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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 →
Syracuse: Four Sport Town - By Alex Lawson Syracuse is America’s premier second-tier sports town. In Spring and Summer we have the Syracuse Mets, in Fall it’s SU football, then in Winter through to Spring it’s the Crunch and Orange Basketball. With the Crunch, the Mets, and Orange football and basketball, we’ve got teams competing in the second-highest league of … Continue reading Syracuse: Four Sport Town →