Congressman Brian Higgins applauded momentum on the DL&W Terminal project.

Long before the coronavirus pandemic upended much of upstate New York’s economy, the plan to transform the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Terminal into a Metro Rail station and commercial center was slowed by a lack of funding.

Turning the DL&W Terminal into a transportation destination for Canalside and the Cobblestone District may be closer than many realize.

This is a Widelux photograph of the DL&W terminal at the foot of Main Street in 1975, taken by The Public’s Bruce Jackson.