Corning is a town in Steuben County, New York, United States, on the Chemung River. The population was 11,183 at the 2010 census. It was named for Erastus Corning, an Albany investor and a railroad executive who was an investor in a community-building company. The city is renowned as the headquarters of Fortune 500 Corning Incorporated company, formerly Corning Glass Works, a manufacturer of glass and ceramic products for industrial, scientific and technical purposes.
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Overview
The city of Corning is located on the western edge of the city of Corning and in the southeastern part of Steuben County.
It is also home to the Corning Museum of Glass, which houses one of the most comprehensive collections of glass objects in the world from antiquity to the present. The museum has the Rakow Library, one of the largest glass research centers in the world.
Other major cultural attractions of the city are the Rockwell Museum. It contains an important collection of Western American paintings and sculptures that were assembled over the last 40 years by Robert F. and Hertha Rockwell. The city has been quoted several times by the American Style magazine as one of the twenty-five urban artistic destinations in the US - lastly in June 2010. Many cultural events and historic buildings in the city are in the Gaffer Corning District.
The Corning Country Club annually hosts the Corning Classic, a stop on the Professional Women's Professional Association tour, from 1979 to 2009. The city has commercial air services available at Elmira/Corning Regional Airport in the nearby town of Big Flats.
Corning is also home to the New York State Class A Football champion in 2006.
In 2003, Charles R. Mitchell and Kirk W. House produced Corning , a historic photo book in Arcadia Publishing's "Images of America" ​​series. The photographs were taken from the Corning-Painted Post Historical Society archives.
In 2013, the list of the best small towns in America named Rand McNally calls Corning the "Most Exciting" city of all the finalists list.
In 2008, Corning City banned general water fluoridation. In 2006, the city council approved the fluoridation of public water. In 2007, a petition was launched by the Kirk Huttleston locals who came to be known as Proposition 1. Proposition 1 passed a ban with voting near 1,287 to 1,222 according to unofficial results.
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History
The first settlement in the city of Corning was made near the site of the future city in 1796. The community was set apart from the town as a village in 1848. Corning was incorporated as a city in 1890. As the glass industry developed, Corning came to be known as the "Crystal City" supported by companies such as Hawkes, Sinclair, and Hunt - which produced some American Brilliant Period cut pieces between 1880-1915.
Corning's first real industry was wood. The first settlers used a river system in the area to transport the wood and finish the wood in the downstream fleet to the buyer. This led to large factories that helped develop the area. Wood rafting is starting to wane because the wood is gone. At one time the factories in the Corning area were famous among the largest in the world. After the timber is exhausted, the big factories move north into the new forest.
East, across the Chemical River from Corning, lies Gibson, where the feeder canal for the Chemung Canal system. Some of Corning's early prosperity comes from exposure to the feeder channel system. Corning shipments include soft coal, wood, tobacco, grains, and whiskey. From April 22 to December 11, 1850, the canal season of the year, the newspaper reported that 1,116 ships left Corning's port. Toll for the year reached $ 54,060.39. Among the items shipped was 46,572,400 pounds of coal. The greatest peaceful year of the time was 1854 when 270,978 tons of cargo were transported. The Civil War brought an abnormal amount of business, with a peak of 307,151 tons transported within a year.
After the Civil War, an industrial boom took place in the region. Ingersoll Rand was opened during this period in the Painted Post, north of Corning.
Corning became a railroad city in the 1880s, many small railways were busy weaving the rail net connecting the main line to the smaller community. In 1912, a three-mile Corning train crashed east of Corning at Gibson left 39 people dead.
The Jenning's Tavern, Corning Armory, Market Street Historic District, the Southside Historic District, the World War Memorial Library, and the United States Post Office are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Geography
Corning is located on 42Ã, Â ° 8? 53? N 77 Â ° 3? 25? W (42.148142, -77.05697).
According to the US Census Bureau, the city has a total area of ​​3.3 square miles (8.5 km²), where, 3.1 square miles (8.1 km²) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km² ²) (5.18%) is water.
Only upstream of Corning, the Cohocton River and the Tioga River combine to form the Chemung River that flows through the city center. The river is an important source of power in early history, and is part of the region's current appeal. The river is prone to flooding, as rainwater flows rapidly from the steep hillsides of the area, the worst floods that occurred in 1972, when the remnants of Hurricane Agnes dropped rain fifteen inches or more in the area in no time. Eighteen people were killed in the Corning-Painted Post area. The entire downtown area is flooded, with severe damage. The city center has been refurbished and is becoming rather gentrified.
