Summit Street

I'm still trying to figure out what the green colored wall intends to be... the one that is running from the half-width of the building, perpendicular over towards Main. Are they possibly expecting to put an outdoor cafe seating area there?

Oneida County, NY... both Utica and Rome have a county courthouse. Utica, NY Population 1930: ~100,000 Population 2010: ~60,000 Along the Mohawk River and the Erie Canal. ///// Rome, NY The other principal city in the Utica metro area. The business district has a theater and about two other structures left. Most of these buildings are in the nearby Gansevoort-Bellamy Historic District. Fort Stanwix is immediately adjacent to both areas.

The signage letters 'II' also look like 11. More eleven fun!

As of today, they look not too far from opening. The outside is almost ready, and there appears to be a lot of merchandise already on the shelves. I couldn't tell anything for certain though (as the automobile-parking lot is between the building and street), while I was looking towards it from the sidewalk.

A few places along the Erie Canal, between Rochester and Buffalo… Brockport ~8,000 population. A tiny bridge over the canal leads into the main street. The cross streets on both sides of Main Street hasve a grid designed that doesn't line up with the other side. Supposedly the two founders didn't like each other so much that they wouldn't connect their roads. /////////////////// Albion ~6,000 population Orleans County seat. This village has the little bridge over the canal leading into the North Main-Bank Streets Historic District. The road continues up a small hill into the Courthouse Historic District, with several churches surrounding. /////////////////////////// Medina ~6,000 population The street clock was made in Cincinnati, and the Main Street District is on the NRHP. /////////////////////// Lockport ~21,000 population Named for the canal locks. Niagara County seat No historic commercial district, the buildings were scattered around, and industry has an overt precedent here. ////////////// …while within Niagara County, it makes sense make a quick stop by the United Office Building Niagara Falls, NY

West Chester, Pennsylvania Population: ~18,000 metro ~6,500,000 Farmers and Mechanics Building (1907) Chester County Courthouse (1848) /////////////////////////// Reading, Pennsylvania Population ~88,000 metro ~400,000 Berks County Courthouse (1932) (1910) (1929) (1914) (1926) (1900) (1903) (1978) (1912) (1791, with additional floors in 1851?) (1930)

Yay for Hamilton!

The house right above the "Downtown Leetonia in the distance" shot - did they cover up their door with those horizontal slats? Seems strange to me at least. The church at top looks real nice.

Butler, Pennsylvania Population: 1940: 24,477 2010: 13,757 Butler County Courthouse (1885) Lafayette Apartments, orginally Butler County National Bank (1903) Grace at Calvary Lutheran Church, originally Second Presbyterian Church(1902) National City Bank Building (1925) ////// New Castle, Pennsylvania Population: 1950: 48,834 2010: 23,273 expansion of the National Bank of Lawrence County(1927) (Original section of that bank...1918) Lawrence County Courthouse (1855)

Rochester, NY Irving Place / Old City Hall (1875) Terminal Building Academy Building (1874) St Luke's Church (1823) Monroe County Office Building Four Corners Building (1966) on left, Union Trust (1904) on right Monroe County Savings Bank/First National Bank of Rochester (1924) Ellwanger-Barry Building (1888) Rochester City Hall (1885, originally post office) Executive Building, Powers Building, Crossroads Building, Reynolds Arcade, Radisson Rochester Riverside, Granite Building... Kodak Tower (1915) State Street Historic District Reynolds Arcade (1932) Replaced a building with the same name from ~1830 that actually was an arcade (with a skylight) Powers Building- bottom eight floors 1870, top five floors added in 1891 to be taller than the (also awesome, but somehow it seems I have no picture of it!) Wilder Building across the street Times Square Building (1930) Aqueduct Building (1880) First Federal Plaza (1976) (center) Monroe County Civic Center / Courthouse area toward the other side of the Genesee River… Saint Joseph's Church (1910) Kirstein Building (1910) (right side), HC Cohen Company Building/Andrews Building (left side) Saint Paul Place (1920) (and Pilot Building to the right) Searle Building (1890) (right side), Levy Building (left side) Plaza Apartments (1975) Smith-Gormley Warner Place (1884) Cox Building (1888) and part of the Edwards Building (1908) on the right SUNY Brockport MetroCenter (Chamber of Commerce Building 1917) Alliance Building (1926) (left side), National Company Building (1924) (right side) Hyatt Regency Hotel (1990) Sibley Building (1926) Chase Tower (1973) Midtown Tower (1962) currently being renovated. Previously had Victor Gruen's first enclosed urban mall, which was removed Xerox Tower (1968) First Universalist Church (1908) Bausch & Lomb Place (1995) One HSBC Plaza (1970) Richford Building (orginally 1915…facade was moderized in 1970) Gibbs Place (right side), Cadillac Hotel (1915) (left side) Cutler Building (1897) (left side) and NY State Supreme Court (right side) Christ Church (1894) 111 East Avenue Commons (1925) (left side) and Rochester Gas & Electric (1925) (right side) Eastman School of Music Student Living Center (1990) Adam Brown Block (1885) Eastman Theatre (1923) Sibley Triangle Building (1897) Temple Building (1925) Rochester Savings Bank (1927) Bank of America Building (1962)

Baltimore a magical connection with Hanover because of Utz potato chips.

