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1973 Map of Syracuse West

Name: 1973 Topographic Map of Syracuse West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

Onondaga Lake serves as the focal point for this mid-1970s landscape, with its eastern shore heavily urbanized by the expanding city of Syracuse. The map documents a dense network of institutional and religious infrastructure, including the Syracuse University campus and its Archbold Stadium, as well as Le Moyne College to the east. The industrial and transit footprint is evident through the massive corridors of the New York State Thruway and the Penn Central railroad, which cut through established neighborhoods like Solvay and Galeville.

South of the city, the terrain rises toward Onondaga Hill and Loomis Hill, where suburban growth meets the campus of Onondaga Community College. This era shows the mature development of the State Fairgrounds and the northern sprawl reaching toward Hancock International Airport. Local history is preserved in the numerous named schools and large Victorian-era burial grounds such as Oakwood Cemetery and Woodlawn Cemetery, which break the residential grid of the central New York hub.