Flood is now under control by the dam system upstream from Corning.
Interstate 86 (South Tier Expressway), New York State Route 17, New York State Route 354, New York State Route 414, and New York State Route 415 are the main connecting highways in Corning. County Road 40 leads to the city from the south and County Road 41 from the north. Interstate 99 and U.S. Route 15 continues south from Painted Post, west of Corning.
Demographics
At the 2010 census, there were 11,183 people in 5,114 households living in the city. Population density was 3.626.1 people per square mile (1.346.0/km ²). There are 5,519 housing units. City's racial makeup is 91.8% White, 3.2% Black or African American, 0.3% Native American, 1.8% Asian, Hispanic or Latino from any race 2.4% of the population. 4.1% speak a language other than English at home.
In 2000, there were 4,996 households where 26.2% had children under 18 living with them, 37.6% were married couples living together, 12.3% had non-husbands female households, and 46 , 6% are not family. 40.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 15.5% have a single person living alone 65 or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.89.
In the city, the population is spread by 23.3% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 21.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.8% years or more. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 women, there are 87.5 men. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 83.5 men.
The average income for households in the city is $ 32,780, and the average income for families is $ 46,674. Men have an average income of $ 39,805 compared to $ 27,489 for women. The per capita income for the city is $ 22,056. Approximately 9.1% of families and 13.0% of the population are below the poverty line, including 18.4% of those under the age of 18 and 3.8% of those aged 65 years or older. In 2010, 20.4% was below the poverty line.
Politics
Most of the local officials are Republicans. The Corning region typically selects Republicans, although some outsiders have considered the constituency a "moderate" Republican. Amo Houghton, a long-serving US congressman, is a moderate Republican.
Federal Representative
Corning is in New York's 23rd congress district, currently represented by Republican Tom Reed.
Country representative
Corning is in New York's Senate District 53, represented by Tom O'Mara, a Republican. Corning is in the 136th Assembly District, represented by Phil Palmesano, also a Republican.
City mayor
Republican Joseph Nasser served for many years as mayor of Corning, and the Nasser Civic Center, the headquarters of the city government, bears his name. In 2005 City Councilman Frank Coccho defeated Republican mayor Alan Lewis to become the first Democratic mayor since 1953. On November 6, 2007, Tom Reed, the city's Republican chief, was chosen to replace Coccho. He completed his two-year term on December 31, 2009. Richard Negri was elected in November 2009 and served January 1, 2010. The second period of the period ends 31 December 2013.
Government
Since 1995, the city of Corning operates under the Council-Manager form of government, with City Manager serving as Chief Executive Officer. The first City Manager was Suzanne Kennedy who served until July 1997. In July 1997, Mark L. Ryckman was named City Manager of both cities. City council consists of eight members. One member is selected from each of the eight wards.
Education
Corning-Painted Post (consisting of Corning City and Painted Post City) The School District currently has six state primary schools, one public high school, and one public high school located in the larger Corning area.
In 2010 a referendum was passed that configures school high school districts; the two previous high schools joined and moved to the former "West High" building while the two high schools joined the "East High School" campus. This reconfiguration/development project is completed at the beginning of the 2014-2015 academic year.
In addition to the choice of public and private schools, the Corning-Painted Post District also partners with a regional P-Tech school (known as "The Greater Southern Tier STEM Academy") and sends students elected to 9-14 classes on campus.
Public primary schools include:
- Hugh W. Gregg
- Winfield Road
- William E. Severn
- Calvin U. Smith
- Erwin Valley
- Frederick Carder
- Lindley-Presho (closed)
Public high schools include:
- Corning Free Academy (Before 2014-2015 school year)
- Northside Blodgett (Before 2014-2015 school year)
- Corning Painted Post Middle School (After 2013-present)
Public high schools include:
- East High School (Before 2014-2015 school year)
- West High School (Before 2014-2015 school year)
- High School Learning Center (HSLC)
- The Corning Painted Post School (After 2013-present)
Private schools at Corning include:
- Alternative School for Mathematics and Science (ASMS)
- All Saints Academy (Catholic school K-8)
- Corning Christian Academy (evangelical Christian school P-12)
Higher education at Corning includes:
- Corning Community College
Points of interest
- Chimney Rocks - A cluster of high rock formations standing east of Corning. Rocks are no longer there but are so named because they are tall and narrow like chimneys.
