Here is a good magazine issue about the use of lighting in landscapes that features a profile of the Connective Corridor.
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Syracuse Architectural Digest: Lights, Corridor, Action
Tuesday, June 10th, 2014Then & Now (Connective Corridor)
Monday, April 28th, 2014
Connective Corridor construction near the Center of Excellence unearths infrastructure from the old Washington Street line
Innovation from Interaction
Tuesday, April 8th, 2014Here’s a great story about another addition to the city who is making a difference. Fletchall, who is from Iowa, has a great future of bringing people together.
Seat of Excitement
Thursday, March 20th, 2014
Dancing in Clinton Square
We saw the recent Movoto story that ranked Syracuse #5 out of 10 for America’s most exciting mid-sized cities. One of the factors listed in the ranking was “Active life options per capita, ” which reminds us how much we anticipate the outdoor festival season coming this summer.
Dubious Achievement
Sunday, March 2nd, 2014Here’s an award for our most famous freeway.
Throwback Thursday: Neighborhood in Transition
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
Midtown Syracuse (circa 1990)
Here’s a look at the old Midtown Plaza (where the Center of Excellence now stands) and the surrounding bungalows of the former Kennedy Square complex.
Chief Connection Officer (CCO)
Monday, August 19th, 2013
Here’s part two of our conversation with Linda Dickerson-Hartsock, director of the Connective Corridor. She talks about the Corridor as a social network and destination as much as a transportation route. It has literally connected some neighborhoods a stop at a time.
Under her leadership the route has the potential to become that third space (as in that place between work and home) here in the city.
Encouraging Interconnectedness
Tuesday, August 6th, 2013“There’s a lot that’s been said and written about the decline of older Upstate communities…But like old houses, caring for them is clearly a labor of love.”
Linda Dickerson Hartsock (On Main Street)
This is part one of our conversation with the Connective Corridor’s Linda Dickerson Hartsock. Her work has blended revitalization with historic preservation.
Thanks to Bill Horrace and his band for the intro and credit tunes, which were recorded live on Centro’s Connective Corridor Bus (443).
#NextCuse
Saturday, June 22nd, 2013“…that’s your competitive advantage. Don’t try to be the next Silicon Valley. Be the 21st-century version of yourself.”
Bruce Katz, Jennifer Bradley, authors of The Metropolitan Revolution
Habiba Boru, who came to Syracuse from Ethiopia, gets ready at the 500 block N. Salina Street on World Refugee Day. She led the parade to downtown Syracuse.
Starting the parade off with a smile (Near Mai Lan Restaurant)
Ladies from the Central African Republic rest after their dance performance on stage in Hanover Square. The ladies came to Syracuse about one year ago
Flagman was the MC for the festival in Hanover Square
We, too, sing America: An elder checks out the stage show in Hanover Square
For more photographs check out the World Refugee Day in Syracuse Facebook page.
Face the Future
Friday, June 14th, 2013More than 2 million refugees have arrived in the United States since the Refugee Act of 1980 was established, driven from their homelands by war, political change, and social, religious and ethnic oppression…In medium-sized and smaller metropolitan areas, refugees can have considerable impact on the local population…The leading refugee destination metro areas have shifted away from traditional immigrant gateways over the past two decades, while newer gateways are resettling proportionally more refugees.
-Brooking Institution Report (2006)
The North Salina Street Corridor is a destination for immigrants coming to Syracuse.
In 2012, The Onondaga Citizens League explored the refugee experience in Central New York. A summary of the results were published in a report called The World at our Doorstep. Some of the great recommendations included creating a Refugee Resource Center, developing a World Market Square/Village and convening a Refugee Health Task Force.
Here are a few more points we should consider for new citizens (coming from the other side of the world or from across the country)
- Let them be themselves
- Identify and magnify their strengths
- Let them know what is going on
- Make them proud to be here
- Don’t hinder them with obtuse rules
- Give them meaningful work
Earlier this week at a public meeting, SU Chancellor Nancy Cantor called Syracuse a “city of opportunity.”
Welcome to a new kind of Syracuse story.