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A mural is nice, but Syracuse has more pressing needs (Editorial Board Opinion)
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The mural proposed for a building on East Washington Street, near Columbus Circle, will feature four of the city’s most significant basketball stars: Breanna Stewart, Earl Lloyd Jr., Dolph Schayes, and Manny Breland.
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Critics of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan passed by Congress in March warned that state and local governments couldn’t be trusted to wisely spend billions in federal Covid-19 relief. The Syracuse Common Council seems determined to prove them right.
We like public art (and basketball) as much as anyone, but a mural is just about the last thing we’d buy with the $123 million windfall coming from Washington.
At giant warehouse in Clay and across U.S., Amazon remakes how it ships millions of little things
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The Amazon distribution center under construction in Clay will be one of the largest warehouses in the world when it opens in the fall of 2021.Amazon
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Clay, N.Y. – When plans emerged in 2019 for a mammoth distribution center in Clay, it was revolutionary: a unique 3.8-million-square-foot, five-story structure to handle the booming sales of Amazon.
Over time, Amazon has announced plans for nearly identical buildings in at least 11 other towns across America: Pflugerville, Texas; Detroit; Mount Juliet, Tennessee; and others. New ones are made public almost every month. In just the past few days, Amazon disclosed plans to build similar buildings in Shreveport, Louisiana, and Savannah, Georgia.
Lakeview Amp might host some high school commencements, as schools move outside
Updated May 13, 2021;
Posted May 13, 2021
A sellout crowd for Florida Georgia Line at the St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview, on Aug. 15, 2019Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.
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St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview might be an option for high schools looking for a place for commencements this June.
The SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry will kick off the commencement season at the Amp on Saturday.
The outdoor venue also is available for high school graduations, Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon said today. ESF will hold two ceremonies Saturday. That graduation will be the first event at the amphitheater since the coronavirus pandemic started in March 2020.