Downtown Syracuse
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Downtown Syracuse is the economic center of Syracuse, New York, and Central New York, employing over 30,000 people, and housing over 4,300.
Downtown Syracuse, 2011
Downtown Syracuse during its golden years. This photo is of South Salina Street around 1915.
Clinton Square looking west in Syracuse, New York in 1909 with Erie Canal in forefront - Bastable Block in rear and old County Courthouse to right
Veteran's Park in Syracuse, New York about 1900 - Later renamed Hanover Square
Syracuse University
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Syracuse University is a private research university in Syracuse, New York, United States. Established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church, the university has been nonsectarian since 1920. Located in the city's University Hill neighborhood, east and southeast of Downtown Syracuse, the large campus features an eclectic mix of architecture, ranging from nineteenth-century Romanesque Revival to contemporary buildings. Syracuse University is organized into 13 schools and colleges and is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".
Crouse College, a Romanesque building completed in 1889, housed the first College of Fine Arts in the U.S. It is now the home of the College of Visual and Performing Arts and the Setnor School of Music.
Left to right: Hall of Languages and Von Ranke Library
From left to right: Bowne Hall, Carnegie Library, Archbold Gymnasium
The Old Row, campus of Syracuse University, 1920