Lancaster, PA -Population ~59,000 metro ~500,000 -Known for the Pennsylvania Dutch area tourism -Very vibrant and urban downtown area…residential areas are too. -The center of the city is 'Penn Square', which originally was a square with the courthouse inside. Today there are two one-way streets that meet in an irregular shaped intersection with a monument in the middle, and one corner converted to a pedestrian plaza. Starting with the Lancaster County Courthouse: Griest Building (1925) Central Market is the oldest continuously operated farmers' market in the country Marriott at Penn Square(2009)…the tower part. 1878 for the Watt & Shand building that it was added on top of. The convention center is also connected behind. At front is the Soldiers and Sailers Monument within Penn Square. /////////// Hanover, PA -Population ~15,000 -In Pennsylvania, but Maryland also originally claimed them -'Snack food capital of the world'…with many factory tours \

Jamestown, NY Population ~31,000 in Chautauqua County (City Hall) /////////////////////////// Olean, NY Population ~14,000 in Cattaraugus County

The skylight is translucent.

Yes, it is a continuation of the 'taking steps backward' that it has been doing for decades, when regarding urban fabric and the interaction of humans with their cities. (edit to add- Not to say that I think automobiles should be completely disregarded, but designing for them is what is the poison.)

Bellaire Population in 2010 = 4,278 Population in 1920 = 15,061

Those are some really nice looking buildings.

Watertown, NY ~27,000 population -Jefferson County seat -Mostly centered around Public Square, which is a streched out rectangle with a park in the middle. Courthouse is off a block or so away. -Paddock Arcade(1850) is the country's oldest continuously operating enclosed mall - -Fun fact for the people that don't like grids: Watertown is the smallest city to have a park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted -Also home to the company that makes tree shaped air fresheners, and is possibly where the five-and-dime shop was invented (while Frank Woolworth lived in Watertown). First Baptist Church (1891) F. W. Woolworth Building (1916 or 1921)…now vacant YMCA Building (1914) The Brighton (1903) New Courthouse: Old Courthouse: Built in 1850, there were two more floor above this, but they were removed in 1940. Inside of there is the Paddock Arcade- Agricultural Insurance Building (1923) Library (1903) Masonic Temple (1914) City Hall, built in the 1960s to replace one of many awesome buildings lost in urban renewal of that decade Dulles State Office Building (1971), tallest in the city ~198 ft Solar Building (1910) St. Paul's Episcopal Church (1889) Emma Flower Taylor Mansion(1886), daughter of a former state governor St Patrick's Church (1855) Trinity Episcopal Church (1890) with parish house (1912)

Buffalo, NY (Part 1: Downtown and Allentown neighborhood) Rand Building (1929) Liberty Building (1925) Buffalo City Hall (1931) Main Place Tower (1969) with Buffalo Metro Rail line in foreground Convention Tower (1924) Erie County Hall (1876) Prudential Building (Designed by Louis Sullivan, built as the Guaranty Building in 1894) Prudential next to the Verizon/AT&T building (1913) Saint Paul's Cathedral (1851) One M&T Plaza (1966) Ellicott Square Building (1896) Dun Building (1895) One HSBC Center (1972, tallest building in Buffalo) Main Seneca Building (1913) Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse (2011) and Statler Hotel (1923) Buffalo City Court Building (1974) (Inside City Hall, and up to the observation level) Electric Tower (1912) Saint Louis Church (1889) //////////////////// North of downtown is the Allentown neighborhood: //////// A few miles beyond the Allentown neighborhood you will find one of the greatest buildings ever created. HH Richardson's State Hospital, built in 1870, a National Landmark …and for fun, here is the NY Central Terminal Tower(1929) Ending with a view towards Delaware Avenue (thanks Cleburger) north-northeast out of downtown: (part 2?)

Dude, totally awesome! 8-)

Ellicott City, MD + Aurora, IL Near Baltimore, Ellicott City is the county seat of Howard County, but is not a city. It is the largest unincorporated county seat in the country, and has the oldest surviving railroad station in the United States. // Aurora is "A City Second to None". Second largest city in Illinois, and has a Mayan influenced building. The downtown area is on both sides of the Fox River, centered on the little Stolp Island. // //

Ithaca, NY -Tompkins County Seat Starting with a little bit of Cornell University and surrounding Collegetown neighborhood, then followed by downtown area which contains the pedestrian mall Ithaca Commons. (currently under renovation) Cortland, NY -Cortland County Seat. -Cultivar of apple is named for the county. -Historic 'Clock Tower' building burned down in 2006, was rebuilt in 2009

A succinct, yet most veracious demonstration of Ohio from last century. Interesting enough, I believe the Madison County Courthouse design was a smaller replication of this building.

Sandusky (Erie County Seat) new part of the skyline it definitely looks nice at least Lights out; summer is over, go enjoy the fall

Syracuse, NY