OHA doesn’t only collect and preserve history, we make it too. Much of what OHA does is news worthy and, in addition, our staff is often called upon to provide context to stories about events, buildings, people, and more. Below is what we’ve contributed in 2018, from our regular articles in the Post Standard, CNY Business Journal, and CNY The Goodlife to adding value to reporters’ stories and reports on our own events.
(Click the links to view the PDFs or websites for these stories)
Spectrum News – Airport Museum Welcomes Travelers (2018-12-26)
CNY Central – Downtown Syracuse’s shopping heyday comes alive, again (2018-12-19)
WAER – Onondaga Historical Association Honors Salina Street’s Heyday With New Exhibit (2018-12-18)
CNY Central – The Week Ahead (2018-12-17)
Syracuse.com – 1958: Syracuse mayor’s ‘Christmas gift’ of free parking backfires (2018-12-12)
Post Standard – Syracuse’s Congress Beer back in traditional cans (2018-12-06)
Post Standard – Ska-nonh Center hosts program about Indigenous resistance (2018-12-02)
CNY Central – Sharing memories of Salina Street (2018-11-18)
WAMC – Staged Reading of “Possessing Harriet” By Kyle Bass at the New York State Museum (2018-11-14)
Bridge Street TV – New Exhibit Highlighting the History of Salina Street (2018-11-14)
WRVO Public Media – Remembering Central New York’s Role in WWI (2018-11-12)
New York Writers Institute – Possessing Harriet Staged Reading in Albany (2018-11-06)
My Southside Stand: Discussion on ‘Possessing Harriet’ Examining Slave Narratives (2018-10-31)
My Southside Stand: Harriet Possesses Syracuse Stage (2018-10-30)
Getaway Mavens – Syracuse, NY: Revitalized Former Erie Canal Town (2018-10-20)
Citrus TV – Interview | “Possessing Harriet” world premiere (2018-10-17) – Full Interview
My South Side Stand – Historical play ‘Possessing Harriet’ to debut at Syracuse Stage (2018-10-15)
Bridge Street TV – The Story Behind Syracuse Stage’s “Possessing Harriet” (2018-10-08)
Syracuse.com – Syracuse’s modern/retro Congress Beer: Where to find it on tap (2018-10-4)
Broadway World – Syracuse Stage Presents World Premiere of Possessing Harriet (2018-10-03)
The Duquesne Duke – Former DU basketball player honored in documentary (2018-09-20)
Syracuse.com – See inside The Preserve, Syracuse lakefront area’s new restaurant (2018-09-20)
Bridge Street TV – The History Behind the Inner Harbor (2018-09-19)
WQED – Documentary follows Duquesne star and NBA player’s Alzheimer’s battle (2018-09-10)
News Channel 9 – Congress Beer at the New York State Fair (2018-08-29)
The Pen Chants – Local Syracuse Brewery Bottling History with Relaunch of Congress Beer (2018-08-16)
Brewbound – Willow Rock Brewing Company Releases Congress Lager (2018-08-16)
Daily Orange – Local Brewery Parnters with OHA to put 20th Century Beer Back on Tap (2018-08-15)
News Channel 9 – Congress Beer back on Tap (2018-08-15)
Syracuse.com – The story of Syracuse’s Congress beer, a lager that inspired a remake (2018-08-14)
CNY Central – Classic Syracuse Beer Returns, Will Benefit Historical Association (2018-08-11)
Bridge Street TV – Congress Beer Returns (2018-08-08)
News Channel 9 (WSYR – TV) – Demolition begins on Le Moyne Manor: Your Stories (2018-08-06)
WAER FM – Ice Cold Beer Here (2018-08-02)
Syracuse.com – Forbes travel writer raves at Syracuse’s ‘renaissance’ (2018-08-01)
Forbes – The Marriott Syracuse Downtown Adds to City’s Renaissance (2018-07-30)
Spectrum News CNY – Rock of the Marne Monument Rededicated for 100th Anniversary (2018-07-15)
Buffalo News – A century ago, Western New Yorker Helped Turn Tide in World War (2018-07-14)
CNY Central – Weekend’s Best Bets with Laura Hand (2018-07-13)
Bridge Street TV – Rock of the Marne Rededication Ceremony (2018-07-11)
Syracuse.com – OHA to rededicate ‘Rock of the Marne’ monument on July 15 (2018-06-26)
Syracuse.com – Former Syracuse Nationals Player Bill Kenville dies at age 87 (2018-06-20)
CNY Business Journal – Colella Gallery Moves from One Syracuse Landmark to Another (2018-05-30)
Syracuse.com – Upstate NY college giving honorary degree to Frederick Douglass (2018-05-20)
Watertown Daily Times – Syracuse Stage schedules “dynamic and vibrant” 2018-19 season
New York State Museum – Art of the Erie Canal (2018-05)
Bridge Street TV – Organ Crawl showcase sound and history (2018-04-26)
The Daily Orange – Historian team up with local brewery to revive Congress Beer (2018-04-16)
Bridge Street TV – The Continuing History of Syracuse’s Hancock Airport (2018-04-11)
Spectrum News – Local World War II Veteran Honored in Unique Way (2018-04-11)
Eagle News – Four F-M Students Advance History Day competition (2018-04-09)
Syracuse.com – Onondaga Nation to Honor Syracuse UniversityChancellor Kent Syverud (2018-04-04)
Syracuse.com – Gem Diner owner to pen second restaurant in Syracuse’s lakefront area (2018-03-30)
News Channel 9 – See who’s getting the first taste of the new Congress Beer (2018-03-29)
Broadway World CNY – Syracuse Stage Announces 2018-2019 Season (2018-03-20)
Bridge Street TV – The History of the Syracuse. St. Patrick’s Day Parade (2018-03-16)
Philadelphia Sun – Remember the Ladies – The Women’s Rights Trail (2018-03-16
Syracuse.com – St. Patrick’s Day parade returns to Syracuse in 1914 (2018-03-15)
Bridge Street TV – OHA Executive Director, Gregg Tripoli, and Willow Rock Brewing Company Co-Owner, Rockney Roberts, talk Congress Beer (2018-03-14)
Urban CNY – African-American Experience in Mid-20th Century Syracuse (2018-02-23)
News Channel 9, WSYR – Mayor Ben Walsh adds name to book of every mayor’s signature (2018-02-21)
Spectrum News – Mayor Walsh Continues Syracuse Tradition (2018-02-21)
WAER – Mayor Ben Walsh Official Part of CNY History, Historic Congress Beer Coming Back (2018-02-21)
WRVO – Congress Beer returning to Syracuse after more than 50 years (2018-02-21)
News Channel 9, WSYR – Congress Beer to be re-introduced to Central New York (2018-02-21)
News Channel 9, WSYR – 2018 marks 100 years since deadline Split Rock explosion
Daily Orange – Landmark Theatre Celebrates 90 Years of Entertaining Syracuse (2017-02-15)
Syracuse.com – Valentine’s Day Flashback (2018-02-14)
Syracuse.com – Syracuse used to be home to the word’s narrowest restaurant (2018-01-06)
Post Standard – Today in History, Onondaga Pottery Changes its Name (2018-01-21)
Post Standard – Flashback, ‘Big battle’ over what to name I-81 in 1958 (2018-01-19)
Post Standard – First Methodist Church Fire, January 1957 (2018-01-14)
Bridge Street TV – Remembering Nancy Duffy (2018-01-10)
Post Standard – Syracuse Central Tech. Opens in January, 1903 (2018-01-07)
Syracuse.com – Flashback ‘Worlds narrowest restauraunt’ was once in Syracuse (2018-01-05)