The Armchair Urbanist goes to Syracuse, New York

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  • čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
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Komentáře • 350

  • @Pterynxlei
    @Pterynxlei Před 3 lety +372

    Regular City Reviews

  • @EmperorNefarious1
    @EmperorNefarious1 Před 3 lety +254

    I almost cried when I saw the train station platform on the highway.

    • @intercityrailpal
      @intercityrailpal Před 3 lety +7

      That is the platform used for the North Trains to Watertown and Massena and Montreal.. I caught many a train there and the now gone too EAST SYRACUSE station. That is until I found the Lackawanna which I liked better than the New York Central.

    • @sethtriggs
      @sethtriggs Před 2 lety +1

      I was exploring Google Earth and I never knew that was there! And I thought, "why is that platform up in the air!" If only I looked south to the 690.

    • @comrademartinofrappuccino
      @comrademartinofrappuccino Před 2 lety +1

      I feel the same man

    • @davidlandon8404
      @davidlandon8404 Před rokem

      I drive past there everyday. Always thought it would make a nice bar/restaurant

  • @Cornllama
    @Cornllama Před 3 lety +308

    I can imagine an awful 1960s pitch guy arguing how the platform on the interstate "symbolically represents railways passing the torch on to the new beautiful freeways of our city's future"

    • @intercityrailpal
      @intercityrailpal Před 3 lety +4

      The station was first sold to a car dealer then their friend Greyhound. Bus companies learned to dump heat, light, cleaning on cities. And how to avoid fuel taxes and get grants to run. And lots more! Greyhound at one time was a American owned company.

    • @intercityrailpal
      @intercityrailpal Před 3 lety +1

      @@aabb55777 Rewrite you post so I can understand it

    • @ohjahohfrick9837
      @ohjahohfrick9837 Před 3 lety +8

      @@intercityrailpal What the fuck did you mean by "Bus companies learned to dump heat, light, cleaning on cities."???

  • @doctorguss
    @doctorguss Před 3 lety +247

    Roast more cities please!

    • @judepeppers1206
      @judepeppers1206 Před 3 lety +1

      Agreed I need more

    • @joekenny6160
      @joekenny6160 Před 3 lety +8

      Rochester pls. RIP light rail

    • @uhhmanda
      @uhhmanda Před 2 lety

      Omg. This was fantastic. 😆 Come roast DFW. I hate it here. Lol.

    • @BokBarber
      @BokBarber Před rokem

      This was barely a roast though. Did Syracuse a favor if anything.

    • @Daniel-hj8el
      @Daniel-hj8el Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@joekenny6160Actually they kinda used to have a metro system

  • @sachideshmane5088
    @sachideshmane5088 Před 3 lety +46

    When car enthusiasts are pushing for a less car-dependent society, you know things have gotten bad.

    • @kb0x
      @kb0x Před 2 lety +6

      Jeez I'm a car enthusiast and I agree with you.

  • @jeffreymilliman2306
    @jeffreymilliman2306 Před 3 lety +126

    I was born in Syracuse and lived in the area until I was 11 (though I was on of those suburban people who actually lived in nearby Liverpool); I have a lot of fond memories of the Onondaga Lake Park, but they were always punctuated by my parents making it extremely clear to me that we were absolutely not to even touch the water under any circumstances.

    • @intercityrailpal
      @intercityrailpal Před 3 lety +7

      Solvay Process water. Lackawanna RR had 5 beach stops on it on the way to Oswego. Until the chemical dumping by Process. Honeywell did try to clean it up .