- Bloody Run - The area near Gorton Creek, the battleground between US army generals John Sullivan and James Clinton and Native Americans. This battle is part of a campaign directly directed by George Washington to break the Iroquois Indians in the area. It was called Bloody Run for a bloody murky water report coming from a battle scene.
- Horace D. Page Tunnel - A tunnel connecting two divided areas in Denison Park, located on the south side of the city. It's named after Page, which lost naming rights for Elmira's Millers (formerly Page's) Pond in the 1912 horse racing race at Tioga Downs, and was given the naming rights to the tunnel as compensation.
- Heritage Village in Southern Finger Lakes - Right in the heart of Corning, Heritage Village is a Living History museum and the Benjamin Patterson Inn website, built in 1796 to attract settlers to the area. The site also includes a functioning blacksmith shop, a schoolhouse room, and an 1850s era log cabin.
Flood 1972
The 1972 flood was a major event for the area. On June 22, 1972, a storm that became Agnes cyclone hit the Southern Tier of New York. The storm was combined with a hurricane system from Ohio to drop six to eight inches (203 mm) of rain in the Chemung River valley. This eventually flooded the flood control system at the time, and the Chemung River broke through the dam system on Friday, June 23 at 4:00 in the morning. At 9:00 am, the river surged and began to recede. In the Corning area, eighteen people were killed and millions of dollars of untold damage occurred. An example of this expenditure took place in the city of Bath, NY, where a local woman, Lila Marano cooks nearly 100 pizzas from her home kitchen to accommodate students at the Haverling High School graduation reception. The river recedes in a few hours, leaving the mud that can still be found in the basements of homes and businesses in Corning, and there is part of the Corning Museum of Glass that shows on the wall how high flood water rises.
Gallery
Market Street
Market Street is an area consisting of many restaurants and shops. This is the historical part of The City Of Corning.
Famous people
- Thomas S. Buechner (1926-2010), founding director of Corning Museum of Glass
- Frederick Carder, glass artist
- Joseph Costa, aviation pioneer
- Duane Eddy, Grammy Award winning guitarist
- Edd Hall, actor
- Mark F Hill Producer/Director Dick Clark Productions.
- Katharine Houghton Hepburn (1878-1951), social activist, mother of Katharine Hepburn
- Alanson B. Houghton, congressman of New York
- Amory Houghton, United States ambassador
- Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., philanthropist, former president of Steuben Glass Works
- Amory "Amo" Houghton Jr., politician
- James R. Houghton, chairman of Corning Incorporated
- John N. Hungerford, Member of US Congress
- William T. Kane, physicist
- Greg Keagle, MLB player
- Harvey Littleton, glass artist
- Eric Massa, Member of US Congress
- Parag. A. Pathak (1980-), MIT professor of economics
- Tom Reed, Member of the United States Congress
- Margaret Higgins Sanger (1879 (born Margaret Louise Higgins) -1966), founder of the American Birth Control League
- Samuel Sevian, chess chess, history of the youngest US Grandmaster chess
- John Tillman, lacrosse head coach, University of Maryland
- Charles C. B. Walker, Member of US Congress
- Christie Wolf, the female bodybuilder champion and professional wrestler famous for her work at World Championship Wrestling
Twin Cities
Corning has three twin cities, as defined by Sister Cities International:
- Lviv, Ukraine
- Kakegawa, Shizuoka, Japan (formerly Osuka annexed by Kakegawa)
- San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy
See also
- Corning Incorporated
- Corning (city), New York
- Corning Museum of Glass
- The Houghton Family
- Steuben Glass Works
References
- Dimitroff, Thomas P.; Janes, Lois S. (1990). History of the Corning Painted Post Area, 200 years in Painted Post Country . External links
- Official website
- Gaffer District
- the Chamber of Commerce website
- Corning Museum of Glass
- The Rockwell Museum
- Warisan Village in Southern Finger Lakes, run by Corning-Painted Post Historical Society
- Corning Country Club
- The official website of Corning Community College
- Short film "Welcome to Corning, New York: Tropical Storm Agnes Flood (1972)" available for free download on the Internet Archive
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