The New Baltimore Welcome Center for Weathervane Wednesday

This weathervane was photographed at a rest area on the New York Thru Way

In September we traveled down south to see the Shenendoah National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway.  On the way home we traveled through New York state on the Thruway and the Berkshire Connector.  The NYSTA (New York State Thruway Authority) calls the rest areas here "travel plazas".   There are 27 travel plazas.  A redesign project was started in 2021, and it is expected to be completed in 2025.  This weathervane was spotted at the service plaza in New Baltimore, and it is called "The Capital Region Welcome Center.  There is an identical weathervane on the roof of the Whitney Point service center and at the Long Island Welcome center.  

This weathervane features a silhouette of New York state.  You can see the weathervane on the apex of the roof as you enter the building.  The silhouette includes the outline of the entire state including Long Island.  If this weathervane exists at other service plazas or Welcome Centers, please let me know!  

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To cite/link to this blog post:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "The New Baltimore Welcome Center for Weathervane Wednesday", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 20, 2024, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-new-baltimore-welcome-center-for.html: accessed [access date]).