Many people may not know or remember that the main lines of the New York Central and Lackawanna railroads used to run through the streets of downtown Syracuse. Maximum speed was limited to 15 miles-per-hour. This situation was not remedied until the completion of the new New York Central Station (now Time Warner cable channel [...]
Onondaga County War Memorial
July 10, 2008 By 1 Comment
Onondaga County War Memorial is an arena in Syracuse, New York. It presently serves as the home venue for the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League. Previously, the arena hosted the NBA’s Syracuse Nationals for their final 12 seasons in Syracuse. The Nationals moved to Philadelphia in 1963 to become the Philadelphia 76ers. It [...]
Green Lakes State Park
July 9, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Green Lakes State Park’s outstanding features are its two glacial lakes surrounded by upland forest. Both Round and Green Lakes are meromictic lakes, which means that there is no fall and spring mixing of surface and bottom waters. Such lakes have a high potential for evidence of ancient plant and animal life. Another special feature [...]
Newhouse School of Communications
July 8, 2008 By Leave a Comment
When you become a student at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, you become part of a tradition at one of the country’s best communications schools. As a leader in undergraduate and graduate studies, the Newhouse School provides outstanding, one-of-a-kind opportunities to its students. Newhouse graduate students may choose from 11 professional master’s degree [...]
Syracuse Parks and Open Spaces
July 7, 2008 By Leave a Comment
As the name indicates, the village of North Syracuse is the first village north of the City of Syracuse and is situated on the road to Watertown and the North Country. It is actually located in the the town of Clay, not in the city of Syracuse, which may be confusing to newcomers to our [...]