Development in and Around Syracuse Discussion

[Cusefan0307]

How many people actually bought Chiefs gear?

I would’ve bought salt potatoes gear.

 

[creatorsgam]

Mostly hardcore Chiefs fans and Minor League baseball fans. I never owned any. However, I gave the Chiefs my Syracuse Thurmon Munson Basseball Bat to their collection. He played with the Chiefs for about 6 weeks

Really? You are a better man than I.

Respect.

 

[storange]

Really? You are a better man than I.

Respect.

That could have brought some $$$$s at sports memorabilia trade shows. I possessed Some Bobby Orr rookie cards, my mother threw out. I priced them between 400 and 800 dollars a piece.

 

[creatorsgam]

That could have brought some $$$$s at sports memorabilia trade shows. I possessed Some Bobby Orr rookie cards, my mother threw out. I priced them between 400 and 800 dollars a piece.

My father laments, to this day, baseball cards that my grandmother discarded. He went away to Vietnam and she cleaned them out. Quite the family dynamic we had. He still hasn’t gotten over it, and he is 71 years old.

And I’ll be honest, those would have been passed down to me, and from me to my children. I haven’t reconciled with it either.

 

[TexanMark]

The bat was a freebie give away for Bat day. It said Thurmon Munson, Syracuse Chiefs. It was never signed by Thurmon.

Of course, as a kid it was game used in Little League so really not super valuable...better for the Chiefs to have it.

 

[FrancoPizza]

So many names we could come up with...If it is the Syracuse Mets I just think it is a mistake.

SUOrange44

And the Sky Chiefs was somehow reflective of our rich Native American aviation history?

 

[longtimefan]

And the Sky Chiefs was somehow reflective of our rich Native American aviation history?

Someone admitted the mistake, and went back to the classic "Chiefs". Sorta like the New Coke fiasco.

 

[SUOrange44]

And the Sky Chiefs was somehow reflective of our rich Native American aviation history?

Um...no. Plus I never harkened back to that either. At the very least, that was an attempt there to preserve some historical aspect of Syracuse minor league baseball (I.e. the Chiefs name) with a politically correct bubble wrap.

I also would not have kept Chiefs either. Fresh chance to change everything and give the club something unique and new. Instead they went in a direction that automatically carved out a section of the population who will not purchase new garb because of the word mark. There is a reason that using the name of the major league club is not trendy and the choice made for teams undergoing brand and affiliate changes.

SUOrange44

 

[OrangeXtreme]

And the Sky Chiefs was somehow reflective of our rich Native American aviation history?

It was reflective of bad airline food.

 

[dooey139]

Even more apartments on the way. Gotta say cleaning up that corner of downtown will be nice though.

Downtown Syracuse's Jefferson Center to be redeveloped with apartments

 

[sutomcat]

Even more apartments on the way. Gotta say cleaning up that corner of downtown will be nice though.

Downtown Syracuse's Jefferson Center to be redeveloped with apartments

Good to see the east side of downtown getting some love too. Even though those proposed extensions on the bottom floors look hideous to me.

Former Nynex building in downtown Syracuse to get more apartments, no office space

 

[TexanMark]

With all the new apartments coming...can a Trader Joe's be that far behind?

Perfect opportunity for Wegman's to try out a niche market concept and beat them to the punch.

Still it is concerning that office space vacancy is still too high.

 

[Trueblue25]

Interesting times we’re progressing towards in downtown. I hope they eventually find a way to safely and aesthetically connect tipp and downtown with retail/restaurants/etc.

 

[SmilinBob]

Interesting times we’re progressing towards in downtown. I hope they eventually find a way to safely and aesthetically connect tipp and downtown with retail/restaurants/etc.

How's it compare with Buffalo's downtown? People tell me that's the cats meow and they love what's been done.

 

[shandeezy7]

How's it compare with Buffalo's downtown? People tell me that's the cats meow and they love what's been done.

I actually think that downtown Syracuse compares pretty favorably with downtown Buffalo. Both have seen great improvements over the past decade. Having the baseball stadium and hockey arena downtown, along with the long overdue redevelopment of the Canalside area puts Buffalo at another level. However, I would argue that Syracuse got a head start on Buffalo in the redevelopment of vacant properties into vibrant residential/mixed-use buildings, and it has mostly been done very well.

 

[Trueblue25]

How's it compare with Buffalo's downtown? People tell me that's the cats meow and they love what's been done.

Ive not frequented Buffalo’s downtown in years, however I will say Buffalo’s downtown is Syracuse on steroids and about 5-10 years ahead in this progressive trajectory.

