Comments on: You haven’t lived in Eastwood if you ….

By: Patti S

Patti S — Sat, 19 May 2012 11:23:14 +0000

There was nothing like growing up in Eastwood in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. I hope others have as much fond memories as we do wherever they lived.

By: Patti S

Patti S — Sat, 19 May 2012 11:21:46 +0000

I remember Danny Cinqmars,think both the brothers were friends with my brother Phil Sscanlon. I didn’t know he passed, so sorry. My brother passed last May.

By: anne rose

anne rose — Sat, 12 May 2012 05:48:45 +0000

friends like liz coogan, peggy rich, mary laclair, gus bragger, gary longden

By: anne rose

anne rose — Sat, 12 May 2012 05:45:37 +0000

lookin for my old friend lisa wood

By: anne rose

anne rose — Sat, 12 May 2012 05:42:23 +0000

half moon cookies at the bakery that used to be in the carls shopping center on james st

By: Sheila-Sokolic-rodgers

Sheila-Sokolic-rodgers — Fri, 11 May 2012 01:20:05 +0000

growing up in eastwood was some of the best times of my life. i lived on hastings place,and nichols ave…i loved when we were kids could be safe out at nite playing with all the neighborhood kids,everbody watched everyones kids,i loved going to huntington pool in the summer and sledriding at sunnycrest park in the winter….many wonderful times,great places,great community

By: Piper

Piper — Thu, 10 May 2012 04:41:07 +0000

How about cutting through Charneys or True Value to get from James St. to Cummings field? Red was an asshole, but I miss Franks greasy pizza! My grandmother would call down to Sayre’s market and tell Vi I was coming, and then she would send me over at 12 years old, and Vi would hand me the bottle of Vodka! I delivered the Post Standard on Mildred, Clifton and Hastings from 1982 to 1986…good times! It still looks wrong when I go back and see the new OCWA tower behind Friendly’s and not the “Spider”. Mother’s Cupboard made the national stage when Man vs. Food visited. My Uncle still runs a salon next to where Chase’s was. I call him the “unofficial Mayor of Eastwood”! My great Uncle owned Caps Cue Club for a while. Yeah, I play pool pretty well… My buddy and I would make money by walking up and down James on summer days and clean storefront windows for $2 each window. The goal was to make enough to get a cheeseburger and Coke at McDonalds in Shop City and waste the rest of it at Buttons! I was no more than 7 years old when I would walk home from BSS to Mildred – by myself! If I had a quarter, I would stop by the bakery and get a headlight. I also remember getting Orange Crush’s at Galloways for a quarter. And again for a quarter, you could rent movies at Rite Aid – Beta or VHS! Why was there 2 Byrne Dairy’s within a quarter mile of eachother? Does Byrne still have green milk at St. Patricks? There are a lot of things I miss about Eastwood and CNY since leaving almost 20 years ago, but some good news came this week. Hoffmans will be going national! Now if we can Hinderwadles to do the same thing, the whole country will know what summer in Syracuse means!

By: Andy M.

Andy M. — Thu, 10 May 2012 03:12:30 +0000

I lived on Hillsdale Ave for several years and walked EVERYWHERE.

Bought MANY 45s (and many pair of drumsticks) at the Music Center, then later, Johnnie’s Collectibles.

Ate MANY pieces of warm cardboard covered with cheese…er, I mean Frank’s Pizza.

Spent MANY dollars mastering the games at Button’s Arcade. To this day I will kick anybody’s ass in Galaga.

Ran from cops on the hill MANY times, winter, spring, summer or fall.

Had a very short stint as a DJ spinning VINYL at The Cornerstone on Teall Ave. The owner really liked Springsteen and was usually one of only about five people in the joint. I spun there half a dozen times shortly before they closed.

Even though I only spent a few of my childhood years there my memories and friends I made there will last forever. Thanks especially to some of my best buds from back then: Keith Chrestler, Mike Notarthomas, Scott Thomas, Chris Poggiali, Rich Cannarelli, Steve Schroeder, Ed Amlott, Ed Gilner, Walt Stachnik, Dave Stonecipher, and Joey Saya, may he rest in peace.

By: Carol Ann

Carol Ann — Sun, 06 May 2012 16:08:03 +0000

Syracuse Savings Bank to Norstar Bank to Fleet bank to Bank of America
Parents yellowing your name out the back door for dinner. Running back right after table cleaned off.
Sitting on a neighbor’s step till way past dark in the summer.
Our neighborhood dog, no leash, following us as a large group where ever we went.
Listening to 45′s on neighborhood’s front porch.
Learning to play ‘pitch’ on a rainy summer day at age of seven.
Playing tag football over three yard…no fences to prevent us from running the field. Ages 5-16 all included in the game.

By: Jeannie

Jeannie — Fri, 04 May 2012 17:45:43 +0000

skipped that awesome lunch to go to case’s n kegs to get a sub and smoke a cig on the corner