Archive for the ‘Business’ Category
Saturday, November 24th, 2012
Mary Ellen Kavanaugh, circa 2000
Former teacher and entrepreneur Mary Ellen Kavanaugh was one of the first small business owners profiled by SIF. She discussed the difficulties of operating a small, independent bookstore during the 90s. Her store, My Sisters’ Words, closed in 2003.
Tags:2012, Books, Hawley Avenue, Mary Ellen Kavanaugh, My Sisters' Words, Syracuse
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Thursday, November 15th, 2012
Aston Grey Wingtip Shoes
Detroit has style. So does Miami. Is there a Syracuse style?
One person who taught me a lot about developing a sense of personal style was my former neighbor Lester Berman. He owned a tailor shop and sold suits for decades in his family’s business in Midtown Syracuse .
Lester Berman in his East Fayette tailor shop, circa 1998.
Berman passed away about a decade ago, but he was a great example of style in Syracuse.
Tags:2012, Aston Grey, Fashion, Fletcher, Lester Berman, Style, Syracuse
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Monday, November 12th, 2012
Bike Lane, East Genesee Street (Connective Corridor)
Tags:2012, Bike Lanes, Bike Route, Bikes, Connective Corridor, Construction, East Genesee Street, Midtown, Neighborhood in Transition, Syracuse, Transportation
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Friday, October 26th, 2012
Author, television host and celebrity chef Lidia Bastianich visited Tops Market in Fayetteville to sign copies of her book this evening. She was in the area for a fundraiser for WCNY-TV.
Tags:2012, Food, Lidia Bastianich, Lidia's Italy, PBS, Syracuse, Tops Market, WCNY-TV
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Friday, October 19th, 2012
Centro Hub, Downtown
Paul Saffo discussed recently in Wired that there are four indicators to anticipate change: 1) contradictions; 2) inversions; 3) oddities and 4) coincidences.
Tags:2012, CENTRO, Syracuse Demographics
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Friday, October 19th, 2012
Spillover Effect: East Fayette Street (Midtown)
Tags:2012, Biotechnical Accelerator, Connective Corridor, Crowne Plaza Hotel, East Fayette Street, Kennedy Square, Loguen Crossing, Midtown, Neighborhood in Transition
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Friday, October 12th, 2012
SU Chancellor Nancy Cantor informed the University Board of Trustees that she will step down in 2014.
Tags:2012, Business, Community Engagement, Education, Nancy Cantor, Near West Side Initiative, Say Yes to Education, Scholarship in Action, Southside Innovation Center, Syracuse University, The Stand
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Monday, October 1st, 2012
Rose Viviano, director Art Rage Gallery. Art Rage is currently located on Hawley Avenue. She is pictured her during the Salt City Slam Poetry Finals, held at the Gallery on Thursday.
Tags:2012, Art Rage Gallery, Business, Hawley-Green, Syracuse, White Rose Books & Antiques
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Saturday, September 22nd, 2012
Midtown’s Rise of the Machines: Opening the former Kennedy Square property to Water Street and Erie Boulevard.
East Genesee Business District at night (North lane and sidewalk construction phase)
Tags:2012, Connective Corridor, Crowne Plaza Hotel, East Genesee Street, Kennedy Square, Loguen Crossing, Midtown, Neighborhood in Transition, Parkview Hotel, Syracuse Stage
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