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You could throw a dart at an Atlanta area apartment complex and there is like an 80 percent chance it is super attractive, impressive and inspiring. No wonder it has been booming so much the past 50 years. Endless amounts of beautiful architecture in the Atlanta area.
If we're having the functional versus beautiful debate about Syracuse and are only talking about apartments, I think we have lost the plot. To begin with, in my opinion, apartments are a negative in any area, regardless of what they look like, because they increase density, which then creates cascading second-order negative impacts. Additionally, and again in my opinion, apartments are a negative because in a country that reserves its greatest rewards for ownership, apartments discourage home ownership.
As far as the design of Syracuse, it is virtually locked in. The current effort to move 81 is the exception that proves the rule, and you will see very few efforts like that in your lifetime due to the level of labor and expense involved. Syracuse is an organic unplanned municipality. This comes with negatives and positives. If you have ever been to a "master planned" community, you should have a sense of this. They often lack interest and uniqueness and are basically the same as the next one down the pike. They also are built with density in mind, and as I said before, it comes with a lot of negatives.
One of the reasons I love Syracuse is because I can move around in it really easily. I was amazed at how often I could just pull out onto the road without waiting for traffic. I stayed there recently and I was laughing because everywhere I wanted to go was 5-10 minutes. You can drive an hour from Syracuse and feel like you are practically on a different planet. I live in Sarasota, and yes, the amenities vastly out-number Syracuse. But what good is it if you can't get to them? You can drive an hour from Sarasota and still be in Sarasota, four miles from where you started.
^Thank you for the input! This is why other aspects should be mentioned in terms of city design, as how to navigate a city and infrastructure is just as, if not more important than structures that are subjective in attractiveness.
What people may or may not know is that Syracuse for a good portion of its history was actually a top 50 city in population until roughly the very late 1950's. Keep in mind that the city's land area has stayed the same since the mid/late 1920's at around 25 square miles and the metro area is still in the top 100 in population(the urban area fell to 102 recently). So, it is just as much of a "legacy" city that has amenities from a time it was a bigger city. Meaning, it has many arts based amenities(museums, Opera, Ballet, an orchestra), major Division 1 athletics and the highest level of minor league Hockey and Baseball, it has the biggest shopping center in the state and tied for 8th biggest in the country, festivals of all types, the NYS Fair, etc. in an area that is relative affordable and can get to much of anything in 20 minutes, give or take.
I think the other thing to consider is that it is the main city in a region(CNY at its most encompassing definition) of roughly 1.2 million people and is the biggest city in between Yonkers and Rochester within the state. Hence, the likely reason the former Bureau of Economic Analysis Economic Area that the city headlined had around 2 million people and was around 36th in the country at the time.
Also, an hour/hour and a half from the city means places like Ithaca, the western portion of the Adirondacks, Lake Ontario, the Thousand Islands and much of the Finger Lakes, among other things. That is possible to do from the heart of the city, because you don't really have traffic to contend with in order to leave the city, which is a good thing. Hopefully, as the area is likely to grow, the infrastructure will be in place for people to continue to get around the city/area efficiently by car.
Now, I think the focus has to be on public transportation and bike infrastructure, in terms of improving on those modes of transportation in the area.
Symmetry plays a massive yet subtle role in architecture. It helps in instilling balance, order, harmony, stability, and aesthetically appealing results in a building. As a result, it also influences the architectural space to a great extent.
Symmetry is the arrangement and even distribution of forms and spaces on either side of a dividing line, plane, or axis.
Design, fashion art, architecture all make use of symmetry. If a design or a structure is symmetrical, then it has balance and harmony, which people say makes it pleasant to look at. Symmetry speaks of deep connections that lie underneath superficial differences. When symmetry appears even subtly, it causes an intuitive excitement.
Symmetry is often referred to one of the more quantifiable areas of design. Its language is mathematics. Snowflakes are beautiful because they embody just the right amount of symmetry. People find symmetry beautiful whether it is in mathematically perfect spirals of snails and shells.
Symmetry plays a massive yet subtle role in architecture. It helps in instilling balance, order, harmony, stability, and aesthetically appealing results in a building. As a result, it also influences the architectural space to a great extent.
Symmetry is the arrangement and even distribution of forms and spaces on either side of a dividing line, plane, or axis.
Design, fashion art, architecture all make use of symmetry. If a design or a structure is symmetrical, then it has balance and harmony, which people say makes it pleasant to look at. Symmetry speaks of deep connections that lie underneath superficial differences. When symmetry appears even subtly, it causes an intuitive excitement.
Symmetry is often referred to one of the more quantifiable areas of design. Its language is mathematics. Snowflakes are beautiful because they embody just the right amount of symmetry. People find symmetry beautiful whether it is in mathematically perfect spirals of snails and shells.
The problem, which another poster stated is that if the focus is on apartments, you are missing the point or is a very small part of the city design picture.
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Or even at a suburban intersection like this one at Route 31 and Henry Clay Boulevard in the town of Clay east of the Micron site, which could be developed around: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1866...8192?entry=ttu
or even as infill at this village of Liverpool site on perhaps a smaller scale, where you can create a new road with buildings on each side of it and it is would bring more vibrancy to its Downtown: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1014...8192?entry=ttu
Similar to Griffiss Air Base/Business Park, the Hancock Airpark at the former Hancock Air Base could also be a good site for that type of development off of Taft Road: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1244...2i37?entry=ttu
towards where the former base housing was located(may have to be rezoned though), but is near Northern Boulevard, the airport and not too far from I-481 or employers: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1233...2i37?entry=ttu
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Why not take a look at a 3D architectural animation that can also make everyone feel interesting?
I'm glad to see the architectural landscape sparking discussion among everyone.Why not take a look at a 3D architectural animation that can also make everyone feel interesting?
