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  Downtown Syracuse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The AXA Towers in Downtown Syracuse are perhaps the best-known buildings in Syracuse, after the Carrier Dome.
Downtown Syracuse is the economic center of Syracuse, New York, and Central New York, employing over 30,000 people, and housing over 2,000.
Downtown Syracuse, as the rest of the city, grew as a result of the city's salt industry and its location on the Erie Canal.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Downtown_Syracuse   (640 words)

  
 City of Syracuse
Downtown Syracuse is truly the heart of Syracuse and Central New York.
Downtown Syracuse provides a multitude of cultural attractions such as the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, the Syracuse Opera, the Everson Museum of Art, Landmark Theater, Erie Canal Museum, the MOST Museum, Automobile Museum, the Civic Center and the OnCenter.
Downtown offers space to major banking and financial institutions, the local newspaper, utilities, law firms, accounting and insurance institutions, as well as a plethora of small services business such as restaurants, dry cleaners, jewelers, and convenient stores.
www.syracuse.ny.us /nhood1.asp   (3161 words)

  
 Realty Times - Real Estate News and Advice   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Downtown Syracuse is undergoing active development, particularly in the commercial sector.
Downtown also is home to University Hill, a major contributor to the pulse of the city, and comprised of numerous businesses, medical and educational centers, churches and cultural organizations.
One of the city's annual highlights is the Syracuse Jazz Fest, dubbed the "Northeast's Largest Free Jazz Festival." Some 50,000 music-lovers flock to downtown Syracuse each year to hear a week's worth of performances from domestic and internationally renowned jazz artists.
realtytimes.com /rtcpages/20000828_syracuse.htm   (872 words)

  
 Syracuse Greens: To Lead a City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Driscoll: The academic goals and oversight of the Syracuse City School District is the responsibility of the publicly elected School Board, this is mandated by the City Charter.
Q: Redevelopment of Syracuse's downtown continues to take place, but at a rate that is not fast enough for some.
Syracuse sets the pace in this new transformation statewide and this is shown in Syracuse's staticts in job growth.
www.syracusegreens.org /archives/000265.html   (2129 words)

  
 Features - Syracuse, NY
In defining the action agenda, HyettPalma found that Downtown Syracuse is a large and sophisticated area filled with incredible architecture, active private sector investors, and multiple anchors — such as a historic hotel, a community theater, a museum of science and technology, and an IMAX theater.
Downtown Syracuse is on the crest of the wave in finding economically valid, new uses for its historic structures and should continue to do so.
Downtown Syracuse has the potential to be — and should definitely be — considered one of America’s great Downtowns.
www.hyettpalma.com /features/syracuse.html   (1804 words)

  
 Greater Syracuse Economic Growth Council Resource Center
The Syracuse Lakefront Development Area, located between Downtown Syracuse and the shores of Onondaga Lake, offers a wide variety of exciting new development and historic rehabilitation projects for Central New York.
The Syracuse Lakefront is currently undergoing a $1 billion reclamation and redevelopment of approximately 800 acres of underutilized land — transforming it into a premier waterfront tourism destination and mixed-use community center.
Also located in the Syracuse Lakefront is the Stadium Market Center, including PandC Stadium, home to the Syracuse SkyChiefs AAA baseball team and over 150 local events annually; the Central New York Regional Market, hosting hundreds of local growers and attracting thousands on sunny Saturday mornings; and the newly built Regional Transportation Center.
www.syracusecentral.com /real_estate/projects.htm   (776 words)

  
 Syracuse News
Syracuse Police are looking for two suspects in an assault on the city's south side.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Teams of federal, state and local investigators Friday were trying to determine how and why CSX employee Ronald Foster, 54, was killed by a railroad car as he drove a CSX truck across tracks...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. _ The comptroller of a central New York town was found with a vial of cocaine as he went through a security checkpoint Saturday, officials said.
www.topix.net /city/syracuse-ny   (643 words)

