How do we grapple with the history of place? and can we imagine a more hopeful future? We as landscape architects find ourselves in a unique position to grapple with the ever changing uses of land and the lasting effects of the anthropocene. This des…
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Akin to many vacant lots in Syracuse, New York, the parcels encompassing 1000 E Water St were previously dominated by public housing units (1980s-2010s). As described in the timeline below through Google imagery, these units were demolished shortly a…
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Currently, the site is situated in a corridor of lost sites along a roadside that often goes unused. It has been a construction staging area for years. The soil has been compacted and the site is riddled with rubble and weedy saplings. Although locat…
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Syracuse, New York is a part of a chain of cities, along with Buffalo and Rochester, collectively known as The Rust Belt. As was the fate of many manufacturing cities, Syracuse experienced massive losses of industry as companies sought labor elsewher…
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Our whole project changed when we first visited the site. Our analysis that we conducted remotely gave us an expectation of what we would find when we got there, and that expectation was challenged by what we saw. Despite the separation that the site…
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