Tag Archives: Syracuse

(for Adam Black)

On my way to pick up a rug from the cleaners, I stopped to look at these structures passing through West Syracuse. That new piece of junk in the middle looks fake.

Underscoring the fantastical and commercial character of state fairs as a kind of heterotopia, you can see this old lithograph at the History of the New York State Fair exhibit in the Grange, just behind the Dairy Products Building. In … Continue reading →

On a walk through some late summer sidewalk gardens in the Westcott neighborhood of Syracuse.

After dropping off the car at the mechanic, I knocked around Canal, Water, and Erie on a walk from Beech Street back over and then up the hill to the University. As the street names suggest, the Erie Canal used … Continue reading →