City Hall in the morning

This was a very interesting story, yet uninteresting at the same time. First of all, getting to City Hall was fun. It was easy, I guess and that's why it was fun. I'm always happier when things are easy. I've never been there before, so I was a little surprised when it didn't actually look like a government building. I even had to ask someone to make sure it was the right place. The Landmark Preservation Board itself, which is what I covered, meets in the Council Chambers, and something in me clicked when I walked into that place. I guess it's the combination of the fact that the actual Common Council meets there (they had desks with names and everything) gave me a sense of wow, this is where government happens. That was probably the most interesting part of the meeting. I did find it interesting that Home HeadQuarters was in attendance too. I've done a lot of research on the organization for my beat. One of the main things I didn't get into the blog was that this organization has a large presence in the Syracuse community because it buys homes and renovates them to make the neighborhoods look better, plus it tries to educate homeowners when buying their first homes. Aside from that, the meeting was pretty boring. I hate to say it, because the idea of covering City Hall events is exciting. But most of the meeting was homeowners/businessowners/building owners simply asking for permission to replace storm doors or put in windows. And I had to pay $6 for parking. That's something that wasn't surprising, yet I was hoping I wouldn't have to pay money to park.