Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County,New York,United States. With a population of 148,620 and a metropolitan area of 662,057,it is the fifth-most populated city and 13th-most populated municipality in the state of New York.
Armory Square is a small neighborhood on the west side of Downtown Syracuse,New York. It began life as a busy commercial and industrial area just to the west of the central city. After World War II,Syracuse's central city became less and less populated as more housing and business facilities were built in the suburbs. In the 1980s,plans were first made to transform the languishing district into a small shopping/arts/nightlife district surrounding the former Syracuse Armory. These plans came to fruition during the 1990s,when new stores and restaurants opened,and several new buildings were constructed in a compatible style to the middle and late 1800s and early 1900s architecture dominating the district.
McKinsey &Company is an American multinational strategy and management consulting firm that offers professional services to corporations,governments,and other organizations. Founded in 1926 by James O. McKinsey,McKinsey is the oldest and largest of the "Big Three" management consultancies (MBB). The firm mainly focuses on the finances and operations of their clients.
OnTrack was a suburban rail line that operated in Syracuse,New York,from 1994 to 2008. The line ran from the Carousel Center on the city's north side via Armory Square and Syracuse University to Colvin Street,with summer weekend service south to Jamesville,mainly using 1950s-era diesel railcars.
Area codes 315 and 680 are telephone area codes of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the north-central area of the U.S. state of New York. Area code 315 was installed as one of the original North American area codes in 1947,while area code 680 was added to the numbering plan area (NPA) in an overlay plan in 2017.
Mitchell Joseph Landrieu is an American lawyer and politician who served as Mayor of New Orleans from 2010 to 2018. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana from 2004 to 2010.
The San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) is the City agency that champions the arts as essential to daily life by investing in a vibrant arts community,enlivening the urban environment and shaping innovative cultural policy in San Francisco,California. The commission oversees Civic Design Review,Community Investments,Public Art,SFAC Galleries,The Civic Art Collection,and the Art Vendor Program.
Columbus Circle is a neighborhood and plaza in the downtown section of Syracuse,New York,United States. At the center of the circle is a large fountain and the Columbus Monument,designed by the Syracuse-born architect Dwight James Baum and dedicated in 1934. Columbus Circle is home to Syracuse's two cathedrals,the Episcopalian St. Paul's Cathedral and the Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception,as well as the Onondaga County Courthouse and the John H. Mulroy Civic Center.
WSYR is a commercial AM radio station in Syracuse,New York,and serving Central New York. Owned and operated by iHeartMedia,it broadcasts a news/talk format,calling itself "Newsradio 570 WSYR." The station has simulcast on WSYR-FM 106.9 MHz Solvay since January 2011. The studios and offices are on Plum Street in Syracuse.
The Drake Fountain,also known as the Columbus Monument,is located on a triangular site bounded by 92nd Street,South Chicago Avenue and Exchange Avenue in the Chicago neighborhood known as South Chicago.
The Onondaga Creekwalk is a mostly paved,partly bricked,multi-use trail running 4.8 miles (7.7 km) in Syracuse,New York,which has so far seen more than three decades of planning,construction,and delays,starting in 1988. The trail is designed for bicyclists,skaters,and pedestrians to approximately parallel any desired portion of Onondaga Creek's run connecting Kirk Park on Syracuse's South Side,downstream through downtown at Armory Square,and then on to Onondaga Lake at the creek's ultimate mouth.
Advance Peace is a charitable organization based in Richmond,California,which administers a program with the goal of reducing gun violence in American urban neighborhoods. The program involves giving cash stipends to individuals identified as likely to commit violent crimes,but who police have not been able to arrest. The stipends are given to participants as a reward for their desisting from crime. The organization invests in the development,health,and wellbeing of those at the center of this crisis. The size of the stipend varies for each participant depending on how successful they are in the program.
Christopher Columbus,or simply Columbus,is a 1955 sculpture by Edoardo Alfieri,originally installed outside Columbus,Ohio's City Hall,in the United States. The statue was unveiled in 1955,celebrating Christopher Columbus's voyages to the New World. It was removed in July 2020,in light of the explorer's abusive relationship with indigenous Americans.
Richmond,Virginia,experienced a series of protests in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. Richmond was the first city in the Southeastern United States to see rioting following Floyd's murder. Richmond,formerly the capital of the short-lived Confederate States of America,saw much arson and vandalism to monuments connected with that polity,particularly along Monument Avenue.
George Floyd protests in New York City took place at several sites in each of the five New York City boroughs,starting on May 28,2020,in reaction to the murder of George Floyd. Most of the protests were peaceful,while some sites experienced protester and/or police violence,including several high-profile incidents of excessive force. Looting became a parallel issue,especially in Manhattan. As a result,and amid the COVID-19 pandemic,the city was placed under curfew from June 1–7,the first curfew in the city since 1943. The protests catalyzed efforts at police reform,leading to the criminalization of chokeholds during arrests,the repeal of 50-a,and other legislation. Several murals and memorials were created around the city in George Floyd's honor,and demonstrations against racial violence and police brutality continued as part of the larger Black Lives Matter movement in New York City.
The Emancipation Memorial,also known as the Freedman's Memorial or the Emancipation Group was a monument in Park Square in Boston. Designed and sculpted by Thomas Ball and erected in 1879,its sister statue is located in Lincoln Park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington,D.C. The Boston statue was taken down by the City of Boston on December 29,2020,following a unanimous vote from the Boston Art Commission on June 30 to remove the memorial.
Curtis J. Jones Jr. is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Philadelphia City Council. In 2007,he was elected to represent the 4th District,which covers parts of North,Northwest,and West Philadelphia. He has served as Majority Leader (2012–2016) and Majority Whip since 2020.
Elections are held in Syracuse,New York,to election the city's mayor. Currently,these elections are regularly scheduled to be held once every four years,with the elections taking place in the off-year immediately after United States presidential election years.
