SYRACUSE Urban Fabrics City Map: PRINTSYRACUSE, New York. This historic city on the Erie Canal, in the shadow of Lake Onondaga, has a proud architectural heritage and a vibrant local arts scene! I can't not think of Robin Wall Kimmerer's telling of its historic failure and reclamation at Lake Onondaga when in Syracuse, as well as the rich native First Nations communities in this beautiful area. The map drawing includes Lake Onondaga in the northwest corner, Downtown and Syracuse