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Old 08-25-2015, 01:54 PM
 
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Street view: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0301...8i6656!6m1!1e1
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Old 08-26-2015, 08:26 AM
 
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Some people with Upstate NY ties: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/?title=Harriet_Tubman

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_H._Holland (Auburn's HS Football stadium is named after him)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fannie_Barrier_Williams

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Jones_(ex-slave)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Washington

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Albert_Mossell
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Francis_Mossell (both spent part of their childhood in Lockport)

https://www.city-data.com/forum/22690665-post180.html

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Franklin_Grant

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Haley (also lived in Rome for a period of time)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jermain_Wesley_Loguen

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_L._Reason

Theta Zeta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc – Omicron Delta Lambda Chapter » George Biddle Kelley

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_P._Anderson

John Dove - The Creator of CD Rom Technology
John Dove - News Articles

First Black Mayor of America

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Schuyler (credited as being the first or one of the first African Americans to write a science fiction novel/book)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Ringgold_Ward

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_James_(minister)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Davis

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Loguen_Fraser

Benjamin Marcellus "Ben" White (1900 - 1982) - Find A Grave Memorial

For The Good, Inc. Everett Holmes | For The Good, Inc.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sojourner_Truth (if you include Ulster County)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_S._Duncanson

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henr...rican_football)

Edmonia Goodelle Highgate (1844 - 1870) - Find A Grave Memorial
American Experience | Reconstruction: The Second Civil War | Access to Learning | PBS

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amer...ry_Association (founded in Albany)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Freeman
More people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanette_J._Epps

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovely_A._Warren

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_F._Gantt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_Brown

City of Syracuse
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Old 08-26-2015, 08:38 AM
 
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Street view: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sp...41f7cc!6m1!1e1

Others that fit the original criteria with streetviews....

Census Block Group 004701-2 in Monroe County, New York
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1979...8i6656!6m1!1e1

Census Block Group 001100-4 in Chemung County, New York
https://www.google.com/maps/place/El...688697!6m1!1e1

Census Block Group 013300-2 in Albany County, New York
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7332...8i6656!6m1!1e1

Census Block Group 008001-3 in Erie County, New York
and Census Block Group 008001-4 in Erie County, New York
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9716...7i13312!8i6656

Census Block Group 014204-1 in Monroe County, New York
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1600...7i13312!8i6656

Census Block Group 009107-2 in Erie County, New York
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0424...7i13312!8i6656

Census Block Group 009107-1 in Erie County, New York
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Vi...2c25f4!6m1!1e1
Census Block Group 006301-4 in Erie County, New York
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9250...8i6656!6m1!1e1

Census Block Group 005800-4 in Monroe County, New York
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1668...8i6656!6m1!1e1

Census Block Group 008100-3 in Monroe County, New York
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1854...8i6656!6m1!1e1

Census Block Group 021700-2 in Schenectady County, New York
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7897...8i6656!6m1!1e1

Census Block Group 021600-2 in Schenectady County, New York
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7919...8i1664!6m1!1e1

Census Block Group 000300-3 in Albany County, New York
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sh...41e8d89ac8d251
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Old 08-28-2015, 04:59 PM
 
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There's this place hidden in the Westcott neighborhood and a good place to go for a Fish Dinner on a Friday evening: Dunbar Post 1642: Serving the African-American Veteran Since 1948 | Urban CNY
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Old 08-29-2015, 07:59 PM
 
Location: Hudson Valley/Upper Downstate/Lower Upstate
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In Kingston, it's the Poncockie/Rondout and Mid-town Neighborhoods...I grew-up in the latter and it was both bucolic and diverse.
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Old 08-29-2015, 10:01 PM
 
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This Ithaca native has an elementary school named after her in that city: History of BJM School

This Buffalo Soldier that received the Medal of Honor was born in Big Flats: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John...Medal_of_Honor)
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Old 08-30-2015, 07:41 PM
 
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More historical information: http://www.hartwick.edu/Documents/US...adJune2011.pdf

The Buffalo News | Buffalo's Number One Source For Breaking News | The Buffalo Newspaper Online
Uncrowned Community Builders :: Biography for Jesse Clipper

This actor, playwright and director from Lackawanna is most famous for his play about his upbringing in his hometown, which was made into a movie that was played on HBO: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruben_Santiago-Hudson
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lackawanna_Blues
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