  
 Syracuse travel guide - Wikitravel
Syracuse [1] is a city in the Finger Lakes region of New York state.
Another alternative to driving is to get around Syracuse by bicycle, most of the downtown area is relatively flat but keep in mind that the University area has many steep hills and the residential areas surrounding downtown have quite a few hills as well.
What some people will do is catch a ride on the bus downtown, placing their bike on the bike rack on the front of the bus and then use their bike once they reach downtown thus avoiding the steep hills.
wikitravel.org /en/Syracuse_(New_York)   (1703 words)

  
 City of Syracuse
Downtown is the business center of the City.
Within the Downtown area are several historic buildings as well as more modern structures that provide office and retail space to many firms and retailers.
The major public plazas in Downtown are Armory Square, Hanover Square, Columbus Circle and Clinton Square.
www.syracuse.ny.us /tnt_area1.asp   (117 words)

  
 Syracuse University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Syracuse University is one of only 8 institutions in the country whose students have won all three of these honors in one year.
Syracuse University's School of Education, a national leader in improving and informing educational practice for diverse communities, is committed to the principle that diverse learning communities create the conditions that both enrich the educational experience and provide opportunities for all to realize their full potential.
On March 31, 2006, the university and the city announced the beginning of an initiative to connect the main campus of the university with the arts and culture areas of downtown Syracuse and the university's new presence at The Warehouse [3].
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Syracuse_University   (5277 words)

  
 HUD Money May Fund Upscale Apartments in Downtown Syracuse CNY Business Journal (1996+) - Find Articles
SYRACUSE - Several vacant and underutilized buildings in downtown Syracuse are one step closer to getting milliondollar makeovers so they can be used for downtown housing, says Kate Auwaerter, economic-development specialist for the Downtown Committee of Syracuse.
The two second-year downtown projects were recently unveiled at a public neighborhood forum hosted by the city.
Rich Puchalski, executive director of Syracuse United Neighbors, a nonprofit organization that has been working to improve conditions in south-side and west-side neighborhoods for 23 years, says the money should be used in neighborhoods that really need it, not in downtown where the money will be used to build apartments for the affluent.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3718/is_200008/ai_n8909819   (907 words)

  
 GOVERNOR PATAKI ANNOUNCES $7 MILLION IN FUNDING TO HELP BRING NEW JOBS TO DOWNTOWN SYRACUSE
Syracuse Mayor Matthew Driscoll had requested the funding from the Governor to support the construction of two downtown parking garages to provide current and future employees with the parking they need to commute to and from their places of employment.
Syracuse Mayor Matthew Driscoll said, "The $7 million in revenues awarded by the Governor will be the cornerstone to our overall action plan to revitalize our downtown.
The Syracuse Center of Excellence is one of five Centers of Excellence statewide focusing on critical emerging high-tech fields, including the Albany Center of Excellence in Nanoelectronics, the Rochester Center of Excellence in Photonics, the Long Island Center of Excellence in Wireless Internet and Information Technology, and the Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics.
www.ny.gov /governor/press/02/sept30_02.htm   (977 words)

  
 Syracuse Theatre
The other downtown houses (Syracuse, Empire, Crescent, Rivoli, Bastable, B.F. Keith's, Temple, Weiting Opera House) used piano's for silent film accompaniment in the early 1920's or hired a small ensemble from the AFM Local.
Yet an organist who played in many Syracuse theatre's during the silent era, one with whom I worked on the Kallet theatre chain, insisted that the house had a piano with several ranks of pipes available on an upper 61 note manual, and that a one octave pedal division was added in the early 1920's.
Forster was the most prominent theatre organist in Syracuse, partly due to his well-deserved fame as a master of the sing-along and partly because of a knack for self-promotion.
www.jrjunction.com /syracuse_theatre.htm   (2812 words)

