The Hotel Syracuse

Mayor John H. Walrath breaking ground for the Hotel

Syracuse, May 3, 1922 Over 18,000 cubic yards of soil and rocks were removed, and the excavation site was 15 feet deep and 31,000 square feet in area. By April 14, 1923, the framework of the Hotel Syracuse was completed, built with 4,000 tons of steel beams and girders. 800,000 stone and terra cotta bricks were brought in, and by the middle of October, 1923, the roof was reached and the cap-stone laid. The first guest of the magnificent new Hotel Syracuse was, fittingly, a native Syracusan and film star: Jackie Coogan. It seemed appropriate that the first guest should be a little boy famous as a symbol of winsome friendliness.

Historic Photographs courtesy of the Onondaga Historical Association

Mayor Matthew J. Driscoll

State of the City 2008

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 The Hotel Syracuse

The Hotel Syracuse The Grand Ballroom

The Mayor’s Office wishes to thank: Ursula Kwasnicka, principal harpist with

the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra

The Hotel Syracuse owner, staff and development team

Pascale’s Catering

Synergetics

Visual Technologies

“City Hall” Ushers

History of the Hotel Syracuse on the back.

The text of State of the City 2008

will be posted on the City’s website at:

www.syracuse.ny.us

Program

Welcome Mark Belanger – Hotel Syracuse

Project Director

Invocation The Rev. James T. Jones, Sr.

New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ, Pastor/Teacher

“Star-Spangled Banner” The Hon. David J. Valesky

New York State Senator, 49th District

Introduction The Honorable Kathleen Joy

Councilor-at-Large, City of Syracuse

State of the City Address The Honorable Matthew J. Driscoll

Mayor, City of Syracuse

Closing Performance: “I Can See Clearly Now” by Johnny Nash

Althea Chaplin Director of the Heritage House

Former Onondaga County Legislator, 18th District Accompanied on the piano by

The Rev. Martin N. Chaplin of TrueVine Church of God in Christ

Front Desk Lobby Persian Terrace Grand Ballroom

The Hotel Syracuse in the 1940s