See the story on Syracuse.com here. By Katrina Tulloch, ktulloch@syracuse.com, syracuse.com SYRACUSE, N.Y. — This week, the Erie Canal Museum celebrates 55 years as a public museum devoted to telling the Erie Canal’s story, after almost being torn down to build Interstate 81. The museum opened in 1962 after years of effort by members of the…
See story at WRVO here. Canal enthusiasts from all over the world converged on Syracuse this week for the 2017 World Canals Conference. One of the reasons organizers chose central New York is it’s intimate history with the Erie Canal, which is celebrating the bicentennial the start of its construction…
See story on Syracuse.com here. By Marnie Eisenstadt, meisenstadt@syracuse.com, syracuse.com Syracuse, N.Y. — The middle of a downtown street has become a massive canvas for local artists. In recent weeks, six immense paintings and drawings have taken over the middle of East Water Street. The art stretches two blocks — from South Warren…