  
 Syracuse & Central New York Travel Photography and Picture Guide | United States | North America | ...
Syracuse University's own little Pantheon, Hendricks Chapel is the stately multi-denominational chapel for the university community.
Stretching from downtown Syracuse all the way to Liverpool, Onondaga lake is deceptive, because no matter how beautiful it looks it still is the country's most polluted lake.
Syracuse Skychiefs: One of the legacy institutions from when Syracuse was a city of national prominence, the Skychiefs are the AAA affiliate for the Toronto Blue Jays baseball club.
www.davidmetraux.com /centralny.html   (2804 words)

  
 OnCenter more than pays its way in downtown Syracuse CNY Business Journal (1996+) - Find Articles
Dubbed the OnCenter, the facility with its adjacent parking garage grew to occupy two blocks on the southern edge of downtown, and it opened amid expectations almost as grand as the scale of the facility itself.
Thanks to the OnCenter, Quitzau says, downtown Syracuse has been able to host 85 trade and consumer shows and 98 state, regional, and national conventions, most of which either would have gone to the New York State Fairgrounds or to other communities.
The downtown complex won major events for the Lions of New York and Bermuda, the Lions U.S. and Canada Leadership Conference, the American Baptist Convention, the Association of Presbyterians, the state School Boards Association, the New York State Library Association, the New York State Turf Grass Association, and others.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3718/is_199806/ai_n8794788   (787 words)

  
 Downtown Decorations - Commercial Christmas and Holiday Decorations , Light Pole Banners , Holiday Banners, Giant ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Downtown Decorations presents the highest grade selection of commercial holiday and Christmas decorations and light pole banners in the country for cities, towns, parks, commercial offices, shopping centers, and malls nationwide.
Downtown Decorations is unique in that we provide a personal touch to our Christmas and holiday decorating projects.
Downtown Decorations is an active member with the International Downtown Association, National Main Street, and National Trust for Historic Preservation
www.downtowndecorations.com   (550 words)

  
 Urban Pioneers Reviving Downtown Syracuse | Planetizen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Public and private investment, along with historic preservation tax credits, are driving the rebirth of downtown Syracuse.
The occupancy rate for downtown apartments currently stands at an astonishing 99 percent.
Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor decided to move 600 students to a facility in Armory Square.
www.planetizen.com /node/19804   (280 words)

  
 A Syracuse Real Estate and Relocation Guide by Syracuse Homes Real Estate Company - Syracuse Condominiums and ...
The Syracuse inner city harbor is half a mile away, the largest and newest shopping mall, the Carousal Center, is 1 mile.
Downtown Syracuse and Armory Square are also but a short walk away.
Syracuse University, Upstate Medical Center, and Crouse Irving Hospital are less than five minutes away.
www.syracusehomes.com /condo.html   (1395 words)

  
 Welcome to AJFsyracuse.com
One of these is located in the heart of Downtown Syracuse.
Recently rennovated, it is one of the newest and most luxurious apartments in Downtown Syracuse.
AJF Contstruction Co. plans on continuing to build new buildings in Syracuse as well as constantly updating and remodeling their current ones.
www.ajfsyracuse.com /index.html   (185 words)

  
 The 2% Solution: Drawing a Critical Mass of Residents Downtown is Key to Urban Revival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
As Spitzer said in a major urban policy address in Syracuse in March, "In a knowledge economy, cities are more important than ever." After World War II, these four cities were vibrant urban centers, catalysts of America's postwar boom and home to innovative industrial giants like Kodak, General Electric and Xerox.
Just imagine the economic, fiscal and psychological impacts of housing 16,500 residents in downtown Albany, 23,400 residents in downtown Buffalo, 20,750 residents in downtown Rochester and 13,000 residents in downtown Syracuse.
This has begun in Syracuse and Schenectady, and more of Upstate's 206 colleges should be encouraged to expand their presence in existing downtowns or even develop downtown satellite campuses.
www.brookings.org /views/op-ed/katz/20061126_criticalmass.htm   (898 words)

