Syracuse is a city of roughly 145,000 located on the southeastern shore of Onandaga Lake in upstate New York. Known by many as “Salt City” because of the salty, briny waters of Onondaga Lake, the city is also known as “The Heart of New York” because of its centralized location in the state, and its historical and contemporary status as a railway and highway crossroad. Like many other Rust Belt cities, Syracuse experience a major loss of jobs beginning in the 1960s, though the city has weathered that story better than many other cities and town across the region.
Touring the Minors: Syracuse
