The 15th Ward was a predominately Black and Jewish neighborhood in the 1950s and 60s that was bulldozed to make way for the elevated portion of I-81 that runs through the city--part of a ...

Syracuse’s 15th Ward is now the recipient of one of the largest federal housing investments in the city’s history. Thu, 26 Jun 2025 00:24:24 GMT (1750897464842) Story Infinite Scroll ...

In Syracuse, that neighborhood includes a concentration of public housing in the old 15th Ward. $30 million was originally earmarked to begin the process of building new infrastructure there once ...

The documentary is “Syracuse’s 15th Ward and Beyond” and it’s Courtney’s work. She graduated from. ... This was New York’s state’s first federal housing complex.

But within the 15th Ward, life could still be sweet, recalled Clarence Dunham, who grew up there and has seen the changes first hand. “In Syracuse, the Black neighborhood was very small,” Mr ...

As a freeway comes down, Syracuse, New York, faces its legacy of segregation. The I-81 freeway in Syracuse, New York. ... many settled in a crowded neighborhood known as the 15th Ward.

New York State Department of Transportation plans to replace the viaduct that runs Interstate 81 through Syracuse. The viaduct, which was built in the late 1950s, cuts through the center of the city ...

Van Robinson, former president of the Syracuse Common Council and longtime advocate in Central New York, has died. The Council Chambers was officially named after Robinson in 2023. Robinson moved ...

On Friday, several of the biggest names in New York politics gathered in Syracuse to celebrate razing a piece of Interstate 81. ... The 15th Ward, as the neighborhood is known, ...

Rebecca Gaburel, a member of the West Point 15th Ward and a junior at Syracuse High School, speaks at a media event for the new Syracuse Utah Temple on Wednesday, May 7, 2025.