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a small creek--inaccessible and severely polluted--runs through downtown syracuse from onondaga lake, like a secret.

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Joshua said...: inaccessible, huh? maybe creek nymphs painted all that graffiti.; May 8, 2010 at 10:46 AM
VA said...: nice; May 8, 2010 at 11:08 AM
Joshua said...: project opportunity, though huh?; May 8, 2010 at 1:44 PM
Unknown said...: i guess i mean inaccessible/unnoticed/unwanted by the downtown population. there's a potential for a really interesting intervention here, though.; May 8, 2010 at 2:42 PM
Kaitlyn said...: build a clubhouse! slash do something to make the water less awful.; May 8, 2010 at 5:15 PM
Unknown said...: clubhouse for the homeless? there was a creepy futon down there. i wonder if it's actual gang graffiti or if it's the little skater punks i see everywhere? we comment all the time about how the skating community are really the only people you see out and activating public spaces around here.; May 8, 2010 at 5:24 PM
Joshua said...: yeah, something that engages that urban demographic and the environmental problem with city run-off would be cool. in paris, there was a project where someone created skate parks, basketball courts and what not underneath the metro-line bridges. i also saw a design for wind turbines placed within the scaffolding of powerlines, generating energy and feeding directly into the network. i just like the idea of designs within the negative spaces that seem to already be occupied like this.; May 8, 2010 at 6:08 PM
casey s said...: hammock floors.; May 9, 2010 at 7:04 AM
Unknown said...: josh, can you get me the sources for those two projects, or at least some leads? i would really appreciate it.; May 9, 2010 at 3:36 PM
Joshua said...: yeah, definitely.; May 10, 2010 at 8:44 AM
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Amy said...: doesnt that creek branch off from the lake? If so we have bigger issues than city pollutants. Also I know of a lot of restoration projects that deal with these exact projects. They incorporate walkways so that its a safer way of transportation off the street.; May 10, 2010 at 10:08 AM
Joshua said...: dylan, here are some sites. hope they help.

powerlines-
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/05/wind-power-electrical-tower.php

solar panel forest-
http://www.solarfeeds.com/ecofriend/8149-solar-forest-keeps-your-ev-cool-and-charges-it-as-well

skate park-skate park under the 2nd metro line bridge in the 10th arrondissement

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasinnocenzi/3582326045/

http://parisisinvisible.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html

* do "control F" and type "skate" to find the right blog entry.

**I have not seen any real information about the planners for the project. I doubt it was overseen by an architect. Something like this would most likely take a city initiative to hire the contractors to build without hassling with an architect. However it is a good idea. Dylan, I believe there many other skating initiatives like this. I know San Diego has recently added a larger skate park underneath some overpasses.; May 11, 2010 at 8:18 AM
Unknown said...: thanks, homme.; May 12, 2010 at 3:48 AM

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