The Striven Word

Articles tagged with ‘institutions’

library day

Libraries are the most innocent of institutions, and the libraries of Central New York have been anchors of my experiences through time.

Interior of Utica Public Library, overlooking the lobby through the wrought ironwork staircase

Today I was incidentally talking to two men on the street in Oneida Square. They are older than me, perhaps representing the two generations preceding my own. The …