MISCELLANEOUS SIGNS [MORE MISCELLANEOUS AFTER STREET SIGNS]
"Chanatry's Celebrates 100 Years." This is an extremely popular hometown store with the locals. If you want a real feel for Utica people, most everyone you encounter at Chanatry's has lived in Utica most of their life.
" Brown's School of Judo ". 1310 Lenox Avenue, west Utica.
"Utica Fire Academy". Bleecker Street, east Utica.
" Utica Zoo ".
" Faxton Hall, Knights of St. John ". Court Street, west Utica.
" Reynold's Hardware ". I believe that as of this posting [ April 1, 2014 ] this is the last independently owned hardware store in Utica. Varick Street, west Utica.
"Welch's Bicycle Shop". A father & son establishment beloved by generations of Utica bicycle enthusiasts. That's probably Marty Welch in blue working on a bike. Friendliest, most inexpensive, down-to-earth and authentic Utica community bicycle shop. Columbia Square, west Utica.
" Six Nations ". Reference to our region's historic connection to the six nation Iroquois Confederacy.
" Infinite Visions Tattoo Studio." Oriskany Blvd., west Utica.
" Byrne Dairy ". Truck cab sign with Holstein cow. Byrne is actually headquartered in Cortlandville, N.Y., southeast of Utica near Ithaca. Their headquarters is current undergoing a huge expansion as the New York State dairy industry booms: again, at last after a decline which lasted for about 100 years.
" Fort Schuyler Club ". Genessee Street at Court, downtown.
" Clemente ". With dancing candies. Lafayette Street, downtown.
PUBLIC SIGNS
" Finish Line Boilermaker Road Race ". Court Street, west Utica.
"Utica Welcomes Runners From Around The World" This banner was hung across the Parkway near Genesee Street, south Utica.
" Purple Heart Memorial Park ", west Utica.
" Utica Fire Academy Training Center ". North Utica.
" North Utica Senior Citizens Community Center ". A first class and exceedingly friendly Senior citizens center; one of at least three serving Utica.
" Utica College Womens Ice Hockey ". Oriskany Boulevard, downtown.
" Utica Police Dept. ". Oriskany Boulevard, downtown.
" Children's Museum ". Downtown.
"Swimming Pool". Vintage. Proctor Park, east Utica.
STREET SIGNS
" Mohawk River ". North Genesee Street. Although it is a "river town" the vast majority of Utica lies on ground so high above the Mohawk River that flooding has never effected more than a very tiny portion of the city. At the same time while climate change is drying up many semi arid regions of the U.S. the Utica region is blessed with plentiful water resources, many fed by the Adirondack Mountains; this is a great blessing to the many verdant farms in our vicinity.
Below: " ANY TIME ". A somewhat humorous oddball street sign at the southwest corner of Varick and Columbia Streets, downtown. Removed in 2013.
" Oneida County - City of Utica ".
" WEST EAST ". WEST EAST what? Hemisphere? "China to your right, California left?" Somewhat amusing street sign in front of APAC at the southeast corner of Oriskany Boulevard and Genesee Street; downtown.
Digitally enhanced version of the above.
Utica Bicycle Route sign. Downtown.
Hotels, Motels, Inns
Gateway Adirondack Inn. Because Utica is the "Gateway to the Adirondacks". North Utica.
Happy Journey Motel. One of, if not the most affordable inns in Utica. North Utica.
MORE MISCELLANEOUS
" Engler Electric ". Great logo! This business is located in a circa 1835 brick building at 609 Columbia Street which appears to have been originally a firehouse station; if so, it is one of the earliest extant fire house buildings in Utica. West Utica.
" Saw Dust For Sale ". Reflecting the abundance of timber and related industries in the Utica-Adirondack region. Broad Street.
" Infinite Visions Tattoo Studio." Oriskany Blvd., west Utica.
" Byrne Dairy ". Truck cab sign with Holstein cow. Byrne is actually headquartered in Cortlandville, N.Y., southeast of Utica near Ithaca. Their headquarters is current undergoing a huge expansion as the New York State dairy industry booms: again, at last after a decline which lasted for about 100 years.
" City Fashion ". Corner of Mohawk and Rutger, East Utica. Apparently removed in 2013.
" Utica School of Commerce ". Downtown.
