tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370689.post113885526286103349..comments2023-09-17T07:33:22.109-04:00Comments on York Staters: A monument and the fate of a villageYork Statershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580401207146050684noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370689.post-1139326446175340752006-02-07T10:34:00.000-05:002006-02-07T10:34:00.000-05:00Quit capitalizing the 'Village', I own the title t...Quit capitalizing the 'Village', I own the title to that movie!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370689.post-1139317586788606272006-02-07T08:06:00.000-05:002006-02-07T08:06:00.000-05:00My dear friend,The Goodwill theatre, 278 carousels...My dear friend,<BR/><BR/>The Goodwill theatre, 278 carousels, parks and swimming pools were built by the Johnson family as monuments to the workers. Just because there aint plaques there on the monuments,(even though there might be one at the Goodwill) doesn't make these significant monuments less monumental or not in homage to the worker's everyday struggle in the EJ factories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370689.post-1139272813260737972006-02-06T19:40:00.000-05:002006-02-06T19:40:00.000-05:00Good piece. It started me off on one of my usual ...Good piece. It started me off on one of my usual tangents about the future of upstate and my native lands, the "North Country" and Adirondack area. In my home county, including in my hometown, there are a number of buildings sponsored by and named for A. Barton Hepburn. He's a name lost to history now, but he was a legislator, corporate CEO and active philanthropist. In short, just about the exact opposite of the careers my ill-educated classmates and I would set out on, graduating from high school in Hepburn's hometown. Sometimes I wonder if part of the reason is that we've lost cultural ties to the past, in addition to various socio-economic shifts in society. Are kids growing up in Johnson City aware of what was once happening in their city? I know the residents in Colton grow up without any role models, historical or otherwise, in the professions.<BR/><BR/>But again, just the beginnings of a tangent...continue with your regularly scheduled thoughts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370689.post-1138940708440830142006-02-02T23:25:00.000-05:002006-02-02T23:25:00.000-05:00Yo sons, I remember when someone scratched a swast...Yo sons, I remember when someone scratched a swastika, one of those nazi ones in HL's forehead, I was bummed cuz i could never converse with him on the state of the village like I could before. He used to tell me all the secrets to being a good mayor, now I have to rely on a 5th of Jack and a magic 8-ball from Park Pharmacy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com