1966: MONY Tower
Mutual of New York completes Tower I on Madison Street: a 19-story steel and glass tower, credited to Kahn & Jacobs of New York, the firm that served as associate architect on Mies van der Rohe's Seagram Building.
History
Sixty years on Madison Street.
Two towers in downtown Syracuse, built for Mutual of New York and Carrier, a star the city learned to read, and a new chapter that started in 2026.
1971: Carrier Tower
Tower II is completed as Carrier Corporation's headquarters, the twin of Tower I, joined to it by a five-story concourse. Both are tube-in-tube steel structures behind glass curtain walls. Today, at about 268 feet, they are tied for the third-tallest buildings in Syracuse.
The star
A weather report on the skyline.
MONY's star on top of Tower I is a sibling of the famous MONY weather sign in Manhattan. It tells the city the forecast in color, and lights run up the mast for warmer weather and down for colder.
The rhyme Syracuse grew up with
Green light, weather brightOrange on high, overcast skyOrange flashing, raindrops splashingFlickering white, snow in sight