The West Street Corridor Master Plan

TheThe WestWest StreetStreet CorridorCorridor MasterMaster PlanPlan CreatingCreating aa BalancedBalanced RightRight--ofof--WayWay TheThe WestWest StreetStreet CorridorCorridor MasterMaster PlanPlan CreatingCreating aa BalancedBalanced RightRight--ofof--WayWay April 19, 2006 Paul Salvatore Mercurio Major Professor: George W. Curry Capstone Committee: Cheryl Doble, Preston Gilbert PresentationPresentation OutlineOutline • Overview • Master Plan Design – Location – Mass / Space Diagram – Walk-Through – Concept Areas – Corridor Treatment • History – Park Avenue Gateway – 1834 • Plan View • Circulation – 1892 • Circulation • Sections – 1911 – Armory Square Gateway – 1953 • Plan View – 1970 • Circulation – 2003 • Sections • Inventory • Conclusions – Economics – Transportation – Spatial Form – Safety / Sense of Place OVERVIEWOVERVIEW HISTORYHISTORY The tale of West Street’s Map Source: “Map of Syracuse 1834” Onondaga Historical Association Museum, Archives Division beginings is similar to the Folder: Syracuse Maps. Syracuse, NY. Notes: Drawn with AutoCAD, Photoshop and Illustrator City of Syracuse. Salt production and geographic location were both the cause of West Street’s early growth. These factors also started West Street GENESEE TURNPI as an industrial corridor. KE West Street began as an in- Example of an Erie Canal Barge: John Greenway’s Yacht. dustrial corridor for the pro- Source: Will H. Olmstead Collection. Onondaga Historical Association Museum, Archives Division. duction of salt. As salt pro- Industries Folder: Breweries. Syraucse, NY. duction grew, large areas of NORTH WEST STREET flat land were needed to lay out the boiler houses and solar beds. The area west of West Street contained some of EET the earliest large scale salt WATER STR LIN STREET LIN production. These salt houses K defined the spatial character FRAN of this street to the west and ERIE CANAL set in motion its presence as Wheel Barrows of Salt in Syracuse, 18__ MILL POND Source: “Erie Canal Museum: Photos from the Collection” an industrial corridor. The Erie Canal Museum. Syracuse, NY. 1989. area east of West Street was bounded by the swamps of Onondaga Creek and the Mill Pond. Some of Syracuse’s first SOUTH WEST STREET mills were located here to acces the water power. West Street was bounded to the north by Onondaga Creek, with the Genesee Turn- pike intersection holding Syracuse Salt Sheds and Solar Evaporation, 18__ ONONDAGA Source: “Erie Canal Museum: Photos from the Collection” nearby prominence. Early on Erie Canal Museum. Syracuse, NY. 1989. CREE West Street did not have a K FEET southern edge. However, the corridor eventually extended to, and was bounded by, West Onondaga Street. SOUTH WEST STREET Salt Boiler Shed in Syracuse, Woodcut. Source: Schramm, Henry W. and William F. Roseboom “Syracuse: from Salt to Satellite” Windsor Publications Inc. Woodlawn Hills, CA 1979. Commercial salt production Walton Tract, the future site of Downtown Water level of Onondaga Lake and Creek Erie Canal West Street appears as begins along Onondaga Lake. Syracuse, surveyed by James Geddes. lowered to facilitate construction of Erie Canal. completed. “Apple Street” on maps. 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 THE WEST STREET CORRIDOR MASTER PLAN: 0’ 200’ 600’ CREATING A BALANCED RIGHT OF WAY NORTH FEBRUARY 14, 2006 PAUL SALVATORE MERCURIO WEST STREET CORRIDOR: 1834 MAJOR PROFESSOR: GEORGE W. CURRY CAPSTONE COMMITTEE: CHERYL DOBLE & PRESTON GILBERT FIGURE 3.1 In the late 1800s, West Map Source: 1892 Sanborn Maps. Vol. 1 & 2. Sheets 15 - 17, 28, 37, 46, 54, 55, and 109 - 111. Onondaga Historical Street’s industrial corridor Association Museum, Archives Division Syracuse, NY. Notes: Drawn with AutoCAD, Photoshop and Illustrator grew from the presence of WEST BELDEN AVE NUE railroads. The area of West Street from Tracy Street south to Otisco Street contained much of this industrial pres- WEST GENESEE STREET ence. Buildings here took up entire blocks with open spaces utilized for material storage. West Street also func- PLUM STREET PAR K AVENUE tioned as a residential street. General Store in Syracuse, circa 18__. NORTH WEST STREET Source: “Erie Canal Museum: Photos from the Collection” The areas bordering the in- Erie Canal Museum. Syracuse, NY. 1989. dustrial core held many two- story houses densely spaced WILKINSON STREET together, likely working hous- TRACY STREET ing. Two posh residential dis- WATER STREET tricts were found along West Street during this time as well. ERIE CANAL Mansions lined both West KLIN STREET KLIN Genesee Street and West On- FRAN ondaga Street, as seen by the large building footprints, with WEST FAYETTE STREET NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD spacious separation between structures. WAL TON STREET Onondaga Creek, looking south from West