    • @nygreenguy
      @nygreenguy Před 3 lety +7

      @@intercityrailpal Honeywell has cleaned it up, there is still remediation work going on around the shores (I did some of the restoration work)

    • @austinsmith5782
      @austinsmith5782 Před 3 lety +4

      It used to utterly stink there when I went running on the Shore Line Trail at Long Branch a few years ago, but I think the Honeywell treatment made it a bit better. But yeah that lake is a lost cause lol

    • @johnrobinson4259
      @johnrobinson4259 Před 3 lety +5

      Well you do realize the water itself is not the issue? It’s the sediment in the bottom of the lake, which if it gets disturbed will disrupt mercury sediment. The water itself won’t do anything to you, if you were in the middle of the lake where it’s deep, you could swim and be okay. The rowing teams have gotten in the water many times, it’s just a little nasty.

    • @conroads2626
      @conroads2626 Před rokem

      I grew up knowing the legend of the time that no native would step in that water but every white person there loved it

  • @ganginfr4923
    @ganginfr4923 Před 3 lety +89

    they left the platform visible from the highway to remind you know who's boss.
    car's boss😔😔😭😭

    • @Miss.C.
      @Miss.C. Před 3 lety +4

      I wish the vandals would leave the statue people alone.

  • @TheFourFoot
    @TheFourFoot Před 3 lety +175

    That platform overlooking the interstate made me sad. The rest of the video was excellent, but I still gotta give it a thumbs down...

    • @alanthefisher
      @alanthefisher  Před 3 lety +106

      Eventually I'll do a more serious video on Syracuse, but goddamn has this city been cursed by highways

    • @TheFourFoot
      @TheFourFoot Před 3 lety +14

      @@alanthefisher for sure lol. I could feel the rage radiating through the screen lol

    • @walterbordett2023
      @walterbordett2023 Před 3 lety +4

      @@alanthefisher Cursed and blessed both.

    • @phishlipsable
      @phishlipsable Před 3 lety +8

      the saddest part is the statues were still wearing their winter scarves and temps were reaching 99 F last week, poor perpetual commuters...

    • @oobootysnacksoo9126
      @oobootysnacksoo9126 Před 3 lety +13

      No not cursed by highways. Cursed by scumbag politicians who try to blame the highways when in reality they funnel all the money into their pockets. And flood the city with refugees. Over 15k on the Northside alone. Estimated 40k to 60k refugees for the entire city. 1960s was syracuses peak at 220k population. When it got near 100k they started dumping refugees. Cause once a city goes below 100k they are no longer get major city funding. Average median income is/was $15k. A city named after an Italian city because it reminded the man who named it of his favorite poem that talked about an ancient city of Italy. He was the pioneer of syracuse. His grandson invented the Franklin automobile. Which was considered the first air cooled production automobile. This city has been bleed dry and is a prime example of what happens when corrupt politicians take over and citizens fall asleep at the wheel. They don't call it sleepy cuse for nothin. Worlds largest pillow can be seen up on SU.

  • @paperaviation147
    @paperaviation147 Před 3 lety +119

    "CSX Goddamnit" 😭😭
    Also the RCR tease

    • @stevetree7249
      @stevetree7249 Před 3 lety +13

      This entire Video watches like a RCR video. Its Great

    • @jonathantang6414
      @jonathantang6414 Před 3 lety +1

      I was just looking for RCR references!!

    • @coastaku1954
      @coastaku1954 Před 3 lety +1

      @@stevetree7249 I love Regular Car Reviews, but this was just overly harsh to a city that just so happens to like cars. I want him to say one nice thing about car-centric development

    • @peskypigeonx
      @peskypigeonx Před 3 lety +1

      @@coastaku1954 there is *_NOTHING_* good about car-centric development

    • @coastaku1954
      @coastaku1954 Před 3 lety +1

      @@peskypigeonx It exists and continues to exist. There has to be something good about it. Something that is nothing good about it never lasts, even things that did have some good things didn't last, like the USSR. Yes it does have it's flaws and we need to move away from it, but we can't retrofit what is already built, not without tons of destruction and going against the will of the people. Ironically, car centric development did the exact same

  • @daveharrison84
    @daveharrison84 Před 3 lety +51

    I-81 goes around the edge of Watertown, around the edge of Cortland, around the edge of Binghamton, around the edge of Scranton, around the edge of Wilkes Barre, around the edge of Harrisburg. But it cuts through the middle of Syracuse.

