SYRACUSE — Crouse Health says the clock tower on which the lights are displayed in its annual Lights of Love campaign will benefit from this year’s effort. The clock tower needs some repair work done. The health system held the lighting ceremony on Dec. 2. The family of the late New York State Senator Tarky […]
SYRACUSE — Crouse Health says the clock tower on which the lights are displayed in its annual Lights of Love campaign will benefit from this year’s effort.
The clock tower needs some repair work done.
The health system held the lighting ceremony on Dec. 2. The family of the late New York State Senator Tarky Lombardi, Jr. handled the lighting ceremony. Lombardi died Nov. 24 at the age of 95.
This year’s Lights of Love campaign proceeds will benefit the update and repair of the iconic Crouse clock tower itself, a Syracuse landmark that has been lighting the city’s skyline since 1927, Crouse Health said. The architecture, considered “extravagant” during the era in which it was built, features a functioning clock and arched windows. The clock tower needs structural repairs and restoration including the roof, windows, and painting, Crouse added.
The 3,000 lights on the clock tower represent gifts — given in honor or in memory of a loved one or colleague — that will support the hospital’s ability to provide medical services and programs.
The estimated total project costs for restoring the Crouse clock tower are $3.13 million, according to a web page that Crouse has dedicated to the clock tower restoration fundraising campaign:
https://www.crouse.org/give/foundation/giving/clocktower/.
