Destiny USA in Syracuse, NY: From Scrap Yard to Retail Giant

Where the Oil Tanks Used to Be

At first glance, the six-story mass of Destiny USA feels out of place along the edge of Onondaga Lake. Beneath its concrete weight, the ground still remembers what it used to be – a scrapyard boxed in by rusted tanks and stained soil.

Before the glass doors and marble tile, this was Oil City. In 1987, The Pyramid Companies pitched something bigger: retail, where piles of steel and industrial runoff sat for decades…

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