Downtown Syracuse goes from retail to residential
For property developers Rich DeVito and Bob Doucette of Paramount Realty, the motivation for taking on large scale renovations of downtown Syracuses previously empty buildings was this: We wanted to...
View ArticleWalkability, new apartments draw residents to downtown Syracuse
The move to downtown Syracuse was three years in the making for Nicole Samolis. Thats how long it took her to convince her husband to forgo their home in the suburbs. The couple lives in the newly...
View ArticleDowntown living tour brings out the serious, and the curious
From the plain curious to those seriously considering moving, a chance to see Syracuses downtown living options brought lots of people out over the weekend. The Downtown Committee says about 2,000...
View ArticleWhat's Landmark Theatre's economic impact on Syracuse
Most major centers for the arts, like an old theater downtown, usually don't turn a profit. They're not really expected to. But last month at a forum at downtown Syracuse's Landmark Theatre , the...
View ArticlePenn Yan downtown sees resurgence
Despite the sluggish economy, at least one small town in the Finger Lakes has been seeing some promising signs of life in its downtown corridor.
View ArticleFewer jobs downtown in U.S. cities, upstate New York
The first decade of this century has seen a steady flow of jobs moving away from city downtowns around the U.S according to a new report from the Brookings Institution. But cities in upstate New York...
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