Syracuse's streets are full of cars driven by law-breaking suburbanites
www.syracuse.com/crime/2025/1...
www.syracuse.com/crime/2025/1...
October 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Syracuse's streets are full of cars driven by law-breaking suburbanites
www.syracuse.com/crime/2025/1...
www.syracuse.com/crime/2025/1...
hot damn, was not expecting this brutal takedown of Strathmore in a profile of the Liverpool Mayor
October 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
hot damn, was not expecting this brutal takedown of Strathmore in a profile of the Liverpool Mayor
this screen grab deserves a pulitzer
October 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
this screen grab deserves a pulitzer
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October 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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obsessed with this 1970s poster of Syracuse's parochial league
October 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
obsessed with this 1970s poster of Syracuse's parochial league
all my conversations with car drivers since they put in the school zone cameras
October 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
all my conversations with car drivers since they put in the school zone cameras
once again asking for a travel/lifestyle/culture print publication (like Southern Living) focused on the Great Lakes Basin
October 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
once again asking for a travel/lifestyle/culture print publication (like Southern Living) focused on the Great Lakes Basin
here's a photo looking down Cedar Street from State Street (basically the plaza in the proposed city hall) from 1961
September 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
here's a photo looking down Cedar Street from State Street (basically the plaza in the proposed city hall) from 1961
fwiw the security guard did suggest a detour (red), but it was to get on State Fair Blvd and bike through Lakeland which adds a mile to the trip and really misses the point of the Lake Trail
August 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
fwiw the security guard did suggest a detour (red), but it was to get on State Fair Blvd and bike through Lakeland which adds a mile to the trip and really misses the point of the Lake Trail
also seems like it'd be easy to fix
there's a pretty obvious detour around back of the amphitheater through the parking lot that we tried to use, except a security guard said no (orange)
also the makings of a trail along 9-mile creek that could be beefed up to avoid the problem (blue)
there's a pretty obvious detour around back of the amphitheater through the parking lot that we tried to use, except a security guard said no (orange)
also the makings of a trail along 9-mile creek that could be beefed up to avoid the problem (blue)
August 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
also seems like it'd be easy to fix
there's a pretty obvious detour around back of the amphitheater through the parking lot that we tried to use, except a security guard said no (orange)
also the makings of a trail along 9-mile creek that could be beefed up to avoid the problem (blue)
there's a pretty obvious detour around back of the amphitheater through the parking lot that we tried to use, except a security guard said no (orange)
also the makings of a trail along 9-mile creek that could be beefed up to avoid the problem (blue)
1990 population:
Providence, RI - 160,728
Syracuse, NY - 163,855
*Providence restores its downtown canal*
2020 population:
Providence, RI - 190,934 (+19%)
Syracuse, NY - 148,620 (-9%)
🤔
Providence, RI - 160,728
Syracuse, NY - 163,855
*Providence restores its downtown canal*
2020 population:
Providence, RI - 190,934 (+19%)
Syracuse, NY - 148,620 (-9%)
🤔
August 16, 2025 at 11:42 AM
1990 population:
Providence, RI - 160,728
Syracuse, NY - 163,855
*Providence restores its downtown canal*
2020 population:
Providence, RI - 190,934 (+19%)
Syracuse, NY - 148,620 (-9%)
🤔
Providence, RI - 160,728
Syracuse, NY - 163,855
*Providence restores its downtown canal*
2020 population:
Providence, RI - 190,934 (+19%)
Syracuse, NY - 148,620 (-9%)
🤔
considering that James St between Grant/Midler has the Curd Nerd (a cheese monger), Papa John's (most items on their menu include cheese), Luv Handles (frozen yogurt, a dairy product similar in some ways to cheese), and Walgreens (frozen cheese products), hard to argue this ISN'T a cheese district
August 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
considering that James St between Grant/Midler has the Curd Nerd (a cheese monger), Papa John's (most items on their menu include cheese), Luv Handles (frozen yogurt, a dairy product similar in some ways to cheese), and Walgreens (frozen cheese products), hard to argue this ISN'T a cheese district
I hate shakespeare so fucking much
August 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I hate shakespeare so fucking much
makes me think of a lot of things (how kids need places to be, how stores can be integral to a community), but one of the biggest is how ideas of 'neighborhood character' are based on how thing have been since 1990, and modern zoning would have made the actually existing historical city impossible
July 16, 2025 at 2:54 AM
