Lock 52, Port Byron

This Thursday, April 28th, the public is invited to a presentation at Syracuse University on the Port Byron Old Erie Canal Heritage Park. Canal Society of New York State president Thomas Grasso and Nathan Ogdahl, Master of Landscape Architecture student will discuss the project sited where you pass the former canal lock on the NYS Thruway while heading east, just before the Port Byron exit.

You will also be shown a digital 3-dimensional model of the proposed park.

The event will take place from 2 to 4 PM at Marshall Hall, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, at 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse.

For more information on the project visit the Canal Society’s web site at

http://www.newyorkcanals.org/preservation_portbyron.htm

For directions to Marshall Hall visit

http://www.esf.edu/maps/default.htm

Parking is available at the SU Irving Garage on Irving Avenue, near the Carrier Dome

http://www.esf.edu/maps/esfirving.htm