Over the last 18 months, Central Current contributors Michelle Gabel, Mike Greenlar and Janet Gramza have captured Syracuse’s housing crisis in words and photos. This is what they saw.
Michael Greenlar
Mike Greenlar is a local freelance photojournalist with over four decades of experience covering assignments for newspapers, magazines and online websites. He recently received two national awards with writer Gabe Pietrorazio for stories that appeared in the Central Current from the Indigenous Journalists Association. He is currently working on the issue of the local housing crisis with photographer Michelle Gabel with support from Central Current. Work from the project, titled “A Place to Call Home” will be exhibited at ArtRage Gallery next February.
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Several people arrested after Syracuse Veterans for Peace protested war in Gaza (photo of the week)
The veterans dug a symbolic grave for children who have died during the war in Gaza.
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Photo of the week: An umpire calls balls and strikes at a Syracuse little league fall baseball game
Umpire Joe Slaski calls the balls and strikes during a little league fall ball tournament in October at Skyway Park in North Syracuse.
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A father introduces his daughter to the New York State Fair (photo of the week)
The New York State Fair will run through Sept. 2.
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Music fans don’t let rain dampen their fun at Jazz in the City (photo of the week)
The last Jazz in the City this year will take place in Thornden Park on August 15.
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A man plays the violin on Erie Boulevard as Syracuse sees rising housing insecurity, rents (photo of the week)
Lowell Hodge bought his violin at the Rescue Mission thrift store and now plays it for change on Erie Boulevard.
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Syracuse gets a leap day snow storm (photo of the week)
Over the course of two days, Syracuse got nearly a foot of snow.
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Members of the Vietnamese Buddhist community pray on eve of Tet Lunar New Year (photo of the week)
The Tet Lunar New Year fell on Feb. 10 this year.
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Central New Yorkers donate shoes and bikes for the holidays (photos of the week)
Central New Yorkers showed their generosity for the holidays by donating bikes and shoes.
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Volunteers help hand out meals to New American families in Syracuse (photo of the week)
This year marked the fourth iteration of the event, which was founded by Tai Shaw.