The current pool and fountain were constructed in the 1980s. Though #ClintonSquare (and all of downtown #Syracuse) bears deep scars from the #UrbanRenewal movement’s hollowing out of old downtowns and neighboring, historically black neighborhoods in the 1960s and 70s, the plaza today does a remarkable job of evoking the canal's presence, especially in person.

This scanned, historic “birds-eye” view postcard illlustrates what #ClintonSquare and the #ErieCanal in #Syracuse looked like circa 1905. (Image is from Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_Square )

This pool and fountain at #ClintonSquare cover a block of the historic route of the #ErieCanal through the center of #Syracuse. The canal was rerouted in the early twentieth century, and its original course through the city was filled and converted into (the paved) Erie Blvd.