Syracuse ceramic studio has big assignment: Fixing up the NYC subway

By Dick Case of the Post Standard

Bob Shenfeld is settling into his new ceramics studio on West Fayette Street. It looks like a go, after six months.
The dusty, one-story brick building used to be home to a company that made countertops. It’s next door to his former studio on the top floor of the ex-Porter [...]

HUD secretary tours two Syracuse neighborhoods

By Maureen Nolan / The Post-Standard
October 23, 2009, 4:15PM
Federal Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan got a tour today of Syracuse’s Near West and North sides at the request of U.S. Senator Charles Schumer and Congressman Dan Maffei last Friday.
Schumer, standing in front of a formerly vacant, newly renovated house on Marcellus Street, [...]

Urban Arts and Crafts debut in Syracuse

By: News 10 Web Staff
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A new event brought alternative arts and crafts to Syracuse on Saturday. The first ever Salt City Urban Art and Craft Market was held at the Case Supply Building on Wyoming Street.
The market showcased 40 local artists who offered unique handmade pieces including everything from jewelry to [...]

Construction of three “green” homes begins on Syracuse’s Near West Side

By Marie Morelli / The Post-Standard
Syracuse, NY —  Ground was broken Wednesday for three innovative “green” houses that will be built on Syracuse’s Near West Side.
They are the winners of a sustainable design competition sponsored by the Syracuse University School of Architecture, Home HeadQuarters Inc. and the Syracuse Center of Excellence.
The houses are to be [...]

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Syracuse’s Near West Side neighborhood looks for future in SALT

Taken from the Post Standard.  Article written by Pam Lundborg on October 18th, 2009
Five years ago, some of the area’s remaining neighbors met at St. Lucy’s Church, on Gifford Street. They asked what has become a $44 million question: Isn’t this area — with its proximity to downtown and the Delavan Art Gallery building housing [...]

Construction to begin on innovative green homes in Near Westside neighborhood

A groundbreaking ceremony will be held on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 12:30 p.m. at 626 Otisco Street for the three houses that won the “From the Ground Up: Innovative Green Homes” international design competition in January 2009, sponsored by the Syracuse University School of Architecture, Home HeadQuarters, Inc., and the Syracuse Center of Excellence [...]

‘TURNER to CEZANNE’ exhibition opens today at Everson Museum

Today marks a proud day for the Everson Museum.  Starting today, October 9th, until January 3rd of 2010, the Everson Museum will host the “Turner to Cezanne” exhibit.  This is a rare collection that is not often toured and when it is, it is only done so in midsize to small size cities.  Syracuse is [...]

Lipe Art Park Opening This Saturday!

A new art exhibition, “Drawing In Air,” by Andy Schuster, is being launched at Lipe Art Park on West Fayette Street just west of downtown this fall by the Friends of Lipe Art Park. An opening for the exhibition will be held at the park on Saturday, October 10th between 5 and 7 pm. Conceived [...]

Near Westside Initiative hands out honors for work in Syracuse neighborhood

This article was written by Maureen Nolan for the Post Standard on October 1st, 2009
Gladys Smith knows a dream-maker when she sees one. In this case it was the young employee she’d noticed at Nojaim Brothers Supermarket on the Near West Side.
Smith started chatting with her when she came in to buy her groceries, learned [...]