bagg's square

In this week's "98 Seconds with Naomi Lynn" video, she got a little help from some of her coworkers for a fun game of "Central New York Word Association."

Bagg's Square is once again celebrating the people and businesses that have helped shape Utica's most historic neighborhood. The awards will be given to those that have shaped the neighborhood in the past, are currently advocating to move Bagg’s Square forward and are helping to reach the goal of making Bagg’s Square a desirable, mixed use neighborhood...

Remember those old Christmas movies where the city's downtown section was teeming with Holiday activity and cheer? If that idea makes you nostalgic, then you should take a look at what Downtown Utica has to offer this holiday season.

September 10th is Made in Utica's, walkable music and arts festival, appropriately called the "Downtown Getdown."

Who made a positive difference in the Square this year? What business deserves an award for exemplary community service? You get to choose in the 2nd Annual Bagg's Square Awards.

Wonder how they celebrated Christmas in Utica in the late 1800s? This book was given to patrons at Bagg's Hotel who attended Christmas dinner there in 1899.

Utica's City Seal tells a story of the city's history from Native American days to the coming of the first pioneers. The Haunts and Legends crew recently found the seal hidden in Bagg's Square.

Have you noticed the banners that are hanging up on Genesee Street?

Half a billion dollars in state aid may be headed our way and Central New Yorkers are hoping to revitalize our city with that money!

The growth continues in Utica's re-emerging Bagg's Square neighborhood with Utica Bread. Here's a look at what the new building facade will look like.

Ready for a new buzzword? Meet the 18-Hour City. That's a city somewhere between a 24 Hour City where everything is available at any time of the day (think New York City, obviously; LA and likely cities like Las Vegas and Miami) and the traditional 9-5 city that revolves around the traditional workday where the downtown core goes largely dormant into the evenings.

Steeped in history and legends, New York is filled with stories of the forgotten, eerie and the weird that influence us everyday. What secrets are hidden in the memorial vault of Utica?