Downtown Binghamton, NY Walking Tour - Unexpected Encounter with a Crazy 😜

Come take a walk through the heart of downtown Binghamton New York. There are many historic old buildings that have great architectural value and beauty. Unexpectedly, I did run into a seemingly crazy person chasing me down the Riverwalk though. That excitement is towards the end of the video.

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[fgpalm]

Crazy person is near the end of the video.

[hondamugen]

Born in Binghamton myself in the early 80's and left 9 years ago. Watching this video reminds me of an awful past life that I don't want to be reminded of. I think I may have PTSD now.

[eyestoenvy]

I'm from NYC and visit this town often by bus in order to make my way to a nearby campground in neighboring New Milford PA. Upon arrival from the outskirts towards downtown you get this very depressed feeling about the place and immediately see that it's seen some better days. But downtown is definitely beautiful with great architecture, all captured well on this video. The people are also very nice. The place just needs a hook, a draw. I mean all those beautiful waterways & hills surrounding it, etc. Here's hoping for better days ahead. Btw I love Michelangelo's On Court Street, their chicken parm, those garlic knots! Had to be said.

[jazzylove]

The end perfectly sums up the binghamton experience 🤣

[johnmuschaweck]

I moved to Arizona in 2008, I miss binghamton so much. I was born n raised there!!! 607

[tfisher]

i'm originally from Binghamton NY, my father was a police officer in Binghamton. Retired many years ago in 1976. He still lives there on the Northside of Binghamton as well as my brother and his family living on South Mountain near Ross Park area..A lot has changed since I visited Binghamton last..I'm in California now with my family. Haven't been back home in a few years because of the pandemic situations. Hopefully this year during the Christmas holidays. My grandparents settled in Binghamton many many years ago from the Czech Republic to work in the Endicott Johnson Shoe factories when they were running. Binghamton was a beautiful city when I was growing up, all the stores were open & the streets were packed with shoppers before the Oakdale Mall moved in, that's about when Binghamton downtown slowly disappeared and shops were closing down..But all and all thank you so much for the trip down memory lane..😊

[RajehAlHarithi]

Thank you so much for taking the time to making this video.. I used to live in Binghamton in the 1990s, you brought a lot of memories.. I'll always miss Broome County and its beautiful genuine people.

[ramonavanloan]

My family lived in this area for generations. They shopped in Binghamton in the 40's - 60's. I married and left the area in 1962 and have not revisited the area since the early 2000's. I appreciate this tour and seeing there has been so much progress in taking down old bldg's, preserving some of the beautiful bldg's, and making places for the college students to go. Thanks for doing this!

[billbates]

Im in NYC. I was in Binghamton back in 2000. It didn't look as clean as it does now and it was run down almost everywhere. I'm happy to see that there has been a start to restore the small city.

[michaelcornellstone]

“Ok, now that we’re done being harassed by ‘crazy’ - Welcome to Binghamton!” 🤣🤣

[kathymott]

Just stumbled across this video, walked those very streets! Was born in Binghamton, left many years ago. Love it!

[craigmalmfeldt]

Thanks for the tour. I lived at 135 Front St when that house was still beautiful. I left Binghamton in 1971 and haven't visited in about 20 years now.

[MickeyMouse-vnvl]

Thanks for taking time and doing this. I left in 64, but lived on Gaylord Street 1 block from North High School.

[michaelcornellstone]

I do love the beautiful architecture downtown!

[jasonroberts]

NYC seems to have exported a lot of its problems to Binghamton. That’s why there’s a rehab every few blocks in Bing.

[jasonroberts]

Binghamton still has a lot of the 19th century buildings that New York City knocked down. It’s a really beautiful small city imo, and an awesome location in the mountains. It’s a shame it isn’t more alive.

[Mullikia]

Glad you muted the audio when giving your name to the police since nobody had a clue what it is. Just busting, thanks for the video, interesting, lived in Bing all my life, so much has changed.

[jessicac.]

I live in Binghamton. The crazies are the reason I stay around my home in the summer. When it’s cold it’s not so bad downtown. Nice video.

[moosefish]

Thanks for sharing - very enjoyable video! (Sorry you had to deal with that goof on the river walk...)

I was born in Binghamton and grew up in the area in the 1950's and 1960's.

As several people have already noted, the building shown at 3:41 of your video was actually the YWCA.

When I was a teenager the YMCA was down the street from Phil's Gift Shop before moving to a new location which I believe is still its current location.

The old library building at 5:07 was indeed a Carnegie donation. Look up above the columns in the front of the building, I think it acknowledges his gift. He was one of the earliest American billionaires and felt that it was disgraceful to die rich so he gave away most of his money, much of it given to build libraries. I was in there many times when I was a kid.

My dad had an office in the Press Building shown around 8:29 in your video. There was a great view from the 11th floor and I remember the actual printing presses running in the basement. They were visible from the street and provided some great entertainment. I toured the Binghamton Press on grade school or Cubs trips; although I'm in my 70's now, I still remember the smell of the Linotype machines and the lead plates that they produced to print the paper.

Yes, you did pronounce "Collier" correctly. My dad had an office on Collier Street before moving to the Press Building.


Boscov's (14:02) used to be Fowler's Department Store. Funly enough, I think I still have one of their bags somewhere...

The building you described as the Federal Courthouse was in fact the Post Office before post office moved to a larger (and newer) building.

[olivewoo]

You should make a video on the historical buildings in Binghamton. Nice history there.