Development in and Around Syracuse Discussion

[shandeezy7]

I guess rumors of an NYC brewery opening a location in the former Empire weren't true, but nice to see the space finally getting occupied:

A ‘chicken and bourbon joint’ is coming to the former Empire Brewing space in Armory Square

It's from the owners of The Hops Spot, who are also opening a new cocktail bar

www.syracuse.com

 

[shandeezy7]

$25M business incubator expansion to give dark corner of downtown Syracuse a cool new look

See the plans for the expansion, which will connect to city's convention district.

www.syracuse.com

 

[shandeezy7]

 

[Trueblue25]

$25M business incubator expansion to give dark corner of downtown Syracuse a cool new look

See the plans for the expansion, which will connect to city's convention district.

www.syracuse.com

Huge.

 

[KellySyracuse]

This place sounds delightful, only open on the weekends currently.

The Best Cinnamon Bun in Syracuse — SINBUN

SINBUN is the best place in Syracuse to get takeout food for a sweet classic cinnamon bun or a sweet cookie bun. Try the savory flavors like Pizza Bun, Buffalo Chicken Bun, or Steak and Cheese Bun.

www.eatsinbun.com

First Look: This new kitchen turned a traditional cinnamon bun into a savory steak & cheese roll for two

A Buffalo chicken bun? Pizza bun? Yep. But you'll need a knife and fork.

www.syracuse.com

"Syracuse, N.Y. — The kitchen at 435 N. Salina St. smells like the Cinnabon shop at a mall, a traditional steakhouse and New York pizzeria at the same time...

“A savory cinnamon bun is a new concept for people to grasp,” Jake said. “This new format has some educational challenges with customers. The biggest point is communicating that we do not include cinnamon filling in all the buns.”

Their first go at a non-sweet bun was their interpretation of a classic breakfast sandwich. It was rolled-and-cut dough filled with crispy hash browns, scrambled eggs, cheese and bacon. It was finished with a hash brown patty, poached egg, bacon bits and a spicy cream sauce."

 

[TexanMark]

The design on the Tech Garden actually looks good against the high rises. Hopefully it'll spur more quality development on the south edge of downtown.

 

[KellySyracuse]

Upstate New York tree hunter just discovered the biggest tree in NY (maybe the biggest of its kind in the nation)

Measuring 34-feet around, giant tree might be the biggest eastern cottonwood in U.S.

www.syracuse.com

"The circumference of the Schaghticoke cottonwood measured 33 feet 9 ¼ inches, or about 11 feet in diameter."

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Upstate New York tree hunter just discovered the biggest tree in NY (maybe the biggest of its kind in the nation)

Measuring 34-feet around, giant tree might be the biggest eastern cottonwood in U.S.

www.syracuse.com

"The circumference of the Schaghticoke cottonwood measured 33 feet 9 ¼ inches, or about 11 feet in diameter."

Morning wood.

Measure it again in the afternoon.

 

[donniesyracuse]

Upstate New York tree hunter just discovered the biggest tree in NY (maybe the biggest of its kind in the nation)

Measuring 34-feet around, giant tree might be the biggest eastern cottonwood in U.S.

www.syracuse.com

"The circumference of the Schaghticoke cottonwood measured 33 feet 9 ¼ inches, or about 11 feet in diameter."

hunting trees > hunting deer

 

[EnviroSciGuy]

Upstate New York tree hunter just discovered the biggest tree in NY (maybe the biggest of its kind in the nation)

Measuring 34-feet around, giant tree might be the biggest eastern cottonwood in U.S.

www.syracuse.com

"The circumference of the Schaghticoke cottonwood measured 33 feet 9 ¼ inches, or about 11 feet in diameter."

Fred has been sharing some things about this for awhile on social media. I'm surprised it took so long for him to get this measured.

Also, if anybody is ever in Esperance, the Landis Arboretum is a delightful place to visit.

 

[Cusefan0307]

OH FU to all these fckn losers.

Group attempting to stop I-81 project throws another argument into the mix

Judge schedules hearing to consider expanding lawsuit and any delays it would cause

www.syracuse.com

 

[KellySyracuse]

Proposed Inner Harbor improvements, you can see the photos here. I like what they have planned for the end of the creek walk at the edge of the lake.

Syracuse unveils $108M plan to revamp area around Onondaga Lake, Inner Harbor (photos)

Check out city's plan to revitalize waterfront areas

www.syracuse.com

 

[shandeezy7]

Proposed Inner Harbor improvements, you can see the photos here. I like what they have planned for the end of the creek walk at the edge of the lake.

