Geddes, N.Y. — At the end of every Central New York summer, a brand-new city rises up just south of Onondaga Lake.
It is loud and colorful and usually jam-packed with people. For 13 straight days, nearly twice as many people as can fit in the Dome descend upon a 375-acre plot of land fenced in by a busy highway, two working railroad tracks and a steel factory.
It is the New York State Fair, a 185-year-old tradition held on a parcel of land that is not always ideal for hosting a million or so annual visitors…