Pink Door in Seneca Falls

While walking down a street in Seneca Falls, NY, we came across a colorfully painted wall. It was beside a florist shop. How very creative!

Seneca Falls, NY, is reputed to be the town that Frank Capra patterned the imaginary Bedford Falls after for It’s a Wonderful Life. I don’t know if it is just hearsay– if Capra ever directly said he patterned the town after Seneca Falls?– but Seneca Falls certainly seems to take it seriously! The town has a few cute little places like Hotel Clarence and a shop named “ZuZu.” And there was a large building that had a banner about a theatrical show named after Gorge Bailey. Apparently, there’s an “It’s a Wonderful Life” Museum in the town, but I did not see anything, and actually found out about the museum after I got home!

Seneca Falls itself, like all the other Upstate cities, are in decline. Perhaps half of the buildings we walked past on the busy side street were empty, their windows full of dust or plastered with billboards for safe diet pills that work. The city was once a very beautiful and bustling place, as evidenced by the beautiful architecture and wide streets. I hope New York State rebounds from her economic woes. Upstate is too precious and beautiful.