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Post by fiona on Sept 23, 2011 19:07:05 GMT -5
...o there. I'm baaaaack. had a Hell- o of a summer and eager to get back to work on my projects. How's everybody doing?
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Post by Dave on Sept 24, 2011 9:10:30 GMT -5
Fiona! Almost missed you. It's been so dead here I sometimes forget to check out this Forum.
Yes, please do liven it up!
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Post by dicknaegele on Sept 24, 2011 19:15:25 GMT -5
I have been waiting patiently Fiona. Get back to work! LOL We missed you over the summer. Hope all has been well since I chatted with you last. How did the painting of the 258 building come out?
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Post by fiona on Sept 28, 2011 17:25:03 GMT -5
the painting came out fine. I haven't photographed it yet, but when I do I will post it here You will see it's a very cerebral painting, just the top of the building. It's almost just an architectural study, a rendering done in acrylic paints. I have 6 so far and am starting on my 7th tomorrow. I also have a freind who is a landscape painter and we are supposodly going to do a group show at this place in Clay Ville, Ny called the Blue Dragon Cafe. The date is set for April 21st, 2012. What I am doing is taking photos of what I consider iconic structures in Utica and rendering them in a flat style called "Precisionism". You will see.
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Post by Dave on Sept 28, 2011 18:21:56 GMT -5
Fiona,
Do you remember the modern Utica architecture photos I mentioned some time ago? You went to the site
where they're posted, but for some reason had trouble downloading them. I did make copies, and offered to send them to you. Maybe I did, I don't remember. The thread is in the History thread, where the Streets of Old Utica is. It's called Utica,Modern Photos. I still have copies. Let me know if you think they
might be useful to your project.
Dave
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Post by fiona on Oct 5, 2011 18:38:53 GMT -5
@ Dave: I went there and viewed them. they didn't all load. they are well done, but not quite mysterious. of course, they are all copy righted and so - I can do nothing with them. I was thinking of putting the Olbiston pics up there when I have the time. BTW: WE have quite the debacle here with Princess Lenska. And lot's of crime and rampant squirrels and I am learning how to play the piano. Winter is coming and I am stocking in the cat food. All for now. Am looking for a clear day when I can see forever. Might be Friday. Who knows.
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Post by Dave on Oct 12, 2011 10:16:26 GMT -5
Missed your note of the 5th for some reason. Don't let the squirrels get in your piano. I sold my baby grand over the summer and am just as happy to playing my digital keyboard. Love the touch, I can do things (nothing great) I couldn't do before with weak fingers. (Or I could have played more often to build up strength in my ring and little fingers. And the digital takes up less space than the baby grand and I can carry it places (with some effort; it's heavy.) I have been playing blues scales and riffs and turning them into solos for the past year. Getting tired of the scale, but not its possibilities. It's amazing what we can get out of seven notes plus sharps and flats. Keep at it. I don't know if you read my piano comments in "My Life as A Musician." The essay is at: www.windsweptpress.com/musician.pdf |
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Post by fiona on Oct 27, 2011 11:38:50 GMT -5
 Oh, those silly Victorians! |
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Post by fiona on Oct 27, 2011 11:55:21 GMT -5
OK Dave and Kevin: I'm sending you on a mission. I found this in Card Cow. It's somewhere in Utica. HaHa. Good luck.  |
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Post by Dave on Oct 27, 2011 19:15:55 GMT -5
Oh, those silly Victorians! Believe it or not, it was a medical procedure and it was not unheard of, although it may have not been common. It was tiring for the physician. Hence the invention of a tool to aid him. I won't go further.  |
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Post by Dave on Oct 27, 2011 19:29:55 GMT -5
OK Dave and Kevin: I'm sending you on a mission. I found this in Card Cow. It's somewhere in Utica. HaHa. Good luck. Sure! L.J. Start's Wholesale Grocery business was (when pictured above) on the site of the old York House at 138 Whitesboro St. in Utica. I can't find "York" on the 1883 Utica map, but here's where it should have been at 138 Whitesboro, not too far from where the street crossed the old Erie Canal and met with Varick St. CONTINUED in HISTORY Board, thread is "L.J. Start, Wholesale Grocer." |
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Post by fiona on Oct 28, 2011 17:52:38 GMT -5
I just couldn't help posting that adv. I hope no one was offended.
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Post by fiona on Oct 28, 2011 19:04:48 GMT -5
Greenman Building, Utica, NY 1884  Wasn't that the later store of Wickes and Greenman on the East side of Genesee Street, up near the corner of Deveraux? |
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Post by fiona on Oct 28, 2011 19:06:50 GMT -5
OK Dave: Check this out. Is this not a drop dead gorgeous building? We expect great things from you, Dave. Sleuth away!
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Post by Dave on Oct 28, 2011 19:08:32 GMT -5
I just couldn't help posting that adv. I hope no one was offended. Hahahaha! We don't worry about anyone who would refuse to speak up! We do seem to get a lot of unregistered visitors here, according to Google Analytics. And they're quite welcome to just stop by and read. But we also encourage them to join. Joining isn't a promise to post. In fact, of the 21 members here, only 3 or 4 post regularly. Wouldn't it be great if everyone posted? Even if just questions. WestMoGuy once asked a question about downtown Utica cemeteries and that got us looking on the old maps and was quite a lot of fun. There were a number of graveyards at the end of Potter Street. |
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