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Kanatenah Flats: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 3:29pm.
Utica, New York, circa 1910. "Kanatenah Apartments, Upper Genesee Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
A Slice of Brooklyn in Leatherstocking Country
Submitted by baranri on Sat, 03/19/2011 - 7:42pm.
30 years ago, I lived around the corner from this complex, on Noyes ("No / Yes") Street. There was a larger and similar complex right across the street and this part of Genesee Street always felt more like Brooklyn.
1502 Genesee Street
Submitted by cnik70 on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 6:16pm.
The property had a history of fires, the first being in March of 1931. As the previous post shows, the final blow was the fire of 1994.
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