Design
Can Syracuse Resurrect Its Street Life?
A handful of new buildings bring commerce and artists to the sidewalks.
Syracuse’s urban fabric has not fared well since a wave of post-war suburbanization. Surface parking and highways redefined the city’s core for the worse, while surrounding neighborhoods struggled to stabilize after losing jobs and residents.
But the architects at Fiedler Marciano saw a small opportunity to shift the tide with 219 West, a three-story brick building on a traffic island bordering the city’s west side and popular entertainment district Armory Square.