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Sam Patch: Early American Daredevil

April 23, 2023 by Jack Kelly Leave a Comment

High Falls of the Genesee RiverOn a chilly November day in 1829, a man dressed completely in white stood before a crowd on the precipice of the High Falls of the Genesee River in the middle of Rochester, New York. Many watching had traveled for days to view the spectacle. All eyes were riveted on one of the most famous men in America. [Read more…] about Sam Patch: Early American Daredevil

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: Circus, Cultural History, Genesee River, Labor History, Madison County, New Jersey, Niagara County, Niagara Falls, Niagara River, Rochester, waterfalls

NYS Nominates 13 Places for State, National Registers of Historic Places

March 23, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

An information table set up by the Gay Liberation Front on the University of Rochester’s Eastman Quadrangle in 1970 (Photo by Anthony Boccaccio)The New York State Board for Historic Preservation has recommended adding 13 properties to the State and National Registers of Historic Places and submitting one request to the Columbia Turnpike East Toll House to the National Park Service.

The nominations include a key site associated with Rochester‘s LGBTQ+ history, a historic synagogue in Manhattan‘s Upper West Side, a public park in Ithaca, a church connected to Yonkers’s civil rights history, a re-built Lustron House in Erie County, the Oneida County History Center, and more. [Read more…] about NYS Nominates 13 Places for State, National Registers of Historic Places

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Architecture, Beacon, Black History, Brooklyn, Columbia County, Dutchess County, Eden, Erie County, Fishkill, Hillsdale, Historic Preservation, Ithaca, LGBTQ, Long Island, Manhattan, Monroe County, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places, New York City, New York State Register of Historic Places, Nissequogue River State Park, Oneida County, Oneida County Historical Society, Oneida County History Center, Pittsford, Prattsburgh, Religious History, Rochester, Rome, State Parks, Stueben County, Suffolk County, Tompkins County, University of Rochester, Upper West Side, Westchester County, Yonkers

New York State Canals Bicentennial: Some History & Plans For Celebrations

March 23, 2023 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Erie Canal BicentennialThe Champlain Canal turns 200 this year and the Erie Canal will celebrate its 200th anniversary in 2025.

The Champlain Canal between the Hudson River and Lake Champlain at Whitehall was the first to open. Worked started on the Champlain Canal in October, 1816. The first boats operated in November, 1819, and was fully completed in 1823, two years before the Erie Canal was finished. [Read more…] about New York State Canals Bicentennial: Some History & Plans For Celebrations

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Albany, Albany County, Buffalo, Cayuga-Seneca Canal, Champlain Canal, Erie Canal, Erie Canalway Heritage Corridor, Hudson River, Lake Champlain, Lake Erie, Maritime History, Mohawk River, NYS Canal Corporation, Oneida County, Oswego Canal, Rensselaer County, Rochester, Rome, Saratoga County, Transportation History, Troy, Utica, Washington County, Waterford, Whitehall

Seeps Keep Erie Canal, Glens Falls Feeder Canal Levels Lower

February 14, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Erie Canal Lock E12The New York State Canal Corporation has announced that water levels this navigation season in the Erie Canal between Lock E-30 (Macedon) and Locks E-34/35 (Lockport) will be consistent with levels maintained throughout 2022 – approximately one foot lower than historic levels. [Read more…] about Seeps Keep Erie Canal, Glens Falls Feeder Canal Levels Lower

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Mohawk Valley, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: boating, Engineering History, Erie Canal, Genesee County, Glens Falls, Glens Falls Feeder Canal, Lockport, Lockport Locks District, Macedon, Monroe County, Niagara County, NYS Canal Corporation, Orleans County, paddling, Pittsford, Rochester, Transportation, Warren County, Wayne County

Historic Preservation: Landmark Society Names Five to Revive

January 30, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Hotel CadillacThe Landmark Society of Western New York has announced its 2022-23 Five to Revive – a list that identifies opportunities for targeted, strategic revitalization. The announcement was made at a news conference last week at the Landmark Society headquarters in the Warner Castle in Rochester. [Read more…] about Historic Preservation: Landmark Society Names Five to Revive

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: Architecture, Department of Corrections, Finger Lakes, Finger Lakes Land Trust, Historic Preservation, Landmark Society of Western New York, Monroe County, Ontario County, Rochester, Seneca County, Seneca Lake

2022 Landmark Society Preservation Award Recipients

December 19, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Christ Church in RochesterEach fall, The Landmark Society of Western New York presents awards to projects, people, and organizations who, through their dedication and hard work, have contributed to historic preservation in their nine-county area.

