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        A KALEIDOSCOPE              BEV & CO                        MAGPIE CUSTOM
        OF QUILTS                   1 S. Main, Homer                CREATIONS
        6270 Little York Lake Road, Preble  (607) 749-2148          75 E. Court Street, Cortland
        (607) 749-2628              www.bevandco.com                (607) 591-9652
                                                                    www.magpiecortland.com
        ARNOLD’S FLORIST            CINCH ART SPACE
        29 Cayuga Street, Homer     75 E. Court Street, Cortland    OLDE HOMER HOUSE
        (607) 749-2631              (607) 753-1304                  44 James Street, Homer
        www.arnoldsflorist.net      www.cinchartspace.com           (607) 756-0750
                                                                    SHAW & BOEHLER FLORIST
        ASH DÉCOR                   CINNAMON APPLE COTTAGE
        1 S. Main Street, Homer     3797 Luker Road, Cortland       31 Clinton Avenue, Cortland
        (607) 749-2148              (607) 749-3130                  (607) 756-2879
        www.ashdecor.co             www.valleyviewgardensny.com     www.shawandboehlerflorist.com

                                                                    THE CORTLAND
                                    HEROES AND VILLAINS             FLOWER SHOP
                                    75 E. Court Street, Cortland    11 N. Main Street, Cortland
                                    (607) 423-2328                  (607) 756-7569
                                    www.theheroesandvillainsstore.com   www.cortlandflowershop.com

                                    HOMER MEN AND BOYS              WILLOW LANE FARMHOUSE
                                    11 S. Main Street, Homer        34 Main Street, McGraw
                                    www.homermensandboys.com






                                          THE CORTLAND CORSET                      DID YOU KNOW?
                                          COMPANY BUILDING
                                                                                   A 30-foot mural on the west end of the Corset Building
                                          This turn-of-the-century building was recently   was created by local artist Crystal Lyon as a way to
                                          transformed into a creative hub for Cortland-area   honor the 150-year old building. The mural features a
                                                                                   large wagon wheel in the background and a woman
                                          artists, photographers, entrepreneurs and centers
                                                                                   wearing a corset, goggles, and artwork on her arms.
                                          of health. Built in 1872, the Cortland Building once
                                                                                   The woman is Grace Brown, an American skirt
                                          housed a wagon company and a corset manufacturer.
                                                                                   factory worker at the Gillette Skirt Company, who was
                                          Explore the different small business that create a
                                                                                   murdered by her lover, Chester Gillette. The story of
                                          bridge between Cortland’s industrial past and its post-
                                                                                   the murder was made famous by the movie “A Place in
                                          industrial future.
                                                                                   the Sun” and the book “An American Tragedy” and was
   Photo: © David Spaulding
                                                                                   featured on an episode of Unsolved Mysteries.




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