"Auburn in 35 objects" is a special multimedia series that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects.
Auburn in 35 objects
A special multimedia series that aimed to define the Auburn community through images of 35 local objects.
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Auburn in 35 objects: Emerson Park Pavilion
Installment No. 1 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
Today's image is Emerson Park Pavilion, the historic structure located at the Cayuga County-owned park on the northern shore of Owasco Lake. This land 鈥 which has taken multiple names, been divided into multiple parks, and been under both private and public control over its history 鈥 has long been a premier recreation and entertainment destination for Auburnians, with roots dating back to the 19th century.
Auburn in 35 objects: Genesee Beer sign
Installment No. 2 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
Downtown Auburn's "skyline" has a handful of iconic buildings and objects, including the giant Genesee Beer sign that hovers over East Genesee Street from atop the Speno Music building. Originally installed in 1951, the sign's meaning to Auburn came to the forefront Aug. 13, 2011, when thousands of people crowded the area in front of the building to celebrate a re-lighting after it had been dark since the early 1970s.
Auburn in 35 objects: Case Mansion
Installment No. 3 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
Located in the heart of the South Street Area Historic District, the Case Mansion was built between 1929 and 1931 by one of Auburn's most famous residents, Theodore Case, the scientist who invented sound on film. The massive Tudor Revival style home is a reflection of Auburn's rich history, and along with many other properties in the area, the city's prominence and prosperity in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Now owned by neighboring First Presbyterian Church, the property in recent decades has been used for a variety of human services programming.
Auburn in 35 objects: Crows
Installment No. 4 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
Auburn is a city filled with plenty of wildlife, but no animal has received more attention than the crow. Each year when the weather starts to turn winter-like, thousands of these birds choose the trees of Auburn聽鈥 usually near the water of the Owasco River聽鈥 to roost for the night after a day scouring the fields outside the city for food. The crows have generated plenty of debate through the years, with people who loathe them as a nuisance and others who marvel at their presence.
Auburn in 35 objects: Falcon Park
Installment No. 5 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
Auburn has long been a city that loves sports, with a prime example being the community's longstanding support of its professional baseball team. Falcon Park, where the Auburn Doubledays play their New York-Penn League home games each summer, was originally built in 1926. It was replaced by a newer version at the same site 20 years ago in order to comply with standards for minor league ballparks. Through the decades, scores of would-be Major League Baseball players have cut their pro ball teeth on the grass and dirt at the Auburn ballpark.
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Auburn in 35 objects: Tubman Home
Installment No. 6 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
Auburn has plenty of history to boast about, and near or at the top of the list of famous Auburn residents is Harriet Tubman, an escaped slave who would become a leader of the abolitionist movement and the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. In Auburn, where Tubman lived much of her adult life, the Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged on South Street is open to the public for tours. It is one of multiple properties associated with Tubman that would become a national historic park under legislation pending in Congress.
Auburn in 35 objects: Copper John
Installment No. 7 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
One of Auburn's nicknames is the "Prison City," a tribute to the institution that has operated in the city's center for three different centuries. And throughout that time, a symbol of the historic prison has been the Revolutionary War soldier statue that watches over the city.聽Copper John was placed on the peak of the original administration building while it was still under construction in the 1820s. The original statue was carved of wood, but it was replaced in 1848 by a replica hammered out of sheet cooper, which is where the nickname came from.
Auburn in 35 objects: Owasco Lake
Installment No. 8 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
With its northern shore just south of the city line, Owasco Lake is one of the most precious natural resources for Auburnians. This body of water serves as the public drinking water source for roughly 44,000 residents in and around Auburn, and it has long been a highly popular spot for recreational purposes聽鈥 including boating, fishing, swimming and diving. Owasco is the sixth largest of the New York Finger Lakes, stretching 11 miles long with a maximum width of a mile. Its deepest point is about 177 feet below the water surface. The lake holds about 212 billion gallons of water.
Auburn in 35 objects: Rubber ducky
Installment No. 9 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
If Auburn had an official toy, it might be the rubber duck. That's because for the past 26 years, one of the biggest community events has been the Duck Derby run by the Auburn Kiwanis Club. This community fundraiser that takes place shortly after the Memorial Day Parade draws thousands of spectators to the Market Street Park area in downtown Auburn. This year, about 6,000 ducks were dumped into the water for the competition. The crowds cheer on the plastic duckies racing down to the Owasco River to the finish line near the North Street bridge, and a handful of lucky duck owners get some impressive prizes, too.
