‘We could be Armory Square on steroids’: What’s next for Syracuse’s Inner Harbor?

The future of the Inner Harbor

After three decades of talk, interest in the Inner Harbor is renewed. Local officials are looking for inspiration about how the community should use this valuable, and mostly-empty waterfront land going forward. This photo from 2019 shows one of the few new buildings on the water, the Iron Pier Apartments. (N. Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com)

Syracuse, N.Y. — When Ed and Danielle Neubauer thought about how to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary, they opted for something they had never done before — a stroll along Syracuse’s Onondaga Creekwalk.

The Cicero couple parked at the Destiny USA mall, then walked along a landscaped waterfront path to the Syracuse Inner Harbor, a former state Barge Canal terminal between the mall and Franklin Square. There, they stopped for a drink at the new Meier’s Creek Brewing Co. taproom.

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