Resources

Created by the Syracuse Urbanism Collective

Block Party Zine – How to host a block party!

Attached please find a PDF of the zine Block Party! Make friends, meet your neighbors, and celebrate with your community. We hope this is the first of many zines for the collective! To assemble, print it double-sided such that you flip the page on the longer edge (the default for most printers). Then fold the document in quarters, first top-to-bottom and then down the middle.

In the News

Syracuse Common Council should adopt Vision Zero traffic safety plan (Your Letters)

Syracuse.com: Syracuse lawmakers support new traffic safety plan, but won’t vote to approve it

Spectrum News: City of Syracuse works to increase bike safety through improved infrastructure

Syracuse.com: Bike racks and bump-outs make downtown Syracuse better (Your Letters)

Syracuse.com: What is the Syracuse Urbanism Club? Group works to build more ‘human-centered’ city

Central Current: A New Club Takes on the Question: “Why Can’t We Make Syracuse the Most Beautiful City in the World?”

Syracuse.com: As good as I-81 plan is, more attention is needed to these key aspects (Guest opinion)

Central Current: Syracuse’s new bike festival centers women and gender nonconforming people

Daily Orange: Mini Meadows broadens Syracuse’s biodiversity, 1 flower at a time

Central Current: Syracuse Urbanism Collective to hold its first smart growth conference

General Resources

Congress for the New Urbanism

We are a member of the SustainCNY Coalition, led by GreeningUSA.

Ongoings, Organizations, & Resources in Syracuse Urbanism

Please feel free to send us additional resources if we’re missing any!

The I-81 Project: Community Grid Option

https://webapps.dot.ny.gov/i-81-viaduct-project

2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan

https://smtcmpo.org/mtp2050/

Micron

https://www.syracuse.com/business/2022/10/micron-picks-syracuse-suburb-for-huge-computer-chip-plant-that-would-bring-up-to-9000-jobs.html

https://www.syracuse.com/news/2022/11/onondaga-county-to-start-planning-micron-fueled-communities-no-bottom-feeding-allowed.html

https://www.syracuse.com/business/2023/05/onondaga-countys-plan-for-micron-housing-surge-put-more-people-closer-together.html

Major Developments of New Housing Underway

https://www.syracuse.com/news/2023/03/builder-shows-plans-for-600-housing-units-including-townhomes-near-syracuses-tipp-hill.html

Southern Downtown Revitalization

https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/transformational-projects-announced-for-syracuses-southwest-gateway/

Lakefront Area Improvements

https://www.syracuse.com/outdoors/2022/12/syracuse-unveils-108m-master-plan-to-revamp-undeveloped-areas-around-onondaga-lake-inner-harbor-photos.html

Bus Rapid Transit

https://centralcurrent.org/centros-plan-for-bus-rapid-transit-in-syracuse-evolves-updates-on-funding-drivers-and-routes/

Blueprint 15

https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2022/01/26/public-housing-transformation-gets-boost-freeway-teardown

Urbanism Blogs

http://www.thomasbardenett.com/

https://inthesalt.city/

Exploring Tomorrow’s Transit

https://smtcmpo.org/centroett/

Park(ing) Day

https://www.myparkingday.org/

Bike to Work Week

https://bikeleague.org/events/bike-month/dates-events/

Greater Syracuse Pedestrian Planning Map

https://smtc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/minimalist/index.html?appid=51b9db1bd1b74a49ba51f69e2d171044

ReLeaf Syracuse

https://www.syr.gov/Departments/Parks-Recreation/ReLeaf-Syracuse

Historic Aerial Images of Syracuse

http://www.terra-perspectives.com/1926-syr-aerials.html

Citizens Academy

https://www.focussyracuse.org/citizens-academy

Syracuse Urban Food Forest Project

https://www.esf.edu/suffp/index.php

Urbanist Works by Our Members

Baxter Hankin (President)

http://15th-ward-north.baxterhankin.com/

https://placeinitiative.org/receiver-places/

Jaynelle Nixon (Vice President)

https://fisherpub.sjf.edu/gatherings/vol1/iss1/7

Jason Luscier

Conserving Biodiversity in a Crowded World: Urban Wildlife Research in Syracuse