Auburn in 35 objects: Auburn Schine Theater
Installment No. 10 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
The rise in recent years of the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival with its three performance venues has been just the latest example of Auburn's long theater history. While the city has had theater venues since at least the 1820s, the oldest remaining testament to the city's rich theater heritage is the Auburn Schine Theater. Opened in September 1938, the Schine is on the National Register of Historic Places and is noteworthy for, among other things, its Art Deco design created by renowned architect John Eberson. Located on South Street in the city's downtown, the Schine has been closed for many years, with the Cayuga County Arts Council as its owner. The council has been working for more than a decade on a renovation project.
Auburn in 35 objects: Holland Stadium
Installment No. 11 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
A big testament to Auburn's status as a great sports town is the impressive facility that sits behind the current Auburn Junior High School: Holland Stadium.聽Built for $125,000, the first football game took place there Oct. 10, 1936, and news coverage at the time labeled it one of the premier athletic facilities in the state. The stadium got its current name in 1971 when it was dedicated to one of Auburn's most accomplished athletes and residents, Jerome "Brud" Holland. An all-American football player at Cornell University, Holland was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1965. He also had a distinguished career outside sports, having served as president of two universities, U.S. ambassador to Sweden and as the first African-American member of the New York Stock Exchange Board of Directors, among a massive list of accomplishments.
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Auburn in 35 objects: William Seward statue
Installment No. 12 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
On a fall day in 1888, a crowd braved inclement weather to dedicate the statue of William Henry Seward that was placed on a small patch of land donated by the American stateman's family for use as a park. The 9-foot statue shows Seward on March 11, 1850, when he spoke in the U.S. Senate against the Fugitive Slave Act. That moment of remarkable American history is preserved in a place that Seward's son, William Jr., said the former New York governor, senator and U.S. secretary of state spent many summer hours in Auburn, his hometown, working on speeches and law cases and hosting friends, including dignitaries from around the world.
Auburn in 35 objects: Agricultural museum
Installment No. 13 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
The sight of a truck hauling livestock or hay is not uncommon on Auburn's main streets, which serves as a reminder that the city is the main population center of an area with one of the largest agriculture industries in the state. Much of the city's history has been connected to farming, and no where is that story told better than the Ward O'Hara Agricultural & Country Living Museum & Dr. Joseph F. Karpinski Sr. Educational Center on East Lake Road, just across from the Emerson Park entrance. Displays include carpenter and blacksmith shops, a complete rural kitchen, bedroom, one-room school, country mercantile and dairy room.
Auburn in 35 objects: Old Wheeler
Installment No. 14 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
Since April 5, 1930, the stately building at 24 South St. has served as the civic hub for the city of Auburn. Located on land donated by the Osborne family, Memorial City Hall is filled with unique architectural features, chief among them the giant bell at the top known as Old Wheeler. The 6,300-pound bell was originally located in the old city hall, located where the city public safety departments are now headquartered, and it's believed the name came in honor of 19th century Auburn Mayor Cyrenus Wheeler Jr. Operated with a thick yellow rope and human hands, Old Wheeler is known for ringing out 12 times for funeral processions of local veterans and public officials. To many, the bell is a symbol of the city's patriotic spirit.
Auburn in 35 objects: Dunn & McCarthy site
Installment No. 15 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
With an estimated 3,400 local jobs in the sector, manufacturing is a vital component of the Auburn-area economy, but as with many communities in the Northeast, the size of the city's industrial base has diminished greatly over the past several decades. One vivid symbol of that change is the former Dunn and McCarthy shoe factory site at 41-55 Washington St. With employment of some 1,700 people in its peak years, Dunn and McCarthy had an impact on just about every family in the city. It was also the site of one of the city's most spectacular fires, when the block-long building burned down in December 1993. Since the fire, the site has been vacant, although economic development leaders continue to hope for its future.聽
Auburn in 35 objects: Willard Memorial Chapel
Installment No. 16 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
Auburn is blessed with an array of historic buildings, including the Willard Memorial Chapel. Built in 1892-1894, the chapel on Nelson Street is best known for being designed and handcrafted entirely by Tiffany Glass and Decorating Co. of New York City. According to the chapel's website, it's "the only complete and unaltered Tiffany designed religion interior known to exist in the world." Features include "14 opalescent windows, a rose window, a large figure window, nine Mooresque styled chandeliers, memorial tablets of glass mosaic tile and gilt bronze, furnishings of oak inlaid with metal and glass mosaic, a ceiling with gold leaf stencils and mosaic flooring."
