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Post by denise on Mar 20, 2011 15:29:38 GMT -5
Gorgeous photos!
I remember when the Kanatenah burnt down. Even though it was run down, still sad to see it go.
I lived at 15 Jewett at that time; my first apartment. How I loved living there. It was a 4 unit apartment building, and sadly also was the victim to fire. I worked at 1518 Genesee. What a nice building to go to work to every day. My office was the first floor left in the round room! I loved it!!
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Post by urbanhermit on Mar 20, 2011 15:30:39 GMT -5
Fiskie (and anyone else who may not have had the pleasure)... If you ever get the chance, have a Shriner show you through the Ziyara Temple on Genesee St. right across from the Fort Schuyler Club (in the next block north from the Stanley theater). This was built as, and has always been, a Masonic Temple whose members were craftsmen in their various trades. It's worth the effort to browse through the building and see real quality like you'll never see in today's construction. I will try and visit that building some day Kit! Keep posting the postcards, they are awesome. Have you ever noticed how many simply say, "this is where I live." They were people of few words back then!
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Post by denise on Mar 20, 2011 17:29:40 GMT -5
Some of my favorite buildings are:
The Savings Bank of Utica. I remember going in there as a little kid and it was the most beautiful building I'd ever seen with its gold dome.
Blessed Sacrament Church. Another childhood memory. It was the parish my family belonged to, and I went to school at its school. It was a beautiful church.
Uptown Theatre. Before they chopped it up. Could be worse though, it could be gone.
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Post by stoney on Mar 20, 2011 17:55:35 GMT -5
Gorgeous photos! I remember when the Kanatenah burnt down. Even though it was run down, still sad to see it go. Yep. I had a lot of CSS clients who lived there (& one who died from a fall). It's said that the cockroaches all went running when that place burned up, & are still alive & well..
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Post by urbanhermit on Mar 20, 2011 20:29:19 GMT -5
What's the history of the current Adirondack Bank Building Downtown? What was in there during its "heyday"? Also, I went through a building on Genesee St. near the Stanley ( on the opposite side of the road). My sister and I went through it with a Realtor and I believe it was once the "Catholic Women's League"? What a beautiful building in spite of the fact that it needed a lot of work. Marble Fireplaces in each room etc. The realtor even said that there was tunnel that ran under Genesee St., but I'm not sure of the accuracy of that statement? We didn't buy it, but a "Polish Princess" did! I've learned a lot reading what Fiona and Dave have posted. I never realized that Old St. John's had a time period where they didn't have Steeples on the Church.
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Post by fiona on Mar 20, 2011 22:15:24 GMT -5
Yes. I have a lot of post cards, but have decided to put them up on www.morestories.proboards. com, because I already have a post card tour there and I want to match the two works, in other words, treat them as one unit. In this way they will be part of a book. My post card tour there is called: A New Sketch Of Old Utica, and this second part will be titled: Streets Of Old Utica. Eventually there will be a third section to the work, but I am not sure just what yet. I will also continue to post here as well and am enjoying this new thread. please visit me on More Stories as well. I have enough work in the pipeline to share.
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Post by fiona on Mar 20, 2011 22:24:53 GMT -5
No Stoney. That's where I live. 1513 Genesee. The house on the corner of Jewett and Genesee. "Sunny Jim" Sherman lived 2 houses north, where the A and P was. They tore down his home to build the A and P. Then they regretted it. Fools!
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Post by fiona on Mar 20, 2011 22:30:27 GMT -5
Home of "Sunny Jim Sherman", Utica's favorite son! Torn down, but I don't know the year. Replaced by the A and P store and a parking lot!
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Post by jon hynes on Mar 21, 2011 0:55:52 GMT -5
31 Sherman Circle in Sherman Hills The mansion was built for Lee Jeffreys, millionaire artist in 1928.
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Post by jon hynes on Mar 21, 2011 1:05:59 GMT -5
31 Sherman Circle
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Post by urbanhermit on Mar 21, 2011 4:22:43 GMT -5
Wow Jon! What beautiful pictures of what we always referred to as "The Pratt Mansion". I went through it when it was abandoned, before the current owner renovated it. (Donnelly) One room had a walk-in Safe, that was the whole size of the wall. I wish I had taken the tour that the current owners had offered for a small fee. Would like to know more about the history of this home.
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Post by dgriffin on Mar 21, 2011 7:40:59 GMT -5
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Post by denise on Mar 21, 2011 8:16:20 GMT -5
I always loved 31 Sherman Circle! Just gorgeous.
Although maybe not so much after it had been abandoned. How poor was the condition of the home??
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Post by dgriffin on Mar 21, 2011 8:28:43 GMT -5
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Post by kit on Mar 21, 2011 9:12:04 GMT -5
I went to high school with Willard and Walter Pratt and have been in the "Pratt Castle" several times, usually for parties that turned out to be 'beer blasts.' Two families of Pratts (cousins) lived there at the time, and yes, the architecture is breathtaking.
While doing my family's history several years ago I discovered that for several years beginning in 1931 my dad was the chauffer for Will and Walt's grandmother, Mrs. Pratt.
I haven't been in the building since the early 1960s so I don't know if they've since restored the old architecture or not. It was, and I hope it is again, a magnificent complex.
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