makes me think of a lot of things (how kids need places to be, how stores can be integral to a community), but one of the biggest is how ideas of 'neighborhood character' are based on how thing have been since 1990, and modern zoning would have made the actually existing historical city impossible
just talked to a guy who grew up in Westcott south of Euclid a few decades ago, said the area used to be a 'real neighborhood' because it had a bunch of stores where kids could hang out
he rattled off a few I'd never heard of, including this one on the NE corner of Euclid and Strong
he rattled off a few I'd never heard of, including this one on the NE corner of Euclid and Strong
July 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
just talked to a guy who grew up in Westcott south of Euclid a few decades ago, said the area used to be a 'real neighborhood' because it had a bunch of stores where kids could hang out
he rattled off a few I'd never heard of, including this one on the NE corner of Euclid and Strong
he rattled off a few I'd never heard of, including this one on the NE corner of Euclid and Strong
by far the densest tract in Upstate is Collegetown in Ithaca
the neighborhood is 10x more densely populated than Syracuse, and it looks like this:
the neighborhood is 10x more densely populated than Syracuse, and it looks like this:
July 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
by far the densest tract in Upstate is Collegetown in Ithaca
the neighborhood is 10x more densely populated than Syracuse, and it looks like this:
the neighborhood is 10x more densely populated than Syracuse, and it looks like this:
New York State and Onondaga County with population density by census tract represented in 3D
July 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
New York State and Onondaga County with population density by census tract represented in 3D
they pulled this shit, fencing off a desire path, on the other side of the building over the winter
July 13, 2025 at 11:33 PM
they pulled this shit, fencing off a desire path, on the other side of the building over the winter
that's more than twice the density of the next densest block, and it's about 50x the density of the City as a whole
that one errant block really stands out
that one errant block really stands out
July 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
that's more than twice the density of the next densest block, and it's about 50x the density of the City as a whole
that one errant block really stands out
that one errant block really stands out
according to the census bureau, 121 people live in the little strip of land underneath I81 between Taylor and Burt
that's just 1,213 square feet of space, so if you take the numbers at face value, population density there is 258,358 people per square mile
that's just 1,213 square feet of space, so if you take the numbers at face value, population density there is 258,358 people per square mile
July 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
according to the census bureau, 121 people live in the little strip of land underneath I81 between Taylor and Burt
that's just 1,213 square feet of space, so if you take the numbers at face value, population density there is 258,358 people per square mile
that's just 1,213 square feet of space, so if you take the numbers at face value, population density there is 258,358 people per square mile
the thing about this that makes me think it won't work is there's no word that rhymes with 'Hogan' such that you could make as snappy a slogan as "write down Byron Brown"
July 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
the thing about this that makes me think it won't work is there's no word that rhymes with 'Hogan' such that you could make as snappy a slogan as "write down Byron Brown"
a house cannot be in the shadow of a lake unless it is underwater
July 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
a house cannot be in the shadow of a lake unless it is underwater
take a look at this tiny ass zinnia
June 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
take a look at this tiny ass zinnia
on foot you want building that hug the sidewalk because it means everything's a little bit closer and a little easier to get to
also provides that sense of enclosure that makes city streets feel safer and more comfortable
AND it makes people drive a little slower so they're less likely to kill you
also provides that sense of enclosure that makes city streets feel safer and more comfortable
AND it makes people drive a little slower so they're less likely to kill you
June 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
on foot you want building that hug the sidewalk because it means everything's a little bit closer and a little easier to get to
also provides that sense of enclosure that makes city streets feel safer and more comfortable
AND it makes people drive a little slower so they're less likely to kill you
also provides that sense of enclosure that makes city streets feel safer and more comfortable
AND it makes people drive a little slower so they're less likely to kill you
looking at the SDC project site plan, and there's something kind of weird about modern architects/landscape architects that makes them allergic to building to the lot line at intersections
June 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
looking at the SDC project site plan, and there's something kind of weird about modern architects/landscape architects that makes them allergic to building to the lot line at intersections