    • @intercityrailpal
      @intercityrailpal Před 3 lety +1

      Ride you are! Glad I rode in on many a train before 1963 when it was ripped up and paved.

    • @austinsmith5782
      @austinsmith5782 Před 3 lety +3

      To be fair, at the time of I-81's construction, Syracuse was the more bustling city in its NY route, and as of 2021 is still the most populous city on the entire route. They probably thought it was a good idea to have a commuter route in the middle and it also stemmed from two things: Syracuse University and Onondaga Hill, two major education sectors. They're now trying to think of a way to tear down that stretch between the Post-Standard Building and ESF and make it like a tunnel of sorts. There's no way they could re-route an artery like that in my opinion.

    • @Miss.C.
      @Miss.C. Před 3 lety +6

      81 is dangerous in the city section and should be dumped into Onondaga Lake along with the Columbus Statue.

    • @Awkward_Shark
      @Awkward_Shark Před 3 lety +1

      @@austinsmith5782 The current plan seems to be to re-route I-81 through the current path of 481, which I think would work but I know that a lot of the suburbs hate that because 81 is "too important" for their economy that they need traffic going straight through the city (bleugh).

    • @Dan_isreal.08
      @Dan_isreal.08 Před 2 lety

      The state and the city is removing that particular part of I-81 through Syracuse and re-routing the highway on what is now I-481

  • @volt4ire
    @volt4ire Před 3 lety +67

    This has to be the best travel documentary I've ever seen

  • @Metal0011
    @Metal0011 Před 3 lety +31

    I didn't know I needed an Armchair Urbanist RCR crossover till this EP

  • @jenniferflynn4948
    @jenniferflynn4948 Před 3 lety +55

    I’m dyin! I live in Onondaga County and the majority of us agree wholeheartedly with everything in this video. And I’m still pissed the commuter train failed! I could walk from my house to the station and ride to work. Such a novel F’ing idea!! Grrrr id even ride the bus if it came to my freaking town. I’m shocked you didn’t mention that Onondaga Lake is considered to be one of the most polluted lakes in the country, if not the world

    • @vetboy627
      @vetboy627 Před 3 lety +4

      It's getting a lot better though. Also ironically Cuse get's its water from Skaneateles Lake which is one of the cleanest in the country

    • @intercityrailpal
      @intercityrailpal Před 3 lety +1

      On Track was never finished, and Centos Ciy bus hated it. It was competition. The bus industry has alot of mob people in it. Just like the oil industry. They are the same people caught selling polluted motor fuel from rigged pumps!

    • @Miss.C.
      @Miss.C. Před 3 lety +1

      I also was shocked he didn’t mention our polluted lake that I will never be able to swim in. So much more to slam like I81.

    • @johnrobinson4259
      @johnrobinson4259 Před 3 lety

      Who agrees? I live up the road from the regional transportation center and I haven’t used it once in my entire life. I agree the commuter train was a good idea, but they made the hub downtown for a reason.

    • @johnrobinson4259
      @johnrobinson4259 Před 3 lety +1

      Honeywell also spent billions cleaning the lake. It’s absolutely disgusting but it’s not nearly as bad as it use to be. It’s probably 1000 times better.

  • @MaceeTheToast
    @MaceeTheToast Před 3 lety +8

    Onondaga Lake(shown at 2:32) used to be on of the most polluted lakes in all of the US. it's currently still in a clean up, but it still has a looooong way to go

    • @nygreenguy
      @nygreenguy Před 3 lety +1

      Not really, the main inputs now is sewage. That's due to water flow during high rain events. It's why we have the "save the rain" program

  • @theurbandoctor787
    @theurbandoctor787 Před 3 lety +50

    This video is a masterpiece.