Auburn in 35 objects: Myles Keogh's grave
Installment No. 17 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
One of the biggest sporting events in the Auburn area every year is the Great Race, which takes place this year on Sunday, Aug. 10. The race's official name is the Capt. Myles Keogh Paddle, Wheel, & Run. The original Great Race committee simply wanted to name the race after a local person of historic research, and they arrived at the story of Keogh, whose remains are buried at Fort Hill Cemetery. Keogh was a captain for Lt. Col. George Custer, and was among the many who died with Custer on June 25, 1876, in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Keogh, who was born Ireland, previously fought in the papal army in Italy and earned a medal for heroism. He came to America to fight in the Civil War and caught the eye of Custer. He was originally buried at the battle site, but his remains were brought to Auburn in 1877.
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Auburn in 35 objects: Phoenix Building
Installment No. 18 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
In many historical photos of a bustling downtown Auburn, one easy way to recognize the streetscape is to look for the Phoenix Building. This structure at the corner of Genesee and South Streets was originally built in the 1870s as the Auburn Savings Bank headquarters. The building's fourth story was not added until about 1905. It's status as an iconic symbol of the city's "skyline" comes from the impressive clock tower that looms over the area. The current owners of the building, now used for professional offices, recently were honored with a building preservation award from the city's Historic Resources Review Board.
Auburn in 35 objects: Hoopes Park pond
Installment No. 19 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
Hoopes Park has been an outdoor community center for Auburnians for nearly a century. The east-side park opened in 1922 on land donated by the family of Edward Hoopes, a real estate investor who acquired a much larger plot of land in 1875 that included the site of the present-day park. The park's clubhouse was built in 1929, and lush gardens and walking paths were created, as well. Today, the park hosts popular music and movie nights during the summer, and it's frequently used for weddings and public events. On a daily basis, one can find pedestrians enjoying some exercise on the paths, others taking some time for quiet relaxation on a bench overlooking the pond and a few feeding the many wild ducks that have made the park home.
Auburn in 35 objects: The Arterial
Installment No. 20 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
The core Auburn business district of today looks much different, and smaller, than it did prior to the 1970s, and a big reason is the Arterial, the city's busiest street. This divided stretch of state road, which essentially cuts Auburn into northern and southern halves, was built in the 1970s amid considerable controversy to help improve traffic flow. It was one of several similar projects the state Department of Transportation planned and executed at that time. According to 新加坡多多开奖记录's archives, demolition for the Arterial started 1970, actual construction began in 1973 and completion took place in 1976. The project required the acquisition of 348 land parcels and the demolition of 198 homes and business properties.
Auburn in 35 objects: Hunter Dinerant
Installment No. 21 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
Auburn has had a long list of popular eateries through the years, but it's probably safe to say none have been photographed as much as the Hunter Dinerant. Commonly referred to as Hunter's, the diner opened in 1951 after owners Bob and Louise Hunter purchased the stainless steel structure and had it delivered from a manufacturer in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Since that time, it has operated from its perch over the Owasco River on Genesee Street. The restaurant has changed ownership multiple times through the years, but the name and its status as a downtown Auburn landmark has always remained.
Auburn in 35 objects: Auburn Public Theater
Installment No. 22 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
鈥淚t's not easy what they're trying to do. But if the community embraces it, it's going to be a tremendous resource.鈥 Those were the words of an Ithaca community theater's artistic director on the December 2005 night that organizers of the nonprofit Auburn Public Theater held their grand opening at the former billiards hall downtown. Almost nine years later, the theater is established as a vibrant engine of a reinvigorated downtown arts and entertainment scene. APT's wide range of programming includes children's acting workshops, independent film screenings,聽 stand-up comedy and live national music tour performances, and Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival productions. The theater building itself has been renovated extensively since 2005, as well.聽
Auburn in 35 objects: Clifford Park clubhouse
Installment No. 23 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
Professional, college and high school competition all have gone into Auburn's reputation as a great sports town, but there's one more big part of the equation: recreational athletics. No place better exemplifies the remarkable rec sports history of Auburn better than Clifford Park, known to many residents as the Y-Field. The park's use for recreational purposes began in 1897 when land was donated by the Willard sisters, Caroline and Georgiana, to the Auburn YMCA. The city would take it over in 1929. John 鈥淒ip鈥 Clifford took care of the grounds for many years, and the park was dedicated to him in 1976. The park had baseball, softball, football and track fields, and a grandstand. Highly accomplished athletes competed on those fields over the years; even the New York Giants football team and the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies baseball teams made stops to play local teams at the Y-Field. Starting in the 1930s, recreational softball leagues began using the fields, and their popularity soared over the ensuing decades. In 2002, a Y-Field reunion brought back hundreds of Auburnians from 26 different states, a testament to the park's impact on the community.
