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Tear it Down or Fix it Up? DEC terminates clean up agreement at abandoned Syracuse factory

by Brett HallFriday
CNYcentral (NYrk
February 16, 2018

SYRACUSE, NY  In an area where many relics of Syracuse's industrial past have been washed clean of their former appearance, a former washing machine factory lies dormant and decaying with no immediate sign of change. 

The 261,800 square foot facility has an address of 128 Spencer street placing it on the edge of Syracuse's Inner Harbor, two blocks from Destiny USA. While other former factories surround the property, many of them have been converted into loft apartments where the younger community has moved in.

"I can see it right from my living room window it’s not the most best thing to look at during the day," Norah Hoodmaker, who lives across Spencer Street, said. "It’s creepy looking."

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For the entire article, see
http://cnycentral.com/news/tear-it-down-fix-it-up/tear-it-down-or-fix-it-up-dec-terminates-clean-up-agreement-at-abandoned-syracuse-factory

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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