Breweries, restaurants, retail, outdoor areas, apartments spreading

They’ve also built a green corridor, from what I’ve understand running from downtown all the way up the Niagara river.

No doubt UB’s medical campus downtown will help too.

It’s very impressive how Buffalo’s turned around, and really exciting for Syracuse.

 

[Trueblue25]

I actually think that downtown Syracuse compares pretty favorably with downtown Buffalo. Both have seen great improvements over the past decade. Having the baseball stadium and hockey arena downtown, along with the long overdue redevelopment of the Canalside area puts Buffalo at another level. However, I would argue that Syracuse got a head start on Buffalo in the redevelopment of vacant properties into vibrant residential/mixed-use buildings, and it has mostly been done very well.

This. Buffalo’s just doing everything we’re doing on a larger scale. What they’ve done with silo city is nice.

 

[General20]

How's it compare with Buffalo's downtown? People tell me that's the cats meow and they love what's been done.

A lot of the stuff they added in Buffalo that people are getting so excited about is stuff Syracuse has been enjoying for years.

For example, Canal side is their Clinton Square. It's bigger and on the water, but removed from bars and retaraunts. So there are plusses to what Buffalo has and plusses to what Syracuse has, but having festivals, concerts, Etc in the city is newer to them than us.

 

[sutomcat]

Interesting times we’re progressing towards in downtown. I hope they eventually find a way to safely and aesthetically connect tipp and downtown with retail/restaurants/etc.

It is happening slowly but surely. The Dietz factory has been repurposed as an apartment building. Channel 24 located to the Near West Side. Park Ave is getting cleaned up and restored to its former grandeur. The old Porter Cable building on W Fayette and Seneca has lots of parking and should be restored soon. This will take a lot of time but I think it will happen. A new ball park would have been a great way to fast path some of the blighted areas near here.

It is a shame the old Marsellus Casket building on Richmond and Erie Blvd West was burned down by that idiot arsonist. It was beautiful. The exposed wood and brick and the location would have been a fantastic place to locate a business, or more apartments or condos. Hope someone builds something nice there someday soon.

 

[Trueblue25]

It is happening slowly but surely. The Dietz factory has been repurposed as an apartment building. Channel 24 located to the Near West Side. Park Ave is getting cleaned up and restored to its former grandeur. The old Porter Cable building on W Fayette and Seneca has lots of parking and should be restored soon. This will take a lot of time but I think it will happen. A new ball park would have been a great way to fast path some of the blighted areas near here.

It is a shame the old Marsellus Casket building on Richmond and Erie Blvd West was burned down by that idiot arsonist. It was beautiful. The exposed wood and brick and the location would have been a fantastic place to locate a business, or more apartments or condos. Hope someone builds something nice there someday soon.

I hope to see some progress here over the next few years. I love the Westside

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

That could have brought some $$$$s at sports memorabilia trade shows. I possessed Some Bobby Orr rookie cards, my mother threw out. I priced them between 400 and 800 dollars a piece.

If you're a memoribilia guy, my brother has an interesting piece. It's a limited edition 1980 USA hockey lithograph by Leroy Neiman, signed by Herb Brooks.
Any thoughts on value.

 

[shandeezy7]

This. Buffalo’s just doing everything we’re doing on a larger scale. What they’ve done with silo city is nice.

Silo City is an interesting case. The silos are massive monuments to Buffalo's industrial past but they really don't serve a purpose beyond that. They aren't like old warehouses and factories that can be converted into apartments/condos/office space. They are quite literally huge piles of steel reinforced concrete that would be incredibly expensive to tear down. The half torn down silos next to Riverworks are at the same time cool and also reminiscent of a Call of Duty multiplayer environment.

 

[OttoMets]

Interesting times we’re progressing towards in downtown. I hope they eventually find a way to safely and aesthetically connect tipp and downtown with retail/restaurants/etc.

Check out what Rick Destito is doing, one building at a time, in the West Fayette corridor. It'll get there.

 

[OttoMets]

It is happening slowly but surely. The Dietz factory has been repurposed as an apartment building. Channel 24 located to the Near West Side. Park Ave is getting cleaned up and restored to its former grandeur. The old Porter Cable building on W Fayette and Seneca has lots of parking and should be restored soon. ...

This one? Any details?

 

[Trueblue25]

Check out what Rick Destito is doing, one building at a time, in the West Fayette corridor. It'll get there.

Syracuse has A LOT of promise in that area and the east side.

Really interested to see what happens with the North Side, it seems to be going downhill while everywhere else is rebounding.