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Post by jon hynes on Mar 24, 2009 0:00:53 GMT -5
ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE PUBLIC MR DANIEL MORIARTY, for the past 15 years in the employ of John Buckley,49 Elizabeth Street, has opened "THE NEW OLBISTON HORSESHOEING SHOP." in rear of the Olbiston flats and close to the well known stable of Andrew McKeelg. Mr. Moriarty would be pleased to meet all his friends. Mr. Moriarty is well known as a skillful worker and guarantees to all his patrons nothing but first-class work.
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Post by jon hynes on Mar 24, 2009 0:43:14 GMT -5
SADDLE HORSES To Rent and For Sale - At 30 Clinton Place & COVENTRY Bell phone 408.
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Post by jon hynes on Mar 24, 2009 1:02:57 GMT -5
Mortgage Holder Bids in Olbiston ___________________
The Olbiston Apartments were sold in the Court House yesterday.
The sale was on the mortgage fore-closers of $350,000, the mortgage being paid by the Home Savings Bank of Albany, which made the nominal and only bid for the property. Harry M. Garvey was referee and auctioneer. Arthur Evans of Miller, Hubbell & Evans, appeared in behalf of the bank.
Wednesday October 7 1936
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Post by jon hynes on Mar 24, 2009 1:55:27 GMT -5
NO BODIES FOUND _______________
City Surveyor Johnson's People May Work Again To-Night
The work of searching for bodies among the ruins of the Genesee Flats was continued this morning without results. No trace of the bodies could be found. Neither were any articles of value discovered. City Surveyor Johnson's men, who have been at work in the first and second sections, have nearly completed their work at those points. The first section will be entirely exhausted at 3 o'clock and the second section by night. Northrup & Latcher's men are working in the third section and have their work about two-thirds done.
City Surveyor Johnson says that if no bodies are found by 6 o'clock this evening, he will at that time reorganize his former gangs and set them at work tonight. A large force will be sent into the northern sections and the work of digging will be diligently prosecuted during the night and continued until the bodies are found or the ruins have been thoroughly searched.
Many articles of value are still at the police station, awaiting claimants.
[1895]
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Post by fiona on Mar 24, 2009 7:44:59 GMT -5
Good morning, gentelmen. I have a small problem: I am going to ask both of you to take over the research for a while, if you would, specifically the postings on the fire, the hoses, ect, and post what you can in the time that you have. I have developed tendonitis in my right arm and wrist and have very limited use of my arm right now. Needless to say, it s quite painful, and I hate to loose the energy of the thread. As a matter of fact I am going to the doctor today. About the opera house, Dave , I am going to photo copy some info and , also today sending out the photos to you. The opera house was right about where the Hotel Utica is now. About Genesee Hill,it was all very exclusive up on the hill. I believe it began around Oneida Square and ran up town. I think it was a given name, a deliniation that people used to define a neighborhood like "Backbay". The photos are beautiful. I will be back on line when this clears up, soon I hope. Fiona
to you.
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Post by Clipper on Mar 24, 2009 9:16:04 GMT -5
I hope your tendonitis clears up real soon Fiona. I have had it in the past from bowling. It is VERY painful. A velcro strap type brace, strapped snuggly, just below my elbow always brought SOME relief, but I imagine all cases are different. I took anti-inflammatory drugs and in my case, it eventually calmed down and healed.
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Post by Clipper on Mar 24, 2009 9:19:16 GMT -5
Keep us posted as to your condition, even if you have to do the hunt and peck, and only put up a few words, haha.
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Post by jon hynes on Mar 24, 2009 9:35:59 GMT -5
LANDMARK SOLD - The Olbiston Apartments, 125-unit structure at Clinton and Genesee, was sold today for $242,739. The largest private apartment building in the city, It was built in 1898. It was sold by the Olbiston Apts. Inc., a New York City firm, to the Glen Ellyn Properties Inc., a Rochester firm.
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Post by jon hynes on Mar 24, 2009 9:36:40 GMT -5
Olbiston Sold for $242,000
Utica's largest private apartment house, the Olbiston, at Clinton and Genesee, was sold today to a Rochester firm for $242,739.
