The advent of the Erie Canal, an infrastructure designed to move goods efficiently from New York through to Buffalo, boosted Syracuse’s prominence as a hub in regional trade and a central producer of salt, which was in especially high demand. The shape of the city formed primarily around providing access to the vast fields of salt sheds and assorted industries along the lakefront. Road planning and zoning were largely reactive, as business and residences grew up around the centers of salt production.
Posted on: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 09:47:21 +0000