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Auburn in 35 objects: Veterans Memorial Park
Installment No. 24 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
Going back to the Revolutionary War, the Auburn area has always had a large contingent of residents who have served their country in the military, and the community has expressed its gratitude for this service in a variety of ways. One of the most unique for a small city is the Veterans Memorial Park on Genesee Street next to the Cayuga County Office Building. This park was officially dedicated in 2009 after a roughly $300,000 project overseen by the Korean War Veterans Cayuga County Chapter. Among the many features of the park are marker stones for every American conflict dating back to the Revolutionary War, with battles that involved local residents. There's also a walkway with inlaid bricks bearing the names of local residents who served.
Auburn in 35 objects: Logan's Monument
Installment No. 25 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
Perhaps no place in Auburn incorporates the city's vast connections to significant American history better than Fort Hill Cemetery, the resting place for many of the city's most historical figures, including founder John Hardenbergh. One of the most striking monuments in the vast cemetery is the 56-foot-tall obelisk built in the early 1850s to honor Cayuga Nation Chief Logan, who is not actually buried there. Logan's biography has been the subject of scholarly debate, including his connections to this area. "Legend says that Logan, a prominent leader of the Cayuga Nation, was born at this site when it was occupied by the Cayugas over 200 years ago," a cemetery pamphlet states. Inscribed on the monument are words from a speech that Logan has been credited with writing: "Who is there to mourn for Logan?"
Auburn in 35 objects: Alaska treaty painting
Installment No. 26 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
As the home of former U.S. Secretary of State William Seward, Auburn has always had a strong connection with the state of Alaska. Seward engineered the purchase of the Alaskan territory in 1867, and at the Seward House Museum on South Street, there are many artifacts to mark that achievement. One of the more notable is Emmanuel Leutze鈥檚 鈥淪igning of the Treaty for the Purchase of Alaska鈥 painting that hangs in the house's dining room. Over the years, many dignitaries from Alaska have visited Auburn and the museum. The Seward House and the Alaska Historical Commission are working together on commemoration efforts in 2017, the聽 sesquicentennial of the famed purchase.
Auburn in 35 objects: Public mosaics
Installment No. 27 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
Recent years have brought a resurgence in the arts to Auburn, a trend that can be seen through the establishment of new performance venues in the city, an artists' cooperative and the launch of a music theater festival. Another tangible example of the role arts play in Auburn are the community-created mosaics that can be seen in various parts of the downtown area. The Community Mosaic Project started in 2010 and now has five local installations in place. When the mosaics are made, volunteers of all ages took part in the creations, giving their time to help cement the thousands of pieces of tile that have gone into each creation.聽
Auburn in 35 objects: Electric chair
Installment No. 28 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
When Auburnians talk to out-of-town visitors about the massive prison in the center of town, there's a good chance they'll bring up the electric chair. The historic Auburn Correctional Facility, built in 1816 and named Auburn Prison at the time, has the distinction of being the first site of an execution by electric chair, which took place in 1890. Eleven years later, Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of President William McKinley, was electrocuted in Auburn. Visitors to Auburn can still view an electric chair today at Swaby's Tavern, a South Street establishment where an original prison spare chair is on display. A previous owner of Swaby's who was an antique collector found the piece of equipment and decided to include it along with a host of other eclectic items at the bar.
Auburn in 35 objects: Osborne statue
Installment No. 29 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
One of the most visible statues in Auburn is the memorial that stands outside the city's public safety building on North Street to honor Thomas Mott Osborne, an Auburnian from one of the city's most prominent families who became a prison reform pioneer. Osborne's father, David Munson, founded the DM Osborne & Co. agricultural machine manufacturing business that would grow into a world leader in the industry and eventually be sold to International Harvester. Thomas, who ran the company for several years after his father's death in 1886, was a school board chairman and mayor, also became involved in state politics. He founded The Auburn Citizen newspaper in 1905 to compete with the Auburn Daily Advertiser. He eventually was inspired to pursue prison reform, and famously had himself incarcerated at Auburn Prison to understand the inmate experience. He later became warden of Sing Sing prison in Ossining and then commander of the Portsmouth Naval Prison in Maine.