  • @aaronmorton5427
    @aaronmorton5427 Před 3 lety +23

    This is actually really crazy, I am actually going to be moving to Syracuse soon to start grad school studying urban economics!

    • @christopherschlacter4953
      @christopherschlacter4953 Před 3 lety +1

      I graduated from Syracuse, its a great school, the city has gone downhill but the surrounding areas like the finger lakes,Oneida lake, and the hills to the east that lead to Cooperstown are magnificent.

    • @-Subtle-
      @-Subtle- Před 3 lety +7

      Perfect timing. I-81 is in its death throes. Suburbanites are crying that it will be taken down.

    • @caprimerrifield3647
      @caprimerrifield3647 Před 3 lety +11

      Welcome!! Lived here all 46 years of my life. Its a complicated city. It will give back what you put in. If you want to experience what old school red lining tactics can do to a city, you can find that here. If you want to see the power of what a community can do when it pulls together to improve itself, you can find that too!
      We are a very diverse community. So if you bring the right energy and outlook, you will have a wonderful stay!

    • @difencrosby
      @difencrosby Před 3 lety

      @@caprimerrifield3647 and bring the right colour

    • @difencrosby
      @difencrosby Před 3 lety +1

      @@-Subtle- they don’t care about the development of the city, they care about not having to mix with certain people.

  • @TheGreatBigMove
    @TheGreatBigMove Před 2 lety +4

    I just spent a couple of days in Syracuse and I found it fairly pleasant for the most part. We stayed downtown, so we could walk to bars and restaurants and the people were very friendly.

  • @johnrobinson4259
    @johnrobinson4259 Před 3 lety +6

    *goes to Syracuse*
    *doesn’t step a foot on Syracuse University*

    • @johnrobinson4259
      @johnrobinson4259 Před 3 lety +2

      Truthfully botched doing anything meaningful in this city. It’s like you’ve never traveled outside of big cities before and experienced quaint lifestyles.

    • @austinsmith5782
      @austinsmith5782 Před 3 lety

      I think it's a slighty jokey video (right??) but yeah this has NYC/Westchester vibes all over it lol. I'm used to Downstaters though making fun of my hometown.

    • @johnrobinson4259
      @johnrobinson4259 Před 3 lety +2

      @@austinsmith5782 Yeah I understand but the condescending comments are a little much. The places that he went to are ridiculous and no one in the city really pays attention to.

  • @Lactuca
    @Lactuca Před 3 lety +7

    Syracuse commuter rail makes me so sad

    • @alanthefisher
      @alanthefisher  Před 3 lety +4

      I'll do a video on it eventually, it has an interesting history

    • @Lactuca
      @Lactuca Před 3 lety +2

      @@alanthefisher i wish it had worked out i have such a soft spot for Syracuse it's had a rough go

    • @austinsmith5782
      @austinsmith5782 Před 3 lety +1

      I heard they're trying to bring it back which would be incredibly interesting

    • @Lactuca
      @Lactuca Před 3 lety

      @@austinsmith5782 oh hell yes

    • @leek6927
      @leek6927 Před 6 měsíci

      @@alanthefisheryou definitely should

  • @tony_sheppard165
    @tony_sheppard165 Před 3 lety +5

    That was a punch to the stomach, seeing that trainstaitions use blocked by a highway...

  • @mbrproductions160
    @mbrproductions160 Před 3 lety +18

    The dislikes on a video like this are proof that some car guys are still enraged by Alan's last video.

    • @arifakyuz7673
      @arifakyuz7673 Před 3 lety

      maybe some cuse residents thought he was talking crap about their city

    • @coastaku1954
      @coastaku1954 Před 3 lety +1

      Hey, Cars are fucking cool, okay?

    • @onelyone6976
      @onelyone6976 Před 2 lety +4

      Even though I’m a petrolhead I’m sane enough to know that no city should ever be designed around the car in any circumstances

    • @thomasaly7624
      @thomasaly7624 Před 2 lety +1

      From a fellow petrolhead, I couldn't agree more.