The building, a seven-story structure built in 1898, contains 125 apartments and is a landmark. It was sold by the Olbiston Apts. Inc. of New York City to Glen Ellyn Properties Inc., Rochester.
The former owners purchased to building Oct. 10, 1938, for $250,000. Papers of incorporation in the county clerk's office show that the directors of the Olbiston firm were Jacob L. Rosenthal, Hyman Maas and Thelma K. Bittner, all of Rochester. Rosenthal signed today's deed.
Signing for the Glen Ellyn Properties was Herbert Kroll, president, also of Rochester.
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Post by jon hynes on Mar 24, 2009 9:37:20 GMT -5
THE BUILDING, constructed of sandstone, was erected by a firm of Nutt and Lacher about two tears after a disastrous fire consumed the old Genesee Flats on the same property. The builders were the same firm that constructed the Kanatenah Apartments, built in the sane style and of materials one block south of the Olbiston.
In 1916 the building was purchased by Ervin D, Lee, local lawyer. In the 1930s the Home Savings Bank of Albany foreclosed the mortgage and Daryl Pirnir, local realtor, was receiver and the late manager of the property.
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Post by jon hynes on Mar 24, 2009 9:37:59 GMT -5
ABOUT that time the building was remodeled and many of the former six-room Pullman style apartments were cut up into smaller units, increasing their number to the present 125. During that time the owners operated a restaurant in the building on the seventh floor, which has since been discontinued.
The building passed into the hands of the Olbiston Apt. Inc., in 1935 in a deed filed by the Home Savings Bank of Albany.
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UNDER THE TERMS of the present sale, the purchasers paid $103,500 cash and assumed a 4 per cent mortgage of $139,239 to the Home Savings Bank. The sale includes all the furniture, furnishings, equipment and personal property used in connection with the operation of the premises.
[1950]
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Post by dgriffin on Mar 24, 2009 20:21:12 GMT -5
Good morning, gentelmen. I have a small problem: I am going to ask both of you to take over the research for a while, if you would, specifically the postings on the fire, the hoses, ect, and post what you can in the time that you have. I have developed tendonitis in my right arm and wrist and have very limited use of my arm right now. Needless to say, it s quite painful, and I hate to loose the energy of the thread. As a matter of fact I am going to the doctor today. About the opera house, Dave , I am going to photo copy some info and , also today sending out the photos to you. The opera house was right about where the Hotel Utica is now. About Genesee Hill,it was all very exclusive up on the hill. I believe it began around Oneida Square and ran up town. I think it was a given name, a deliniation that people used to define a neighborhood like "Backbay". The photos are beautiful. I will be back on line when this clears up, soon I hope. Fiona to you. I'm sorry to hear you're not feeling well, Fiona. Take care of your arm. We'll all still be here when you return. Follow along if you can at least use your mouse. I'll look forward to your materials in the mail this week or whenever you can send them. I'll scan them and upload them to this thread. Get well ....
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Post by dgriffin on Mar 24, 2009 20:24:50 GMT -5
ABOUT that time the building was remodeled and many of the former six-room Pullman style apartments were cut up into smaller units, increasing their number to the present 125 Nice find, Jon. Fiona had said that some of the rooms in the Olbiston now are quite small. Now we know why. I had wondered because the Olb replaced the Genesee Flats and the latter was upscale with rather large apartments (for the time) and I assumed the Olb had been built for the same clientele.
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Post by dgriffin on Mar 24, 2009 20:27:15 GMT -5
By the way, I'm not having much luck with Simple OCR. It can't copy a jpg file extracted from a pdf document, unless the typeface is quite large, headline size. I'll keep looking.
Meanwhile, I assume you're using Acrobat Reader? Do you know if you can use Reader to select text and copy it out to the clipboard? (I'm running full acrobat and not reader.)
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Post by fiona on Mar 24, 2009 20:29:45 GMT -5
From Fionas sore arm: Utica directory -1895- Ambrose Beander- adress 369 Genesee Street, Genesee Flats} occupation: cook, 1896- adress 38 Elizabeth St., boards.occupation, cook Hulda Taylor, not found. Anne Cronin, 369 genesee Street, cook, 1895, 1896- not listed. John Losh, not found. I have heard or read about this Mr.Beander somewhere. Don't know. Have to think about it. Dr says arm will improve in a few days.
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