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Post by dave on May 17, 2014 13:41:36 GMT -5
   The 18th section of "Around Town - Utica Before We Got Here," Elizabeth Street III, has been posted on Facebook and the MoreStories and Utica History Forum. "Around Town" is a postcard and photo tour that begins in Baggs Square and moves up Genesee Street. The sections so far published are: Bagg's Square photos Newspaper Advertising Aerial Perspective Map Detail Maps of Old Utica Lower Genesee Street Broad, Main and Whitesboro Streets The Erie Canal Union Station The Busy Corner I The Busy Corner II The Busy Corner III Bleecker Street St. John's Church and UCA Lafayette Street I Lafayette Street II Elizabeth Street I Elizabeth Street II Elizabeth Street III Plans are to continue the "walk" up Genesee Street after a side trip out Columbia Street. Cornhill, South Utica and other parts of the City will be included and there will be a separate section on trolleys and buses. Many of the photos were found by Fiona or me, and I think a few were actually found a few years ago by the late Jon Hynes of this forum. You may remember that Jon did a yeoman's job of transcribing most of the old newspaper articles we used in the threads on the Genesee Flats Fire and Post Street Blues. Around Town is set up in two places on the web. On Facebook it's on my timeline at: www.facebook.com/DaveBrotherJesseAnd it's also on the MoreStories and Utica History Forum at: morestories.proboards.com |
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Post by dave on May 25, 2014 18:15:46 GMT -5
 The People of Utica
It has occurred to me we’ve been concentrating … at least visually … on buildings and street corners. What about The People of Utica? For one thing, a few of them were responsible for some of us being here. And in any case, the men and women helped build what at one time was a wonderful mid-sized city. We’ll should meet a few before we continue on our tour. And not the famous personages. They’ve had their run of public exposure.
Click on the following link and you’ll find a collection of real people who were Uticans, plus a few real people from other places I’ve used to stand in for our aunts and uncles and grandparents where the photographer was unable to find them. Click on the following and then select “The People of Utica.”godontheground.blogspot.com/ |
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Post by kit on May 26, 2014 8:36:05 GMT -5
Dave,
In the 'Godontheground.blogspot.com/' site in the thread 'The People of Utica' there's a photo of a cop near Berger's in downtown Utica. His name was Fred Marron. Freddy and a fellow named Bob Jones were both motorcycle cops for the Utica Police Dept. Their bikes were specially equipped Harley Davidsons. They used to stop in at Glista Bros Shell gas station on Oriskany Blvd (on the corner of State St.) around lunchtime every day, and sometimes have a cup of coffee. Kenny Aikin, the guitar player in my band 'The Nitecaps' worked at Glista Bros. at the time. Freddy also had a side business selling advertising items and we bought the band's first business cards from him in 1963. They were gray lettering on a transparent blue material.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2014 11:28:43 GMT -5
Dave excelent work I am enjoying each section and can't wait for the rest.
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Post by dave on May 26, 2014 14:44:46 GMT -5
Kit, can I cut and paste your note with your name under Freddie's picture on the blog where it appears. I think many would be interested.
Thanks,
Dave
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Post by dave on May 26, 2014 14:51:01 GMT -5
Thanks, Alan. I'm having fun doing it, but it's taken a lot more work than I had planned. And my trip seems to have lengthened out farther than I originally thought of doing. I'm going to slow down a bit but keep at it. i want to at least do Buses and Trolleys, Cornhill, and probably Railroads.
Next I'll do Columbia Street, but I don't have much for it. Then I'll slam a lot of territory into probably one or two sections of "Genesee Street South to Court."
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Post by kit on May 27, 2014 6:51:08 GMT -5
Kit, can I cut and paste your note with your name under Freddie's picture on the blog where it appears. Absolutely, Dave. Use the whole thing or whatever part you deem necessary. I ran into Freddy a few times over the years and he always had a smile and pleasant words to share with everyone. I've never met him, but I understand Fred has a son (Freddy Jr.) who continues the advertising gift business. |
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Post by dave on May 27, 2014 7:50:12 GMT -5
Thanks, Kit. I can use your last name if you want or the name of your business. Send me a PM and let me know. And since we've often used just first names and call letters in radio, I've forgotten your last name.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2017 19:59:23 GMT -5
Fantastic history
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Post by clarencebunsen on Sept 22, 2017 21:39:30 GMT -5
Some of the links didn't wok for me but mot were OK. Another great link to Dave's work. I don't know where he found the time.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2017 19:46:14 GMT -5
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Post by clarencebunsen on Dec 2, 2017 11:54:38 GMT -5
Read an article last night in the Greater Utica magazine. It reminded me very much of Dave's work. The magazine comes very irregularly to my house. I discovered they have both a FB page and a web site which I don't think I knew before.
Found both by searching for Greater Utica magazine. Clipper I see that you have already liked their FB page.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2017 20:58:37 GMT -5
I wish that statue of Neptune which was 8 feet tall back in 1875 was still around. I didn't know that the effort to build First Street in Utica to extend right through Chancellor Park failed and as a result we have to go around Kent St and Elizabeth Street to get back on First Street. Found that in Greater Utica Magazine issue.
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Post by Clipper on Dec 3, 2017 11:01:10 GMT -5
I have Greater Utica Magazine bookmarked and occasionally go back and look at the photos and reminisce about life growing up in Utica and the surrounding areas.
I remember he was associate editor for the Utica Phoenix newspaper at one time. I was trying to remember if he had any involvement in the publication of the Greater Utica Magazine.
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