  • @chrissutera7769
    @chrissutera7769 Před 3 lety +7

    Love this 😆, I was born here but grew up in Rochester, you should roast Rochester next.

    • @oldguy9051
      @oldguy9051 Před 3 lety

      Yes, the town where they tampered with the Zapruder film!

  • @freedomanddemocracy7842
    @freedomanddemocracy7842 Před 2 lety +7

    If you could do more cities that would be genuinely fantastic

  • @joemayo8254
    @joemayo8254 Před rokem +1

    Glad to see you love on Upstate New York! I grew up in Rochester, so it's always nice to see people visit the region and enjoy themselves, because we've got a lot going for us that doesn't get talked about enough.

  • @FredIsMyName22
    @FredIsMyName22 Před 3 lety +11

    Wow i kinda wanna go to syracuse now

  • @lakefern1
    @lakefern1 Před 3 lety +4

    "wtf is this building" I think that's a prison based off the windows

    • @Ex-WolfandFox
      @Ex-WolfandFox Před rokem

      thats not the prison, ive lived here all my life and i GENUINELY do not know wtf this building is. chances are its downtown cause of the skybridge, but it might have been renovated.

  • @dilliam1702
    @dilliam1702 Před 3 lety +8

    Those poor forgotten apex seals.

  • @MariMiniattL
    @MariMiniattL Před 3 lety +8

    The comment about the flags in the RTC was right on. At least you didn't film that monstrously that is Destiny. The worse part about the train platform along 81, they used to have statues there, looking like people waiting for the train. They were really cool. Then they were removed...

  • @SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand

    I love your channel dude, I just found it the other day and I’m like obsessed.
    I like your based views on urban planning.

  • @panachevitz
    @panachevitz Před 3 lety +7

    This actually makes me want to visit Syracuse. They have some good things going for them.

  • @themagicboy6548
    @themagicboy6548 Před 2 lety +2

    2:57 rotary jokes coming out of NOWHERE

  • @user-bv7um1ds7y
    @user-bv7um1ds7y Před 3 lety +7

    Loving this RCityR style

  • @robertkirchner7981
    @robertkirchner7981 Před 3 lety +7

    Aside from the addition on the opposite side of the street, the NiMo building is awesome. Excessive, but awesome.
    Fight me.

    • @intercityrailpal
      @intercityrailpal Před 3 lety +1

      We used to go there to pay our power bill, inside is a visual knock out!

    • @DMTruckSpotting
      @DMTruckSpotting Před 2 lety

      One of if not the best Art Deco buildings

  • @coasterfreak007
    @coasterfreak007 Před rokem +1

    Nailed it but only scratched the surface :) I lived in Syracuse for 9 years, ran a warehouse that was across the tracks from Armory Square before we moved to a bigger space near Dewitt Yard. Was a very bicycle friendly place since the city was small enough you could get across all of it in less than a half hour. Traffic was low enough & there were enough alternative routes to the stroads outside downtown you could be decently safe without dedicated bike lanes. Heard it's changed since I left in 2018, but it was easy to live decently without much money. The student neighborhoods east of SU campus had plenty of permanent residents as well, good place to live. Cheap housing, tree lined streets, multiple parks & corner shops within walking distance

  • @StatsMass
    @StatsMass Před 3 lety +7

    Getting some regular car review vibes. :D

  • @claudiadarling9441
    @claudiadarling9441 Před 3 lety +7

    Which Richardsonian-Romanesque is best Richardsonian-Romanesque?

  • @justinwilliams3927
    @justinwilliams3927 Před 3 lety +3

    I'm from Brooklyn but I live in Syracuse right now and I most say I prefer Brooklyn

  • @jlutz5469
    @jlutz5469 Před 3 lety +2

    this is so wonderful, like RCR and Well There's Your Problem produced a video together.

