now there was a real deal for the heavy hitters, haha.

[stoney]

Mook sounds familiar but I really can't remember him. Do you remember Lily's son, "Tiny"? That was husband #1.

[Clipper]

I remember Kenny, and Mook, and Lily and Bobey Salerno tending bar. I probably knew Tiny but it has been a long long time. I quit drinking in 1976.

[stoney]

Good for you, Clipper! And you were so young...