James Howard Kunstler (yeah! I got his name right!) has a feature on his website called “Eyesores.” He’s a little too harsh on the vintage kitsch, but this particular entry took me aback. Here’s the official description of the Paragon Prairie Tower:
“Located in the Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area, the Paragon Prairie […]

The ESDC has done a big re-launch of the famous I Love New York tourism brand. The new ads are going to be targeting Northeastern states, trying to get economically strapped vacationers to drive over the border and head Upstate instead of just down to NYC. Good timing for it, I suppose. […]

What dropped local projects can be picked up?

Striking while the iron’s still hot.

Why would someone want to come home to Syracuse?

What happens if nothing happens to I-81?

Can’t we just hibernate our way to energy conservation?

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

A hotel of a different color.

Moving on from Albany’s insanity, and on to some homegrown insanity… The Post-Standard covered an appearance by Dan Gundersen in Cortland, where he highlighted the need for upstate New York to become more involved in global trade… and pointed out a very real problem.