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Corning is a city in Steuben County, New York, United States, on the Chemung River. The population was 11,183 at the 2010 census. It is named for Erastus Corning, an Albany financier and railroad executive who was an investor in the company that developed the community. == Overview == The city of Corning is at the western edge of the town of Corning and in the southeast part of Steuben County. The city is the headquarters of Fortune 500 company Corning Incorporated, formerly ''Corning Glass Works'', a manufacturer of glass and ceramic products for industrial, scientific and technical uses. It is also home to the Corning Museum of Glass, which houses one of the world's most comprehensive collections of glass objects from antiquity to the present. The museum houses the Rakow Library,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Corning Museum of Glass )〕 one of the world's major glass research centers. The city's other major cultural attraction is the Rockwell Museum. It contains an important collection of Western American painting and sculpture assembled over the past 40 years by Robert F. and Hertha Rockwell. The city has been cited several times by ''American Style'' magazine as one of the top twenty-five small city arts destinations in the U.S. – most recently in June 2010.〔(American Style Magazine )〕 Many of the cultural events and historic landmarks in the city are in Corning's Gaffer District. Corning Country Club annually hosted the Corning Classic, a stop on the Ladies Professional Golf Association tour, from 1979 to 2009. The city has commercial air service available at Elmira/Corning Regional Airport in the nearby town of Big Flats. It is also home to the 2006 New York State Class A Football Champions. In 2003, Charles R. Mitchell and Kirk W. House produced ''Corning'', a historic photo book in Arcadia Publishing's "Images of America" series. Photos were drawn from the archives of the Corning-Painted Post Historical Society. In 2013, Rand McNally's list of best small towns in America named Corning the "Most Fun" town out of all the list's finalists.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rand McNally Blog – News - Road Rally - Road Trips - Small Town Spotlight - America’s Best Small Towns: The 2013 Winners )〕 In 2008, the City of Corning banned public water fluoridation. In 2006, the city council approved public water fluoridation. In 2007, a petition had been launched by local resident Kirk Huttleston which became known as Proposition 1.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Election Day will feature fluoride in Corning )〕 Proposition 1 passed the ban by a close vote of 1,287 to 1,222 according to unofficial results.〔http://www.the-leader.com/article/20081105/News/311059889〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Corning (city), New York」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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