Chevy Bel Air
This is the weekend for the outdoor car show better know as The Syracuse Nationals. Classic vehicles are on display from downtown and the Fairgrounds to Liverpool and Onondaga Lake Parkway.
Holiday Inn Electronics Parkway
Olds 98
1950 Buick
Vintage Caddy
Syracuse’s Tyrone Burke catches a touchdown in the first half. Burke had 4 receptions for 135 yards and 3 touchdowns
The Syracuse Shock Football Club, last year’s NAFL’s Eastern champs, began their season on Saturday by bullying the Elmira Evolution 76-19 at Henninger Field. This year the Shock joined the Empire Football League, which has teams in Albany, Watertown, Plattsburgh, Glens Falls, Vermont, and Montreal.
Kicker Zach Grulich made 10 of 11 PATs.
Tyler Gage makes a 34-yard catch
Pro basketball trainer Mark Williams, a native of Queens, NY, sent us an update on his hoops enterprise called Team Footprintz. Williams has trained or collaborated with a who’s who of Big East basketball talent, including former Syracuse standout Nicole Michael.
Michael recently signed to play in the Italian pro league for next season.
Lincoln Supply Building (Otisco Street)
Future home of Centro (Warren Street)
Syracuse Inner Harbor
Happy 4th of July weekend.
Return to Forever IV: Chick Corea
Bass Man: Stanley Clarke
Klyde Jones: Average White Band
Dance, Dance, Dance: AWB Fans
Robert Cray
Nothing but strings: RTFIV’s Jean-Luc Ponty
Al Chez and his family of funk
Picking up the Pieces: AWB’s Onnie McIntyre
Former Heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson made a surprise visit to the Boxing Hall of Fame grounds during Friday's festivities to have his fist cast. Tyson will be inducted as a member of the 2011 Hall of Fame Class on Sunday.
Hotel Skyler
Green infrastructure + alternative energy + recycling materials= sustainable business practices.
High Line Park, NYC
The debate on the future of Route I 81 continues.
Last week, I saw High Line Park in New York and found it to be an interesting infusion of green space into the Chelsea neighborhood.
Teen Tech graduates with class sponsor Sam Haines (front right) and class instructor Natisha Crossman (front left)
Mercy Works, Inc.’s Teen Tech Program held their 2011 Spring graduation this week. For completing the coursework, participating students received computers that were donated by LeMoyne College. The class was sponsored by Nixon Gear. The guest speaker for the program was Syracuse Police Chief Frank Fowler.
Chief Frank Fowler speaks to the students at the 2011 Spring Teen Tech graduation. He was introduced by Vision Center Program Director Gina Rivers (left).