a.k.a. V.J.

In recent years, the City of Oswego has been redeveloping areas along its waterfront as part of a broader urban renewal initiative. So far, the results have been impressive and have really added value to the city’s greatest natural asset. The latest project in this effort is the William S. Cahill Pier, a waterfront park which opened in August 2023.

I had seen the pier area from a distance when it was under construction, and read about the opening, but I hadn’t actually visited it until today. It is different than my conception of a “pier,” per se. It’s more of a linear park with some boating facilities. Whatever one wants to call it, it’s a very nice space, complete with public art, some handsome masonry features, and welcome new vantage points of familiar sights around Oswego’s Maritime District.

My visit to Cahill Pier happened on one of those overcast, gray days that dominate Central New York’s calendar in the non-summer months, and seem to grow progressively a little more overcast, a little grayer (and a lot windier) as one gets closer to Lake Ontario. I wouldn’t have had it any other way.