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Auburn in 35 objects: Merry-Go-Round Playhouse
Installment No. 30 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
Since 1971, people have been attending theatrical productions at a former carousel building in Emerson Park, but the organization that's been operating the famed venue dates back to 1958. The Merry-Go-Round Playhouse has been a foundation of the community's vibrant theater scene since 1958, when the Auburn Children's Theatre was founded. In the decades since, MGR has grown into a fully professionalized theater organization that draws tens of thousands of people to the park each season for live shows, and also brings theater to dozens of schools throughout the region each year via its Youth Theatre Program. MGR has expanded and upgraded the carousel facility extensively through the years, and in 2012, it launched the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival to incorporate additional venues and forms of live stage acting performances into its programming. According to its website, the organization's budget has grown from $180,000 in the early 1980s to more than $5 million.
Auburn in 35 objects: Schweinfurth quilts
Installment No. 31 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
Having an art museum is not unique to Auburn, but the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center on Genesee Street is known well beyond the city for its promotion of fiber arts, especially quilting. Each year, the museum hosts the popular Quilts=Arts=Quilts juried exhibit with associated receptions and workshops. And in the summer, the museum owns and operates the Quilting by the Lake program on the campus of Onondaga Community College. Both events draw the best quilters from around the country to exhibit, teach and learn from each other. The Schweinfurth has been hosting quilt galleries since its opening to the public in 1981. The museum was established with funding from the trust of the family of Julius A. Schweinfurth, a famous architect who was born in Auburn.
Auburn in 35 objects: Case Research Lab
Installment No. 32 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
Behind the ornate Genesee Street mansion that houses the Cayuga Museum of History and Art is a smaller gray building where technological history was made almost a century ago. The Case Research Laboratory is the place where Theodore Case in the 1920s invented "the first commercially successfully system of sound film," as the museum website describes it. Case started the lab with his father, Willard Case, in 1916. It remains intact today and is a popular part of the museum's collection. Exhibits show Case's darkroom, chemistry lab, recording studio, and include the first sound camera and experimental recording equipment.
Auburn in 35 objects: Pulitzer Prize
Installment No. 33 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
Throughout Auburn's long and storied history, there have been hundreds of journalists working in all forms of media to bring the community's news to residents, and many have received state and national honors for the quality of their reporting. Only one, though, was recognized in the "Special Awards and Citation" from The Pulitzer Prizes. In 1930, William O. Dapping of The Auburn Citizen received this honor for "his reportorial work in connection with the outbreak at Auburn prison during December, 1929," according to The Pulitzer website. To put that honor in perspective, the Pulitzer committee has given the same award to legends such as Scott Joplin, Walter Lippmann, Duke Ellington and Ray Bradbury. The certificate for this achievement is displayed at 新加坡多多开奖记录's 25 Dill St. office.
Auburn in 35 objects: Original Thompson Memorial AME Zion Church
Installment No. 31 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at .
Auburn and Cayuga County are home to many historical church properties, but one that has long been dormant may become part of a national historical park. Nestled among the residential properties on Parker Street, a narrow, one-block thoroughfare, stands the original Thompson Memorial AME Zion Church building. This was the church where abolitionist and Underground Railroad leader Harriet Tubman worshiped during her years in Auburn. She also worked closely with the church to open her Home for the Aged on South Street, and the church later took over its operations. Tubman's personal residence and the Home for the Aged, both on South Street, along with the church property, have been recommended for designation as a national park, which would bring National Park Service management services to the sites. Legislation to make that happen is pending in Congress.
Auburn in 35 objects: Owasco River
Installment No. 35 in a multimedia series running through the end of August that aims to define Auburn as a community through the publication of 35 different objects. View a gallery of all the objects presented at , and look for a special page dedicated to the entire series in Sunday's print edition of 新加坡多多开奖记录.
It's conceivable that if there was no river winding through this city, there may not be an Auburn, New York. Col. John L. Hardenbergh, a Revolutionary War officer, was the first to settle in what would become Auburn, and it was access to the river that influenced his choice to build his mill here. In the decades that followed, the river remained an instrumental driver of the industrial and related residential growth that built up the city. For many years, the body of water was called the Owasco Outlet, but that officially changed in 2006 when the U.S. Board on Geographic Names made it a river. The industrial use of the river, which extends from the north end of Owasco Lake to the Seneca River, has faded away, but the city still has hydroelectric facilities on it, and there are long-term plans to develop a riverfront pedestrian trail along it.