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Also known as: Crystal City
Corning is a globally influential industrial stronghold and highly progressive technological metropolis situated flatly along the Chemung River in the southern tier of New York. Founded in 1848, the city's destiny was permanently transformed in 1868 when the Brooklyn Flint Glass Company relocated here, evolving into the world-famous Corning Incorporated. Today, Corning serves as a white-collar nexus for global materials science, beautifully pairing heavy industrial glass manufacturing with a historic brick-paved downtown commercial core and world-class museum curating.
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Suggested stay: 1–2 days
Watch live glass-blowing demonstrations and view 3,500 years of glass art masterpieces at the Corning Museum of Glass, stroll the historic brick storefronts of the Gaffer District, and view western art at the Rockwell Museum.