The 2022 Awards were presented in a private ceremony in November. This year’s recipients include: [Read more…] about 2022 Landmark Society Preservation Award Recipients

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: Arcadia, Architecture, Aurora, Erie County, Fulton NY, Historic Preservation, Honeoye Falls, Landmark Society, Livingston County, Monroe County, Mount Morris, Ontario County, Orleans County, Oswego County, Ridgeway, Rochester, Shelby, Town of Jerusalem, Wayne County, West Bloomfield, Williamson, Yates County

Nationally Significant Olmsted Landscapes Threatened

October 25, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Postcard of Andrew Jackson Downing Memorial Park courtesy Newburgh History Blog The Cultural Landscape Foundation today released Landslide 2022, an annual thematic report and exhibition about threatened and at-risk landscapes, focusing on twelve sites designed by Frederick Law Olmsted Sr., and his successor firms, a founder of the discipline of landscape architecture best known as the co-designer of Central Park in New York City.

This year marks the bicentennial of the birth of Olmsted Sr. (1822-1903). The sites feature the involvement of one or more of all three Olmsteds: Olmsted Sr., his son Olmsted Jr. (1870-1957), and stepson John Charles Olmsted (1852-1920). [Read more…] about Nationally Significant Olmsted Landscapes Threatened

Filed Under: History, Nature Tagged With: Architecture, Cultural Landscape Foundation, development, Frederick Law Olmsted, gardening, Genesee River, Genesee Valley Park, Historic Preservation, Landscape Architecture, Monroe County, Nassau County, Newburgh, Orange County, Oyster Bay, Planting Fields Arboretum, Rochester, University of Rochester

Who Owns A Photo Of Your Face? A Rochester Teenager & Privacy Rights

October 16, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Abigail Robeson Franklin Mills Flour Privacy Rights PosterIn the 1890s, Rochester teenager Abigail Roberson was surprised to learn that a portrait she had taken at a local photographic studio was being used on 25,000 lithographic posters created by the Rochester Folding-Box Company to advertise Franklin Mills flour, without her prior knowledge or consent.

The poster, reading “Flour of the Family,” was distributed to stores, warehouses, saloons, and other places around Rochester, NY where her face was recognized by those she knew.  Feeling humiliated by scoffing and jeering from her acquaintances she suffered a breakdown, and was confined her to bed under the treatment of a physician. [Read more…] about Who Owns A Photo Of Your Face? A Rochester Teenager & Privacy Rights

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Culinary History, Historical Society of the New York Courts, Legal History, Monroe County, NYS Archives Trust, Photography, Rochester

Traveling Art: Gustav Stickley’s 1903 Exhibitions

September 9, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

 Symbiotic PartnershipContrary to conventional wisdom, the very first modern traveling art exhibition was not the three-venue, 1913 New York City “Armory Show.” Instead, and a decade earlier, Syracuse and Rochester, New York hosted an important art exhibit.

The novelty of a traveling art exhibition in 1903 is matched by the surprising reason it occurred: a furniture maker’s business deal with an educational institution. [Read more…] about Traveling Art: Gustav Stickley’s 1903 Exhibitions

Filed Under: Arts, Books, History, Western NY Tagged With: Art History, Arts and Crafts Movement, Furniture, New York City, Rochester, Rochester Institute of Technology, Syracuse

Upstate Cities Turn To Canal Heritage For Economic Development

August 12, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Albany Waterfront along the Hudson RiverUpstate New York’s largest urban centers are pursuing economic development strategies that include a major focus on their canal heritage. [Read more…] about Upstate Cities Turn To Canal Heritage For Economic Development

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Mohawk Valley, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Albany, Albany County, Buffalo, Economic Development, Erie Canal, Erie County, Monroe County, Onondaga County, Rochester, Syracuse, Tourism, Transportation History

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