  • @phishlipsable
    @phishlipsable Před 3 lety +2

    the real treat is 150 ford ave- tomatoes to the ceiling, tender okra longer than your fingers, and watermelons sweeter than you've ever tasted. come kick it southside style with soft serve ice cream, some bottle rockets, and a motor bike ride

  • @ISOwren
    @ISOwren Před 3 lety +4

    Nice video to watch after my 1-hour commute by car to work.

  • @Ex-WolfandFox
    @Ex-WolfandFox Před rokem +1

    1:12 THIS FUCKING RESTAURANT IS AMAZING I LOVE IT

  • @jdillon8360
    @jdillon8360 Před rokem

    This was hilarious, thank you. That building at the end aged badly in a few seconds, not 20 years.

  • @ayindestevens6152
    @ayindestevens6152 Před 3 lety +3

    Ok fair point to the bad checkerboard color scheme but FFS if I have to look at either another glass or monochromatic building, trying to be Apple Store hip I’ll scream.

  • @idcanthony9286
    @idcanthony9286 Před 3 lety +3

    This is like my internal monologue when I visit cities.

  • @ccityplanner1217
    @ccityplanner1217 Před 2 lety +1

    0:46: That's a copy of the museums in Vienna.

  • @BlakesTrainsandMore4014
    @BlakesTrainsandMore4014 Před 2 lety +1

    The one guy on the train "CSX GOD DAMMIT!"

  • @paxvictori2385
    @paxvictori2385 Před 3 lety +4

    Poggers video, that place looks nice I might visit someday.

  • @drewwadsworth3285
    @drewwadsworth3285 Před 3 lety +1

    The Clinton Exchange building was originally the U.S. Post Office. When the water feature was built in Clinton Square, one of the city's councilmen said the fountains were going to be like the ones at The Bellagio!

  • @m1k3_laboom82
    @m1k3_laboom82 Před 3 lety +2

    I've lived in and around Syracuse for along time. Downtowns pretty nice usually but you don't have to go far to find the bad neighborhoods

  • @ReliableDragon
    @ReliableDragon Před 3 lety +1

    Loved this video!! Really fun to see these little humorous bits about random cities. :)

  • @MrCzechTexan
    @MrCzechTexan Před 3 lety +6

    Can we please get some "CSX Goddamnit" merch? I'd wear it religiously
    EDIT: and also "he sus cos he culoombus" please and thank you
    EDIT: and also "I NEED A CATHEDRAL RIGHT NOW" also please and thank you
    EDIT: screw it i think i speak for all of us in saying we'll pay you to quote the whole episode and put it on a tshirt

  • @crazymike7883
    @crazymike7883 Před 2 lety +2

    "Welcome to the land of traders rattle snakes and alligators run away" I almost fell off the couch laughing so hard.

  • @trainluvr
    @trainluvr Před 3 lety

    Now this is the type of unique and engaging content I'd like to see more of. Excellent!

  • @nullifye7816
    @nullifye7816 Před rokem +1

    I loved the art-deco stuff, but lots of other cool places. I got pretty jealous when I saw they used to have ferries/boats.

  • @FalconsEye58094
    @FalconsEye58094 Před 2 lety +2

    Has all the right pieces, just needs to put them together

  • @TruthIsTheNewHate84
    @TruthIsTheNewHate84 Před 3 lety +3

    As someone who lives on the North side I approve thus message.

  • @nolimitscoasterguy4813
    @nolimitscoasterguy4813 Před 2 lety +1

    “He’s sus cause he’s Columbus.”
    Armchair urbanist

  • @jaxon_iz_kool8971
    @jaxon_iz_kool8971 Před 3 lety

    Very surreal to see my home city on this channel. You were 100% spot on with everything, btw.