Genesee Street. Source: Smith, H.P. “Syracuse and Its Surrounds” During this period rail- SOUTH WEST STREET Black Dome Press Corp. Hensonville, NY. 2002. roads had become the pre- MARCELLUS STREET dominant form of freight WEST JEFFERSON STREET transportation. The industrial core of West Street capitalized DELAW OTISCO STREET on this with its large railyard ARE, LAC WYOMING STREET KAW to the south of the canal. W TULLY STREET A NNA Here goods were exchanged ESTERN AND ONONDAGA between rail lines as well as RAILROAD the Erie Canal. CREEK Trolleys were becoming FABIUS STREET West Jefferson Street Train Station. the main form of personal Source: Smith, H.P. “Syracuse and Its Surrounds” Black Dome Press Corp. Hensonville, NY. 2002. transportation. Six trolley lines cross along West Street SOUTH WEST STREET at this time, connecting neigh- borhoods to the west with the GIFFORD STREET jobs located along the canal or in Downtown Syracuse. SEYMOUR STREET SHONNARD STREET STREET Trolley Lines at Gifford St and South West Street Looking West, circa 1938. Source: Onondaga Historical Association Museum, Archives Division. Folder: Block 245. Syracuse, NY. WEST ONONDAGA Syracuse and Auburn Railroad built along Washington Syracuse, Binghamton and New York SBNYR bought by the Delaware, New York State consolidates Street which later becomes New York Central Railroad Railroad (SBNYR) built as a north to south line. Lackawanna and Western Rail (DLW). trolley services. 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 THE WEST STREET CORRIDOR MASTER PLAN: 0’ 200’ 600’ CREATING A BALANCED RIGHT OF WAY NORTH FEBRUARY 14, 2006 PAUL SALVATORE MERCURIO WEST STREET CORRIDOR: 1892 MAJOR PROFESSOR: GEORGE W. CURRY CAPSTONE COMMITTEE: CHERYL DOBLE & PRESTON GILBERT FIGURE 3.2 Map Source: 1911 Sanborn Maps. Vol. 2 & 3. Sheets 151, During the early part of 153, 155, 157, 172, 178, 182, 188, 301, 302, 304, 309 and 313. Onondaga Historical Association the Twentieth Century, Museum, Archives Division. Syracuse, NY. Syracuse’s industrial structure Notes: Drawn with AutoCAD, Photoshop and Illustrator WEST BELDEN had changed from being reli- AVE NUE ant on salt to other industries. West Street flourished in this industrial climate. Railroad and trolley lines kept expand- WEST GENESEE STREET ing. Industrial and residential structures grew in size and PLUM STREET density as well. Empire State Express at Washington Street, 19__. Source: Onondaga Historical Association Museum, While the expansion of PAR K AVENUE Archives Division. Transportation Folder: Trains railroads was a sign of a suc- NORTH WEST STREET Syracuse, NY. cessful city, they created prob- lems for Syracuse residents. Trains ran through Syracuse WILKINSON STREET EET at a slow 15 mph and blocked TRACY STREET WATER STR north-south traffic many times a day. The entire central zone of West Street had tracks ERIE CANAL crossing the street multiple times in a given block. K CENTRAL RAILROAD NEW YOR In the northern portion of Looking Southwest at West Fayee Street and South KLIN STREET KLIN West Street, circa 1938. YETTE STREET Source: Onondaga Historical Association Museum, West Street, industrial struc- WEST FA FRAN Archives Division. Ward Two Folder: Photography Syracuse, NY. tures from the Franklin WALTON STREET Square area began expanding SOUTH WEST STREET along West Belden Avenue. WEST JEFFERSON STREET The mansions along West MARCELLUS STREET Genesee Street had become more dense, with smaller OTISCO STREET DELAWARE, LAC (though still sizeable) lots. AND WESTERN RAILROAD WYOMING STREET The residential buildings TULLY STREET KAWANNA in the southern part of West Looking North at South West Street and Walton Street, circa 1938. Street began to be replaced ONONDAGA Source: Onondaga Historical Association Museum, FABIUS STREET Archives Division. Ward Two Folder: Photography with multistory buildings CREEK Syracuse, NY. during these years. These larger buildings housed apart- ments as well as many small businesses. During these SOUTH WEST STREET years, West Street was becom- GIFFORD STREET ing known as a local shopping area for nearby residents. SEYMOUR STREET T STREET SHONNARD STREE Greenway Brewery at Water Street and Franklin Streets Looking West, circa 1875. Source: Onondaga Historical Association Museum, WEST ONONDAGA Archives Division. Industries Folder: Breweries Syracuse, NY. Syracuse breweries produce more 300,000 barrels a year. H. H. Franklin Manufacturing Company Cigar making 10th largest Syracuse the “Manufacturing Powerhouse,” including candlemaking, Bartel and Greenway Breweries located at West Street. founded, one of the nation’s first auto makers. industry in Syracuse. steel processing, toolmaking and electric engineering industries. 1890 1900 1910 1920 THE WEST STREET CORRIDOR MASTER PLAN: 0’ 200’ 600’ CREATING

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