Landmarks

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Contents 1 Both the Beautiful and the Blights 2 Things you'll see when whizzing by 3 Things you should stop and take notice of or visit when you can 4 Resources

[edit] Both the Beautiful and the Blights

Churches
Parks
Factories
Other Prominant Buildings

[edit] Things you'll see when whizzing by

• The JC Traffic circle - a place you might get slowed down. Currently undergoing a radical reconstruction, the traffic circle is the intersection of Route 201, Riverside Drive and Floral Avenue in Johnson City.
• Press and Sun Bulletin building - Going up next to CFJ Park
• Greensfield
• the Oakdale Mall
• Smokestacks and churches East to West
  • Gold domes and steeples
    • Centenary-Chenango Street United Methodist Church
    • First Presbyterian Church
    • Sarah Jane Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church
    • St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church
    • St. James Roman Catholic Church
    • St. Michael's Greek Catholic Church

• • • Sacred Heart Ukrainian Catholic Church
    • St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Orthodox Church

Downtown

• The Security Mutual Building
• The Press Building for many years, the tallest building in Binghamton.
• Binghamton State Office Building - the tallest and most infamous building in town (here's why)

Southside

• The Historic South Washington Street Bridge
• Number 5 Restaurant - fine dining in the former Engine Company Number 5 firehouse

[edit] Things you should stop and take notice of or visit when you can

• Roberson Museum and Science Center - home of the Link Planetarium and the Binghamton Visitor Center.
• Kopernick Observatory

• The Binghamton Zoo at Ross Park (AKA "Ross Park Zoo") - the fifth oldest "zoological institution" in the US.
• There are six historic carousels (we call them merry-go-rounds) in the "Triple Cities." They were given by George F. Johnson. You can ride all of them for free!

Goin' down Main Street

• The Arches - arches errected as tributes to George F. Johnson by the employees of Endicott Johnson
• "Your Home Library" in Johnson City

Downtown Binghamton

• The Broome County Courthouse

Outside of Town

• The Greater Binghamton Airport perhaps most famous for Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller's one finger salute during a 1976 campaign stop.

[edit] Resources

The gifts from the Johnson Family