Jazz in the City tribute to Donald Ransom (2007)
We look forward to Jazz in the City, which this year will only be one event (vs. three). Past artists who have played for this series include Fred Wesley, Jr. Walker’s All-Stars, Marion Meadows, Dave Valentin, Alex Torres, Jackiem Joyner and Richard Randolph’s Urban Jazz Coalition.
Perseverance Park/Pike Block will be the lone destination on September 3.
Jazz in the City: James Patterson singing on the Southside (circa 2007)
Perseverence Plaza, Downtown
“Potential is one of the most wonderful words in any language. It looks forward with optimism. It is filled with hope. It promises success. It implies fulfillment. It hints at greatness. Potential is a word based on possibilities.”
Above Salina and Fayette
Photographer Mike Greenlar and writer Michele Maciejewski did a photo essay in today’s Post Standard about the changes taking place along the 300 block of South Salina Street and the possibilities for the neighborhood.
Occupy Syracuse, Day 109
Welcome to Day 109 at Occupy Syracuse (About 5 minutes beyond the deadline for eviction).
Occupy Syracuse–Day 109
Occupy Syracuse–Day 109
“What is a city but the people?” William Shakespeare
Ground Zero for Occupy Syracuse
For nearly a week 50-100 people occupy and some spend the night at Perseverance Park on South Salina Street to protest corporate greed and income inequality.
The Syracuse movement began Saturday as a show of solidarity to the Occupy Wall Street Movement in NYC, which began last month.
Matt Figueroa, who first visited Occupy Syracuse on Tuesday, works on a sign at the site
Shara Jean, a student at OCC who has visited the site since Monday, said, “I am passionate about change. I have children and I want them to have a future.”
Shara Jean, student
Similar protests are also happening in Philadelphia, Washington, DC and Albany.