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Entering Corning, from the East, take the first exit, the Gibson exit
His home on 2nd Street
Drive down to Cedar and turn right to the corner of 1st and Cedar, which was the location of the hospital where he was born. It was torn down and replaced with needed housing. The new hospital is located off the Interstate, you passed it on the way into town, if you came from the East.
Turn right, go past City Hall a monolithic late 1970's building on the left. The mayor declared Duane Eddy Day on June 7th, 2017.
Grab a coffee at Dunkin Donuts which is on the location of the bakery CoBakCo where his father worked.
His father's work, the park and a little grocery store even the hospital were are all within walking distance of their home.
Drive through Denison Park. Where Duane says he used to play and learned to ice skate in the winter.
Return to go to historic Market Street lined with brick buildings, shops and salons, and lots of restaurants.
Stop and see the cut-out on Market Street.
There's a nice ice cream shop called D across the street.
Drive over the Brisco bridge, past the Corning Museum of Glass, and turn left. Go two blocks and you'll see the mural in the intersection of. Stop and take photo like Duane did. The mural is by artist, Brett Steeves. He painted Duane playing his signature Gretsch guitar sitting one of the upper windows. The Brick owns the building. They are a bar with music venue. It's owned by Del.
Turn left and cross back over the river and stop at Wegman's? or go down Market Street for a bite to eat at Old World Cafe where Duane and Deed at in 2017 and stop to walk around Centerway Square where the mayor gave him is D
If you have never been to the Corning Museum of Glass it's worth 2 hours of time to visit the museum galleries and see a hot glass show. The Netflix series Blown Away winners' work is shown. They have a cafe and nice gift shop.
Get back on the highway and drive west on I-86 until you reach Bath. Take the second exit. Which is x.
At the center of town you will find a cross-roads
See his home. See the church. See the school.
See Steuben County Hall of Fame?
Drive north towards Hammondsport.
When you get to the traffic light, turn left and go through the charming little town which is at the base of Keuka Lake, and take the road north
Take the first road, which is a steep climb, and go up the hill to ride the crest of the hills overlooking the lake, going past Bully Hill, stopping at the pull off to take in the view of the lake with the bluff and the vineyards.
Point of the Bluff is the new concert venue. It is up the hill on your left.
Continue north, stopping to do winetasting or beer tasting, or buy a grape pie, until you reach the end of the lake at a little town called Branchport.
Point of the Bluff is the new concert venue. It is up the hill on your left.
Don't turn, keep going straight, on to Guyanoga Road, and continue for x miles, until you are at the intersection of Rt. x. Pull off and that's where the Eddy family grocery store was located. There was a gas pump out front. This road connected those traveling from the north, like Rochester, to the west side of Keuka Lake.
If you want to see the farmhouse where he spent his last summer before he moved to Arizona, then go a little farther north until you see a side road forYatesville. Turn right.
It's just a little crossroads with a church and a cemetery, and two farmhouses. We don't know which one was theirs. The owner was probably someone who his father knew from the store.
Otherwise, turn right and take County Road x in to Penn Yan. The country schoolhouse for the second half of 6th grade is located x. For Jr. High, Duane would have gone 7 miles into to Penn Yan to attend Penn Yan Academy, a public school.
When you come in to Penn Yan, go x to see the school. The Mustang mascot was designed by Duane.
Penn Yan stands for Pennsylvania Yankee. It's located at the top of Keuka Lake on the east branch. The area is now widely populated by Mennonites, whose religion shuns the use of modernisms, like cars, so you might see them in their horse and buggies. Share the road. They are primarily farmers, but also carpenters and flower growers.
To return to Corning, you have 2 options: go along the lake on Rt. 54 (fastest) or take the upper road which parallels it OR come back through Watkins Glen, known for gorge with 17 waterfalls and its race track. It's at the base of the next closest Finger Lake, called Seneca Lake.
It will take 45 minutes to and hour to get back to Corning without stops. Beautiful scenery.
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