Syracuse unveils $108M plan to revamp area around Onondaga Lake, Inner Harbor (photos)

Check out city's plan to revitalize waterfront areas

www.syracuse.com

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Wasn't this (or something very similar) proposed several years ago? I swear I've seen those renderings before.

Edit: yup, in 2017:

Proposal to build 'lake lounge' at Onondaga Creekwalk moves forward

Plans to add a lounge along the Onondaga Creekwalk are now in motion.The proposed lounge would be placed where the Inner Harbor Creekwalk meets Onondaga Lake near Destiny USA.Digital renderings show what the lake lounge could offer; the project includes d

cnycentral.com

 

[KellySyracuse]

Here is the master plan posted by the city that has the details:

https://86b242a9-d833-43ef-b1fc-26cfc6cc0a7f.usrfiles.com/ugd/86b242_c8201079de1846a984bec6794f1d7b97.pdf

or you can get the PDF link from their site:

SURVEY | Syracuse LWRP

www.syracuselwrp.com

 

[KellySyracuse]

There are more details on the city's site and this is interesting. A mixed use entertainment hub near the Byrne Dairy plant and NBT stadium, see #11

 

[KellySyracuse]

They plan to connect the loop the lake trail to the Regional Market and ball park

 

[KellySyracuse]

Finally, they plan to improve the Hiawatha/Bear St intersection to make it more pedestrian friendly

 

[KellySyracuse]

This is exciting, improvements to all of these roads are so badly needed.

 

[KellySyracuse]

more details on the mixed use entertainment hub by the ball park

 

[Fly Rodder]

Finally, they plan to improve the Hiawatha/Bear St intersection to make it more pedestrian friendly

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I like renderings and its great to see what things could look like, but everyone puts too many pedestrians in these things. It supposes nearly NYC level of densities.

 

[KellySyracuse]

Great write up today by Michelle Breidenbach

Why an I-81 ‘skyway’ would be costly and unworkable: ‘Who wants to live under a 70-foot bridge?’

Tall bridge over Syracuse would knock out dozens of buildings, drop ice bombs, cast shadows

www.syracuse.com

"The group Renew 81 for All wants the state to build an enormous bridge that would keep high-speed traffic flowing over the city without dropping to street level. They call it a “skyway” and want to name it after the abolitionist Harriet Tubman – even though it would cast a shadow over the Black community.

Yes, it could technically be built, experts say reluctantly. But why would anyone build such a thing?

There is nothing like it in America, experts say.

That’s because construction of a skyway over land would cost too much, take too long and knock down up to 40 functioning buildings, some of them historic landmarks. The owners of those buildings, and others that would be dwarfed by a monster bridge, would sue the state and complain the project kills any chance of economic development.

Once built, a skyway over snowy Syracuse would drop ice bombs on cars and people below."

 

[shandeezy7]

Lots of investment in this part of the north side lately:

Apartments at old car factory among $150M in new North Side projects in the works

Officials see the development projects anchoring a revitalization of Washington Square area.

www.syracuse.com

 

[KellySyracuse]

Lots of investment in this part of the north side lately:

Apartments at old car factory among $150M in new North Side projects in the works

Officials see the development projects anchoring a revitalization of Washington Square area.

www.syracuse.com

So glad to read this, it's about time. There are some folks on the North Side that don't want all the apartments though, they think they'll be subsidized and drive up the property taxes. No logic there.

 

[shandeezy7]

So glad to read this, it's about time. There are some folks on the North Side that don't want all the apartments though, they think they'll be subsidized and drive up the property taxes. No logic there.

I'm not sure I understand how they would drive up property taxes?

 

[Cusefan0307]

Great write up today by Michelle Breidenbach

Why an I-81 ‘skyway’ would be costly and unworkable: ‘Who wants to live under a 70-foot bridge?’

Tall bridge over Syracuse would knock out dozens of buildings, drop ice bombs, cast shadows

www.syracuse.com

"The group Renew 81 for All wants the state to build an enormous bridge that would keep high-speed traffic flowing over the city without dropping to street level. They call it a “skyway” and want to name it after the abolitionist Harriet Tubman – even though it would cast a shadow over the Black community.

Yes, it could technically be built, experts say reluctantly. But why would anyone build such a thing?

There is nothing like it in America, experts say.

That’s because construction of a skyway over land would cost too much, take too long and knock down up to 40 functioning buildings, some of them historic landmarks. The owners of those buildings, and others that would be dwarfed by a monster bridge, would sue the state and complain the project kills any chance of economic development.

Once built, a skyway over snowy Syracuse would drop ice bombs on cars and people below."

The people that want this ridiculously expensive monstrosity are the same people who complain about taxes all the time.