  • @patring303
    @patring303 Před 2 lety +1

    3:33 I ALWAYS FUCKING WONDERED WHY THERE WAS JUST A RANDOM TRAIN STATION NEXT TO THE HIGHWAY

  • @vinnyvidz
    @vinnyvidz Před 3 měsíci +1

    Listening to someone making fun of my hometown is very fun 😂

  • @NewHavenRailroader
    @NewHavenRailroader Před 3 lety +1

    20% of comments: This video was great!
    The other 80%: RCR GOD DAMN IT

  • @markbellollc2991
    @markbellollc2991 Před rokem

    Snark does not substitute for knowledge.

  • @blu0065
    @blu0065 Před 3 lety +2

    "The later day church of his holy viscera of his once forgotten apex seals"

  • @MaceeTheToast
    @MaceeTheToast Před 3 lety +1

    yup pretty much all of syracuse
    tho i am surprised you didn't mention Destiny USA, our mall. it is pretty big and has gotten some good updates in the last decade

    • @alanthefisher
      @alanthefisher  Před 3 lety +1

      There are alot of things in Syracuse that I didn't include because I didn't have the time to film them (I was there visiting family). Otherwise I would have included alot of the University, the state fair grounds, the mall and other neighborhoods

  • @mattylite7
    @mattylite7 Před 3 lety +2

    So excited to see content on my home 😭

  • @AEtherealGoddess
    @AEtherealGoddess Před 2 lety

    The disrespect for the train.

  • @halotubb1110
    @halotubb1110 Před 3 lety +2

    Clinton and armory square are great if you avoid the panhandlers

  • @generalelectricmotor9084
    @generalelectricmotor9084 Před 3 lety +1

    1:28 Doctor Strange was definitely not here

  • @extrastuff9463
    @extrastuff9463 Před 3 lety +1

    The red white blue lines on the Amtrack locomotives will never stop being funny to me, almost as if New York and that small area around it never gave up being a Dutch colony? I know it's probably a reference to the red white and blue used on the US flag but the way its orientated on those locomotives is almost exactly like our flag (example at 4:30 in the video).

  • @Gempalace
    @Gempalace Před 3 lety +1

    The next city you should visit is definitely Buffalo, ny.

  • @Moltar_Railfan
    @Moltar_Railfan Před 3 lety +1

    When you come back to Syracuse be sure not to miss the CSX yard in Dewitt!

  • @arielleking5673
    @arielleking5673 Před 3 lety

    I've seen and enjoyed a few of your videos, but this is the one that made me sub. Loved it.

  • @dimarscars329
    @dimarscars329 Před 3 lety +1

    Well that was kind of fun! Although it looked pretty deserted. I’ve never been to Syracuse, New York City is the only city in New York that I know!

    • @SohcSTi
      @SohcSTi Před 3 lety +1

      He must have shot this on a Sunday. During the week it's quite busy.

  • @MrLarrythehacker
    @MrLarrythehacker Před 2 lety +1

    What we need: more trains.

  • @carlhourihan7341
    @carlhourihan7341 Před rokem

    Thoroughly appreciate the Union version of Dixie.

  • @cesyneighistaut3451
    @cesyneighistaut3451 Před 3 lety

    If you love canals you should visit Lowell Mass. It’s not the nicest city but they’ve got a ton of preserved canals with museums in the old mills, definitely worth a visit!

  • @MrChristheWise
    @MrChristheWise Před 3 lety +2

    I'll pop for a good 'ol yes chant

  • @vb7200
    @vb7200 Před 2 lety +1

    0:08 Good ole Utica

  • @dominicgagliardi5864
    @dominicgagliardi5864 Před 3 lety

    This video is everything I could have asked for and I didn't even know I needed it.

