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Shades of Binghamton
or the other way around
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Fulton and River streets
In the mid-1970s, downtown Troy received these set of signals. Evidently,
Binghamton patterned its downtown signals after these. These tawny-colored
signals are manufactured by Crouse-Hinds.
The Binghamton comparisons are appropriate, because both cities are the
same size, and have downtowns that are older looking. However, Troy has
the healthier downtown today. The Webjefe visited Aquilonia
Comics, a very nice comic book store. He also smelled the delicious
cooking of an Indian/Pakistani restaurant, located across the street from
Aquilonia.
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Remembering 1967
The Webjefe remembers a visit he made to downtown Troy in January 1967.
He was visiting his grandmother, and had seen some memorable television
shows the night before.
On that Saturday, he went shopping with his family, and remembered seeing
a pole-mounted signal that only had the casing; there were no doors or
lenses. In the 1960s, Troy was deteriorated. Today, the city is in better
shape than Binghamton, owing to a more active economy.
These signals, left, reminded him of this. They are not in use, because
Fulton Street is one way, going east.
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All photos taken 4 October 2002.
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A closeup
Here is a closeup view of a pedestrian signal. This signal is manufactured
by Crouse-Hinds of Syracuse, NY.
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