Establishing a place for common ground

On October 24, 2007, tenants of Syracuse’s Kennedy Square housing complex got a hand-delivered letter from building management at 4 p.m. informing them they had 90 days to relocate. As described in the following day’s newspaper,

Kennedy Square is a subsidized apartment complex owned by a state agency on downtown’s fringe. The letter didn’t say what will happen to the building or why the complex is closing now, after years of struggle with high vacancy, debt, crime and deteriorating conditions. The letter only said it has been determined that “the continued operation of Kennedy Square Apartments is no longer feasible.”