  • @Matty002
    @Matty002 Před 3 lety +2

    'make blade runner but you have five dollars'
    love it

  • @Flamethrower2579
    @Flamethrower2579 Před 3 lety +1

    Syracuse, Italy is definitely prettier

  • @IanZainea1990
    @IanZainea1990 Před 2 lety

    1:30 I actually effing love buildings like this. The central court-yard is awesome... I've seen a number of new builds built in this way

  • @finalformluigi
    @finalformluigi Před 2 lety

    As a kid I never understood why they replaced the trains with a highway (which is being destroyed soon)

  • @TommyBNSF
    @TommyBNSF Před 2 lety

    He's yelling at buildings, meanwhile I'm yelling at CSX at 4:26 with that signal cantilever replacement. WTF

    • @alanthefisher
      @alanthefisher  Před 2 lety

      I'm guessing its a replacement or old one that they moved out of the way

  • @ericsilkworth6248
    @ericsilkworth6248 Před 3 lety +4

    Shittin all over my city 😂😂😂

  • @Banom7a
    @Banom7a Před 3 lety +1

    this channel have strong RCR energy to it combine with Not Just Bikes content
    (not that it's a bad thing really)

  • @SouthLondonRailwayPhotography

    Misleading content, to travel somewhere you are no longer in an armchair and therefore no longer the armchair urbanism. Not what I signed up for, unsubscribed.

  • @lauraalexander2508
    @lauraalexander2508 Před 3 lety

    Thank you for roasting the city that I live closest to it really unironically deserves it

  • @Sean-ll5cm
    @Sean-ll5cm Před 3 lety

    Dunno, I'm kind of digging the building at 4:22 - it may age poorly, but currently it's so vibrant and characterful in its own modern way

  • @Sebasstiano
    @Sebasstiano Před 3 lety +2

    3:19 Is that a car window? Should’ve experienced the Centro bus instead

    • @Daniel-hj8el
      @Daniel-hj8el Před rokem

      Yes, That's what I'm saying, but also they get stuck in the same traffic as the cars, but they do have few dedicated Lanes for CENTRO bus.

  • @joshhorvath4984
    @joshhorvath4984 Před 2 lety

    I was in Syracuse a while back, the Salt City Market, seen near the end of the video, is actually pretty cool.

  • @mil3ston3s
    @mil3ston3s Před rokem

    I had a pony, her name was Sal

  • @Noel_13
    @Noel_13 Před rokem

    Beautiful, incredible architecture. I loved your comments too hahaha.

  • @MrGollum27
    @MrGollum27 Před 3 lety +1

    In the last shot I find it hilarious that the only other people getting on the train are also filming the train. ah america

  • @intercityrailpal
    @intercityrailpal Před 3 lety

    Very funny, I loved it having lived in the Salt City my teenage years. (Solvay) Mile Post S3 on the New York Central Auburn Road. First trains pulled by horses! The Lackawanna was there too. On the other side of the Solvay Process. Milton Avenue was on the corner. I really enjoyed your video.

  • @flamingcacti
    @flamingcacti Před 3 lety

    During the intro I’m like “oh hey that one steam locomotive on display in Utica to the east of the platform!”
    I spent a lot of time at that station...

  • @shanequajohnson8409
    @shanequajohnson8409 Před 3 lety

    I used to have so much fun in Syracuse, but now, it's not like it use to be when I was growing up in Syracuse, R.I.P Syracuse but it still hanging in there even looks so deadly, and even during this pandemic going on and I still miss a lot of people's used too hang out with other people's....

    • @-Subtle-
      @-Subtle- Před 3 lety +2

      That must have been a long, long time ago. I grew up here in the 80's and 90's. Dangerous, boarded up stores, downtown was empty, gangs ran everything.
      It's so, so much better now. Still not enough to keep kids out of trouble. But, then again, the last Superintendent closed one of the high schools.

  • @RH728NJ
    @RH728NJ Před 3 lety +1

    Mmmm nice and toasty on a cold day and the city I live in! Perfect.

  • @conroads2626
    @conroads2626 Před rokem

    3:20 That’s also where Spectrum News is

  • @pieboy107
    @pieboy107 Před 2 lety

    As someone who lives down the road, the Syracuse train station is in fact in a s*** location.