Some homes are beyond repair and its safer to demolish them. When there is no money to pay for these demolitions, the properties present a danger to the surrounding community.
Chamar Otis is the sales associate for the Greater Syracuse Land Bank. He gives tours of abandoned homes to potential buyers.
Chamar Otis.
A Block Blitz Volunteer works on the yard outside a vacant home.
Block Blitz volunteers build a new porch for an elderly resident.
When homes are demolished, it opens up space for pocket parks in neighborhoods across the city. These parks are usually built and maintained by the community.
The Vacant Mural Project adds color and life to vacant properties.
GOP Watch Party in Syracuse, NY. November 2018.
Syracuse Men’s Basketball plays Old Dominion in the Carrier Dome. December 2018.
40 Days for Life advocates and the International Socialist Organization of Syracuse square off outside of Planned Parenthood.
Livestock at the Great New York State Fair.
MoeBetta Tha Goddess for Syracuse Side Hustles.
Syracuse’s Salt City Burlesque for Syracuse Side Hustles.
The sweetest shot.
Paul Hébert, a maple syrup producer of Knowlton, Quebec, pours a few fresh samples.
In the back corner of Hugh Newton’s garage sits an enormous vat of raw sap, balanced among home repair equipment and car parts. Newtown collects the sap from a grove of maple trees a few miles from his home in Potsdam, N.Y.
Hugh Newton in his sugarshack.
In addition to sweet treats, Gibbons Family Farm offers an opportunity to learn about sugaring history and the process of making maple syrup. A small museum features an exhibition of miniature models illustrating that process.
Different grades of maple syrup on the windowsill. The shade of the syrup depends on when in the season the syrup is made. As the weather gets warmer, the sap is darker; the darker the color, the richer the flavor.
Paul Hébert on his sugarbush.
Most modern syrup producers have moved away from the traditional taps and buckets, and today use networks of blue tubing to collect sap from maple trees.
Hugh Newton prefers to keep his records the old-fashioned way.
For the St-Pierres of Lancaster, Ontario, the sugaring business is a family affair with three generations running around the boiler.
Bill Gibbons, of Gibbons Family Farm in Frankville, Ontario.
Gibbons Family Farm is a community staple in Frankville, Ontario.
Fishermen on the Yenisei. There seems to be no distinction between summer and winter activities in Krasnoyarsk — a little further up the bank a couple was taking a dip.
Captains Club.
The view from the bridge leaving Tatyshev Park in Krasnoyarsk.
I walked up a big hill in Krasnoyarsk.
And one more tiny fisherman.
Our van was the prettiest.
Teeny tiny tourists.
I just love tiny symmetrical buildings and long shadows.
Last night on Olkhon.
A little Lada on the lake.
The village of Bolshoe Goloustnoye, where I literally thought I was going to pee my pants.
Photo creds to the Chinses tourists who took this! Wherever you guys are I hope you’re doing well!!
