NYC: Looking Toward New Jersey from the West Village

NYC: Nighttime Views from the Empire State Building

Looking due south: Broadway, Fifth and Sixth Avenues and the new One World Trade.

Toward the northeast and the Chrysler Building.

Toward the northwest and George Washington Bridge.

View Across the Street

Syracuse University: Nancy Cantor Warehouse Houses the School of Design

Upper Onondaga Park Bathhouse with Window Details

Syracuse Cooperative Market

Real Food Coop has taken a new name: Syracuse Cooperative Market. I like it!

Syracuse University: Lyman Hall Tower

Hillside Giant in Lincoln Park

Craftsman-style Parkside Architecture at Entrance to Schiller Park

Parkside Architecture at Entrance to Schiller Park

State Tower Building from Schiller Park

Masjid Isa Ibn Maryam

Masjid Isa Ibn Maryam inhabits the original Holy Trinity Church on Park St. The Syracuse paper printed an interesting report on the conversion from a church to a mosque.

Cityscape from Schiller Park

Daybreak Over Syracuse

Puffy Returns to the Neighborhood for the Winter

Abandoned Apartment Building Comes Down

A Tiny Home for Good Project: Three New Homes

Three small homes going up. Here the city installs water connections to the street.

Giant Crane Rigging Downtown

Full Moon on a Partly Cloudy Evening

Letchworth State Park: CCC Stone Benches

Letchworth State Park: Lower Falls of the Genesee River from the Stone Bridge

Letchworth State Park: 1930 Flag Carved into the Rock near the Genesee River

Letchworth State Park: The Stone Bridge Over the Genesee River

The stone footbridge just comes into view.

It is an astonishing accomplishment, built by hand with simple equipment 

and inexperienced men during the Great Depression.

View of the Lower Falls of the Genesee River and the stone stairs to the footbridge.

Letchworth State Park: Civilian Conservation Corps

Letchworth State Park: Sharp Walls and Talus

Letchworth State Park: Muted Colors of Later Fall

Letchworth State Park: Crumbly Shale Constantly Gives Way

Letchworth State Park: The Hogsback as the Water Rises in the Genesee River

Tug Hill: The Lamb of Cyntha A. in Highmarket

Cyntha Baringer died in the middle of January 1854, at the age of 6 months.

Cyntha or Cynthia? Did the stonemason drop the "I"? or did a Highmarket Cemetery researcher add one?

Highmarket is a high and open town at the eastern edge of the Tug Hill, an uplifted mass that extends from above Rome, west to within view of Lake Ontario, north to the edge of Watertown, and up the Black River valley to the north and east.  A few people lived and farmed here although it was a hard go. It receives massive snows in the winter. There aren't even very many cemeteries in the neighborhood. This one near Highmarket is also sparsely settled. Someone mows the grass.

Just a Rose ... but So Beautiful

Roses in our town continue to bud and bloom, seeming to like this long and mild fall.

Love Lost: RIP John White of Syracuse NY 1995-2007

Syracuse newspaper article about this homicide:

http://www.syracuse.com/crime/index.ssf/2017/10/syracuse_police_id_butternut_street_homicide_victim.html

Obituary: HomeObituariesJohn White Obituary

John White 

Syracuse, New York

Jun 20, 1995 - Oct 8, 2017 (Age 22)





John White, 22, of Syracuse, passed away Saturday. A life resident of Syracuse, he was employed by The Roofing Guys. 
He is survived by his parents, Walta and James Williams of Syracuse; two daughters, Amariyanna Capers-White and Kadence White; one son, J'Narie Capers-White; one sister, Samone White of Syracuse; three brothers, Quintrell Pope, Jakir White and Randy Pope, all of Syracuse; best friend, Ma'Lenna Capers and friend Dulasia Ballard; several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. 
A Homegoing Service will be held Saturday, October 14, 11:00am at FARONE AND SON FUNERAL HOME, 1500 Park Street, Syracuse. A calling hour will be prior to the service, 10:00am-11:00am at the funeral home. Interment will be private.