Archinect - News2013-06-19T06:59:20-04:00http://archinect.com/news/article/65156803/five-teams-shortlisted-in-syracuse-s-movement-on-main-competition
Five Teams Shortlisted in Syracuse’s “Movement on Main” Competition Alexander Walter2013-01-09T15:11:00-05:00>2013-01-14T20:19:12-05:00<img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/08/084b43669223eadd2345155932a569df.jpg" width="514" height="342" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>Five design teams have been named to receive $15,000 grants to revitalize Syracuse's Near Westside neighborhood as part of the "Movement on Main: Designing the Healthy Main Street" competition. The initiative, sponsored by Syracuse University, plans to redesign the area around Wyoming Street to once again make it an important agent of the community's social and recreational life.</p></em><br /><br /><p>
Three teams were chosen from the submissions in the first round of the competition:</p>
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Coen + Partners, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN)</li>
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Stoss Landscape Urbanism (Boston, MA) with Höweler + Yoon Architecture, LLP, Nitsch Engineering, Inc., and Dr. Angie Cradock, Sc. D.</li>
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King and King Architects (Syracuse, NY) with Urban Movement Design and The Alchemical Nursery</li>
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Two teams had previously been invited as preselected participants:</p>
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Marpillero Pollak Architects (New York, NY) with Arup, Consulting Engineers, Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects, and HealthxDesign</li>
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peg office of landscape + architecture (Philadelphia, PA) with Sp(a)de Architecture and Barton & Loguidice, P.C. Engineering</li>
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