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Chimes Cafe (1934 – 1983)
The Chimes Cafe Was Located On Franklin Street For Just Shy of 50 Years In the fickle business of restaurants, the first few months often...
Cinavo – Manatoana – 1000 Islands
The Summer Home With Many Names, Amongst Them, Cinavo and Manatoana, On Wellesley Island Deva Loca, Forest Cove, Cinavo, and Manatoana, were all names for...
Watertown Urban Renewal Pt 4 – 1965 – 1968
Watertown Urban Renewal Crawls To The Finish Line As the Watertown Urban Renewal project turned the calendar year into 1965, more questions still floated about...
Ina Island – 1000 Islands
Arthur T. Hagen, of Rochester and a Successful Manufacturer of Laundry Equipment, Builds Palatial Summer Home on Ina Island Nestled amongst the Summerland Group of...
Watertown Urban Renewal Pt 3 – 1963-1964
The State Armory Takes Center Stage of Watertown Urban Renewal Delays The Watertown Urban Renewal program entered 1963 with a televised public debate on WCNY-TV’s...
Oswegatchie Point – Wellesley Island – 1000 Islands
Former Ogdensburg Native and New York Air Brake President Royal C. Vilas Builds Mansion At “Oswegatchie Point” On Wellesley Island In 1901 Born in Ogdensburg,...
Watertown Urban Renewal Pt 2 – 1961-1962
The Cart Put Before The Horse? Watertown Urban Renewal Scope, Costs, Increase When the Watertown Urban Renewal effort turned the calendar to 1961, the city’s...
Sherman Pratt Summer Home – Niagara Island – 1000 Islands
John “Jack” Walter Wood III Designed and Built Childhood Friend Sherman Pratt a Modern, Ferro-Concrete Home on Niagara Island in 1930 Tucked away in the...
Watertown Urban Renewal Pt 1 – 1958 -1960
The Watertown Urban Renewal Winds of Change Began Blowing in 1958 With President Eisenhower’s Aggressive Program Though urban renewal didn’t begin until 1949, it essentially...
Broadway Star May Irwin And Her Summer Home – 1000 Islands
Broadway Star May Irwin Summer Home Built Upon Club Island Near Clayton Born in 1862 in Whitby, Canada, less than 30 miles from downtown Toronto,...
