Auburn 1953 Before Urban Renewal
The city before the urban planners took a stab at redesigning the historic downtown through demolition and new highways.
Cayuga County
Auburn Arterial
Forty years ago, Auburn was in the midst of one of the most transformative periods in its history: urban renewal.
The transformation mostly consisted of three distinct but inseparable components: the demolition and replacement of several downtown buildings through the City Center Urban Renewal Project, the construction of the Arterial highway and the creation of Loop Road.
Even today, conflicting feelings linger over the transformation — many of which concern how Auburn, with assistance from the state and federal governments, accomplished it.
Read more about the history of Urban Renewal in Auburn. https://auburnpub.com/news/local/auburns-great-divide-how-urban-renewal-the-arterial-have-affected-the-city/article_99f07eeb-81b8-53a7-b164-1c126e840991.html
Cross Lake
Cross Lake is basically a widening of the Seneca River as the river flows through the lower third of the lake.
Mud Lock In Cayuga Lake
New overlook, nature area open along Owasco Lake | WSYR
The Finger Lakes Land Trust reported Wednesday the Owasco Bluffs Nature Preserve is now open the the public. Located in the Town of Niles the 74-acre site includes forested bluffs overlooking Owasco Lake as well as wetlands, meadows, and a rugged gorge.
There is a one-mile trail from Sam Adams Lane through the forest that leads to a scenic overlook offering a spectacular view of the lake.
Commercial strip
Outside Trumansburg.
Last fall outside of Trumansburg heading up to the Finger Lakes National Forest.