Archive for September, 2014

Throwback Thursday

Thursday, September 4th, 2014
Old School Baseball Logos

Old School Baseball Logos

Street gaze (part 33)

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014
Columbus Avenue at East Genesee Street

Columbus Avenue at East Genesee Street

Goodbye Summer

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014
Bridge Street Live (at the Fair) with Acting Fair Director Troy Waffner

Bridge Street Live (at the Fair) with Acting Fair Director Troy Waffner

The New York State Fair signals an end to summer more than the start of the fall. The attendance for this year’s Fair was 965,147, including a single day record on Labor Day of 122, 870.  We will miss those bright, warm and mostly sunny days at one of our region’s best tourist attractions.

Here are some photographs to savor until next year’s edition.

Waterfowl, Poultry Building

Waterfowl, Poultry Building

Small Fry of Syracuse v. Juju of Utica at the Sports Activity Center

Small Fry of Syracuse v. Juju of Utica at the Sports Activity Center

Power Step, Center of Progress Building

Power Step, Center of Progress Building

Jewelry, Indian Village

Jewelry, Indian Village

Roller Coaster

Roller Coaster

Living Statues, Touched by Angels

Living Statues, Touched by Angels

No Ordinary Bull

No Ordinary Bull

Ashanti Fans

Ashanti Fans

Gate 4 Entrance

Gate 4 Entrance

One Black Voice, Live at the Pan-African Village

One Black Voice, Live at the Pan-African Village

NY's Greatest Outdoor Carnival

NY’s Greatest Outdoor Carnival

The Get Acquainted Work-Out

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014

Thanks to the folks from Pairs-N-Squares (Liverpool) and Shirts-N- Skirts (Fulton) for talking with us about the world of Square Dance. They told us that a typical dance lasts about 3 hours and is the equivalent of walking 5 miles.

Shirts-n-skirts celebrates 60 years in 2014.

Get Acquainted and Work Out

Get Acquainted and Work Out

NYS Fair (Day 12): Puttin’ in work

Monday, September 1st, 2014
Swoop: Ball Tricks

Swoop: Ball Tricks

James Brown had nothing on Dwayne Swoop Simpson. The triple-zero uniform-wearing entertainer for the Harlem Wizards is officially  the “hardest working man in show business (at the Fair).”

For the past week, we saw Simpson do tricks, teach salsa lessons, play some great classic soul and rock music as a DJ, drum up business for local vendors, take photographs with fans, nearly get a double-double in  wheelchair basketball, and just plain make a vocation look like fun outside the Sports Activity Center.

On this Labor Day, we salute his work ethic.

Swoop: Selfies with the crowd

Swoop in Selfies

Swoop: Like Magic from the wheelchair

Swoop: Like Magic from the wheelchair

Labor Day

Monday, September 1st, 2014
Labor Day Parade

Labor Day Parade

Labor Day Parade

Labor Day Parade

One Last Chance to Wear White

Monday, September 1st, 2014
Open Competition, Dairy Building (NYS Fair)

Open Competition, Dairy Building (NYS Fair)