" Players of Utica ". Theater. State Street, downtown.
" Players of Utica ". Theater. State Street, downtown.
" Fort Schuyler Club ". Genessee Street at Court, downtown.
" Clemente ". With dancing candies. Lafayette Street, downtown.
" Tomato Pie". For decades this has been one of Utica's favorite traditional feasts. Advertised here at Holland Farms' store at west Utica-Yorkville-Whitesboro. Tourists should include a stop here with along with some shopping at hometown Chanatry's.
PUBLIC SIGNS
" Utica Marsh Wild Life ". A wonderful urban wetlands with very limited access now that the old steel bridge for automobiles has been closed. " Wild Life " is an understatement for some of what went on here before the bridge closing. West Utica. It was Utica's Adirondack swamp version of Fire Island. the mosquitoes.
" Columbia Square ". This sign is in the center of an old circa 1835 Erie Canal neighborhood with the remains of a small central square or village green. Regrettably this neighborhood has "hit bottom" and become exceedingly shabby; yet there is great potential for historic restoration of the many neglected early Victorian buildings here which are the ghosts of a onetime canal era boomtown village.
" Finish Line Boilermaker Road Race ". Court Street, west Utica.
" Purple Heart Memorial Park ", west Utica.
" Utica Fire Academy Training Center ". North Utica.
" North Utica Senior Citizens Community Center ". A first class and exceedingly friendly Senior citizens center; one of at least three serving Utica.
" Utica College Womens Ice Hockey ". Oriskany Boulevard, downtown.
" Children's Museum ". Downtown.
"Swimming Pool". Vintage. Proctor Park, east Utica.
STREET SIGNS
Erie Barge Canal. North Utica.
" Mohawk River ". North Genesee Street. Although it is a "river town" the vast majority of Utica lies on ground so high above the Mohawk River that flooding has never effected more than a very tiny portion of the city. At the same time while climate change is drying up many semi arid regions of the U.S. the Utica region is blessed with plentiful water resources, many fed by the Adirondack Mountains; this is a great blessing to the many verdant farms in our vicinity.
Butterfield Avenue. Named in honor of John Warren Butterfield, 1801-1869, who was mayor of Utica in 1865 and operated stagecoach and freight lines in the mid nineteenth century. He founded companies that went on to become Wells Fargo and American Express.
Oneida Street. Named for the Oneida Indians who once inhabited the region around Utica.
Schoolcraft Road. Named in honor of the family of John Schoolcraft Sherman, 1855-1912, one of Utica's most prominent native citizens and former Vice President of the United States.
" Lafayette Street ". This street name commemorates the June 10, 1825 visit to Utica by The Marquis de Lafayette who entered Utica "By this highway "--as noted by an elegant old historic plaque on the southeast corner of the Hotel Utica.
Below: " ANY TIME ". A somewhat humorous oddball street sign at the southwest corner of Varick and Columbia Streets, downtown. Removed in 2013.
" Oneida County - City of Utica ".
" WEST EAST ". WEST EAST what? Hemisphere? "China to your right, California left?" Somewhat amusing street sign in front of APAC at the southeast corner of Oriskany Boulevard and Genesee Street; downtown.
Digitally enhanced version of the above.
Utica Bicycle Route sign. Downtown.
Hotels, Motels, Inns
Hotel Utica. Downtown.
Gateway Adirondack Inn. Because Utica is the "Gateway to the Adirondacks". North Utica.
Happy Journey Motel. One of, if not the most affordable inns in Utica. North Utica.
MORE MISCELLANEOUS
" Engler Electric ". Great logo! This business is located in a circa 1835 brick building at 609 Columbia Street which appears to have been originally a firehouse station; if so, it is one of the earliest extant fire house buildings in Utica. West Utica.
" Saw Dust For Sale ". Reflecting the abundance of timber and related industries in the Utica-Adirondack region. Broad Street.
On Eagle Street in Cornhill, Utica's most impoverished neighborhood which is slowly
recovering. This sign is indicative of the community gardens movement which has been
gaining momentum in Utica during the past few years, especially in Corn Hill where it
is currently centered. Circa 2012 photo.
recovering. This sign is indicative of the community gardens movement which has been
gaining momentum in Utica during the past few years, especially in Corn Hill where it
is currently centered. Circa 2012 photo.
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