Syracuse, NY 📍

Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States. It is the fifth-most populous city in the state of New York following New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, and Yonkers.

At the 2010 census, the city population was 145,252, and its metropolitan area had a population of 662,577. It is the economic and educational hub of Central New York, a region with over one million inhabitants. Syracuse is also well-provided with convention sites, with a downtown convention complex. Syracuse was named after the classical Greek city Syracuse (Siracusa in Italian), a city on the eastern coast of the Italian island of Sicily.

Historically, the city has functioned as a major crossroads over the last two centuries, first between the Erie Canal and its branch canals, then of the railway network. Today, Syracuse is at the intersection of Interstates 81 and 90. Its airport is the largest in the region.

Syracuse is home to Syracuse University, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry, and Le Moyne College.

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Downtown Syracuse 1957

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In many ways, the Community Grid / Business I-81 will simply return Downtown Syracuse with the Oswego Boulevard Expressway back to the way it was in the late 1950s and early 1960s before the Viaduct.
Thematic Map: Average Hottest Day of the Year in NYS 2006-2020
Map: Gilman Lake

Nedrow Interchange

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The interchange between Interstate 81 and 481 on the south-side of Syracuse.

Map: Oliverea Mapledale Trail

East Syracuse and Dewitt

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Looking at the East Syracuse commercial strip and Dewitt, along with the big, complicated interchange between Interstate 481 and Interstate 690.

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East Syracuse and Dewitt

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Harrison Street Viaduct at Night

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Driving I-81 through Syracuse at night. Soon to just be a memory once the Harrison Street Viaduct is removed in favor of a bypass around the city and city level streets.

SVGZ Graphic: Primary Residential Heating Method - 2021