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Onondaga Citizens League presents The World at Our Doorstep Film Series

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In conjunction with its study on refugee resettlement and how to make Syracuse a more welcoming community, OCL presented two documentary films on refugee resettlement. OCL also presented three free documentary films on different aspects of the issue of refugee resettlement in other cities. Welcome to Shelbyville is a glimpse of a small town in... Read more »

Onondaga Citizens League Wins Tender Loving Care Award

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SYRACUSE — The Preservation Association of Central New York (PACNY) awarded The Onondaga Citizens League and the Syracuse Downtown Committee its 2011 Tender Loving Care Award in recognition of the outstanding work on the Syracuse Downtown Living Tour. The Onondaga Citizens League was instrumental in organizing and executing the first Downtown Living Tour which took... Read more »

Claiborne Expressway, NOLA: CNU Freeway Without a Future #3

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A proposal for transforming the 1940s Iberville complex in downtown New Orleans into a denser mixed-income neighborhood, hinges on removal of  I-10, an elevated highway, which in the 1960’s replaced Claiborne Avenue, a broad tree-lined boulevard that was then a bustling African-American commercial strip.  An article published this week in the New York Times Critic’s Notebook column highlights the project, and... Read more »

Gridlock! Traffic! Crying Wolf in Seoul

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What would happen if they took out what was considered a vital traffic artery carrying 168,000 cars per day? Lots! Improved travel time, improved environment, increased property values, more public space, revitalized central business district. Kamala Rao, MCIP, Transportation Planner in Vancouver, BC, and a Sightline board member, profiles Seoul’s success story of urban highway removal... Read more »