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Utica: My Photographic Journey

This is the historic Stanley Theater right downtown on Genesee Street. I saw Jason Mraz here two years ago, and it was fantastic. The theater was renovated and enlarged a few years before that.
Tones of home. This church is right next to the Utica Public Library, and I think it’s ironic that the sign is in English when the church is predominantly a Spanish-speaking one.
This statue graces the newly constructed traffic circle downtown. I love the smaller statues that make it up.
I imagine this candlelight park lit up at night with the light of a thousand candles scattered throughout. It stands beside the Planned Parenthood clinic.

The fence-line drew my attention, as jagged as the top of the fence is juxtaposed with its straight line that advances into the horizon.
It is rare that a police cruiser isn’t parked outside of this apartment complex on Genesee Street, but I think the building is infused with a crumbling grandeur that must have been incredible to see when it was new.
This building reminds me of a slice of pie, sitting solidly there while the rest of the pie has been eaten. It remains as a sign of what has once been.
This is winter in Utica at the train station, erected in 1914 and still a strong reminder of the history of the city and of its continuing culture.

Sam

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