Lumbard Hall, Clinton, NY, USA, 2007

The Nicer Side of the Armpit

Being from the armpit of New York State, my initial inclination was to make a Rustbelt album, illustrating the problems of the region. I did discover, however, that I had a number of photos of the nicer aspects of the area, so in the interests of fairness, here's an antidote.

23 Aug 2010

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Simplex Movie Projector, Strand Theater, Picture 3, Old Forge, New York, USA, 2010

Here's a detail of the second projector.

27 Dec 2012

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Agway, Clinton, NY, USA, 2012

This is the Agway store in Clinton, NY. Agway are a chain of farm supply stores, so this one isn't very remarkable, except for what you notice if you look more carefully. The whole building looks like a railroad station or freight house, and this is untrue but close. Prior to 1957, the parking lot was a yard for the New York, Ontario & Western Railroad, or O&W, and this building was owned by a freight customer. Naturally, it was built to hug the line for easy delivery and/or transshipment, like most railroad customers' buildings, and for that matter most if not all freight houses. Naturally, in the old days the O&W would have used very large snowplows.
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