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Missing Middle Midplexes - By Zach Zeliff In planning/housing discourse, a lot of attention is given to so-called “missing middle” development. The take runs roughly like this: lots of developers build detached single family homes, and then there are fewer but still numerous developers build larger multifamily buildings, but very few developers build anything in between. Over the last … Continue reading Missing Middle Midplexes →
Zoning Reform: ADUs - By Alex Lawson One of ReZone’s most innovative changes was to make Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) legal in every residential zoning district. This (along with the legalization of townhomes) was the move that ‘ended’ exclusionary single-family zoning in Syracuse, because it meant that there were no longer any residential lots where a detached single-family house … Continue reading Zoning Reform: ADUs →
Reform Zoning to Solve Syracuse’s Housing Crisis - By Zach Zeliff Syracuse is in a housing crisis. Monthly rents and home sale prices are shooting up faster than we’ve seen in a generation. Our aging housing is falling down and poisoning the people who live in it. Homelessness is on the rise, and 1 in 8 kids in the Syracuse school district will … Continue reading Reform Zoning to Solve Syracuse’s Housing Crisis →
Commemorating Cook’s Coffee House Riot - By Alex Lawson Syracuse should make a bigger deal out of January 1. That’s the date of the Cook’s Coffee House Riot—the delightfully weird event that birthed the City of Syracuse. Before 1848, what we now call the City of Syracuse was a collection of independent villages. Syracuse—centered on Clinton Square—was the largest, but it … Continue reading Commemorating Cook’s Coffee House Riot →
We Need a Better Solution for Failing Buildings - By Zach Zeliff A disturbing trend is emerging among large midcentury apartment buildings in Syracuse. Buildings that used to provide quality housing for hundreds of people have fallen into disrepair and become uninhabitable. The Skyline and Vincent—both run into the ground by local slumlord Troy Green—are the highest profile examples of this trend in recent … Continue reading We Need a Better Solution for Failing Buildings →