  
 Downtown Syracuse, NY- Pics broadband suggested - Cyburbia Forums
Downtown Syracuse looks a little different now with recent projects like the new Communications Design School of SU downtown, the MONY Towers have changed to the AXA Towers with a new sign and logo, and the new grocery store dt.
Seriously though, Syracuse has a lot of potential and it will be interesting to see what this whole new mall concept does for the downtown area.
The Post-Standard, Syracuse's major daily newspaper, even publishes a column where local residents write in about their favorite chains from Florida or Texas or North Carolina and wait for the writer to inform them that no, they have no plans to expand to Syracuse (likewise with queries about Wegmans in North Carolina).
www.cyburbia.org /forums/showthread.php?t=26299   (1507 words)

  
 7th Annual Syracuse Irish Festival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
As we head into our seventh year presenting Irish music in downtown Syracuse the whole city seems to be exited.
The bands we are presenting, the fact that we are in the newly renovated Clinton Square ($8,000,000 has been spent on renovating this park in the center of downtown just for events like ours).
Syracuse is host to a huge St. Patrick's Day Parade and we have to tell you - it is without a doubt the most celebrated day of the year.
www.syracuseirishfestival.com   (135 words)

  
 Scout.com
It sits just east of downtown and is perched on top of a hill overlooking the city.
Syracuse Visitor’s website a good place to help you find addresses and phone numbers for businesses.
Be advised there are some winos in the neighborhood but the area is as safe as you can expect for an urban downtown environment.
syracuse.scout.com /3/TailgateGuideSyracuse.html   (3495 words)

  
 Scotsman Pennysaver, Scotsman Press, Syracuse Pennysaver, Auburn Pennysaver, Cortland Pennysaver, Seneca Falls ...
The revival and overhaul of the Syracuse Chiefs baseball franchise was announced recently at a press conference at Alliance Bank Stadium.
The YMCA of Greater Syracuse’s Downtown Branch recently received a $10, 830 grant from the JC Penney After School Fund in support of its “Y Achievers” after school program.
The Downtown YMCA recently received a $10,830 grant from the JC Penney After School Fund to offer children who otherwise could not afford it a fun, supervised place to learn new activities, make new friends and receive help with their schoolwork through YMCA after school programs.
www.scotsmanonline.com   (529 words)

  
 A Syracuse Real Estate and Relocation Guide by Syracuse Homes - Syracuse, NY
Still being built, this small residential real estate tract is convenientlylocated in Fayetteville/Dewitt, a short drive to major roads, employers,mainshopping, downtown Syracuse and the Syracuse airport.
North of Syracuse, this attractive community offers walking trails, tenniscourts, a club house and the Seneca river for boating.
Toggenburg ski resort is 10 minutes away, countrylanes are on the door step and Manlius schools are all within 2 miles.
www.syracusehomes.com /subd.html   (582 words)

  
 Welcome to Successyracuse
As another $175 million in investment dollars roll in, the revitalization of downtown Syracuse rolls on, adding some exciting new spaces and re-energizing some historic old ones.
The ground has been broken, and the region’s newest victory garden is about to be planted—the Syracuse Technology Garden, that is.Bolstered by several million dollars in federal, state, county and corporate funding, the Syracuse Technology Garden—a technology incubator that will be overseen by the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce—is a 32,000 sq.
Little Italy: Syracuse’s north side treasure—a must-see (and -eat!) tourist mecca of outdoor cafés, bakeries, pizzerias, restaurants and more—has already seen a huge transformation, and will be expanded again with sidewalk, lighting, and streetscape work.
www.syracusecentral.com /successyracuse/pages/spring04.html   (1247 words)

  
 Froggie's Thoughts on Syracuse
As with the states further south, I-81 is a major trucking corridor, and it's common to see large numbers of trucks along the highway.
- Even with I-690 nearby, NY 5 east of downtown Syracuse is still an important arterial, with most of the stretch between downtown and I-481 having 6 lanes.
Between NY 695 and I-481, there are 7 turns involved, with 4 of those just within downtown Syracuse.
www.ajfroggie.com /roads/thoughts-syr.htm   (3307 words)

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