Syracuse

The bear: Journey’s end

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

One of my favorite childhood books was Richard Adams’ Watership Down. His follow-up novel, Shardik, was very different (and less popular; I can’t remember if I finished it, to be honest). It was set in a fantasy world where the central figure of worship was a giant bear, whose mysterious appearance and journey […]

Miracle in Armory Square

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

OK, so maybe we’re so down that we’re seeing “miracles” everywhere, but I wasn’t the only one pleasantly surprised by Joanie Mahoney’s abruptly announced decision to flush the Armory Square sewage treatment plant, which hit the news on Saturday. A rare headline that makes you feel like it’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood […]

Remitted tuition for city residents

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Is it fair? Hell yeah.

The house that love tore down?

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

WSYR has its mind made up about the Ronald McDonald House.

Foreclosures and urban blight

Friday, January 11th, 2008

Mad as hell, and not going to take it any more!

Starting over

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

Why would someone want to come home to Syracuse?

When bad organizations attack

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Tiger, tiger…

How to move a city

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

What happens if nothing happens to I-81?

Brueggemann and the Beanstalk

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

Syracuse dreams of escaping, via innovative architecture, the fate that the world has planned for it.

Ding dong

Friday, November 9th, 2007

A hotel of a different color.