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Small

Apartments on Small Road. Credit and Copyright Syracuse University.

Small is a series of apartment buildings on South Campus that are located on Small Road. There are 19 apartment buildings in Slocum Heights. Each building has four apartments with a total of 76 apartments in the neighborhood. These buildings include two person two floor apartments.

Transportation

There are two bus routes that go through Small. One of these is the 344 South Campus route. The other one is the 44 Small Road route, but is currently undergoing usability testing by Centro. The schedules for these routes can be found on Centro’s page. There are four bus stops that service Small: Small and Chinook East, 220 Small, Small and Lambreth, and Small and Slocum.

Room Sizes

All apartments in Small come fully furnished. Electrical, cable, phone, and network outlets are also included. Each floor of the two bedroom apartments are 9ft by 12ft. The first floors of these apartments contain a living room, kitchen, and storage closet. The second floor contains both bedrooms and a bathroom with a bathtub. In each of these apartments one of the bedrooms are 10ft by 12ft and the other is 8ft by 12ft.

Living room and bedroom of two person apartment on Small Road. Credit and Copyright Nicky Zamoida.

Accessibility

The majority of Small is not accessible. All of the apartments have ramps to get to the apartment, but not to get into the front door. These apartments are also all two stories and require stairs to access the second floor. The mail shelters and bus stops can be considered accessible; however the gravel many of them sit on may be difficult for wheelchair access.

References

“Facility Information.” Housing, Meal Plan and ID Card Services. Syracuse Unviersity, 2012. Web. 13 Apr. 2013.

“Parking Website.” Parking Website. Syracuse Unviersity, 2013. Web. 13 Apr. 2013.

Slocum Heights

Slocum Heights apartments. Credit and Copyright Mary Dickinson Jensen.

Slocum Heights is a series of apartment buildings on South Campus that are located on Slocum Drive. There are 35 apartment buildings in Slocum Heights. Each building has eight apartments with a total of 280 apartments in the neighborhood. These buildings include one and two person flats.

Transportation

There are two bus routes that go through Slocum Heights. These routes are 244 Slocum Heights and 344 South Campus. The schedules for these routes can be found on Centro’s page. There are three bus stops that service Slocum Heights: 100 Slocum Drive, 231 Slocum Drive, and Slocum and Lambreth.

Room Sizes

Two types of apartments can be found in Slocum Heights. All apartments come fully furnished. Electrical, cable, phone, and network outlets are also included. The one bedroom apartments are 20ft by 27ft and have a bathroom with a bathtub, two storage closets, a kitchen, a great room, and one bedroom.  The two bedroom apartments are 27ft by 27ft and contain a bathroom with a bathtub, a kitchen, one storage closet, a great room and two bedrooms. In each of these apartments one of the bedrooms are 10ft by 13ft and the other is 9ft 9in by 12ft.

A kitchen in Slocum Heights. Credit and Copyright Mary Dickinson Jensen.

Community Space

Of all the apartment neighborhoods owned by Syracuse University on South Campus, Slocum Heights is the only one with a community center. This community center is located in 301 Slocum Heights Apr. 3 and contains a kitchen and a meeting space. This center is often used for events by the South Campus Organization of Programming Excellence (SCOPE) and the Skyhall Community Council. To uses this space contact Office of Resident life at .

Laundry Services

Slocum Heights is the only neighborhood that has its own laundry facility, other than the Skyhall (a dorm) and University Village (owned by EdR). A laundry room can be found on the bottom floor of each apartment building and contains two washers and two dryers. There are no PLUS Card readers in the Slocum Heights laundry rooms, so only quarters can be used in the machines.

Accessibility

While much of Slocum Heights is handicap accessible, there are some limiting factors. Some of the apartments in Slocum Heights were built for wheelchair accessibility and include lower counters in the kitchen, an accessible shower, a larger bedroom door that can accommodate a wheelchair, and a ramp for the apartment door and the laundry door. The community center is also handicap accessible and is located on the first floor of the building. The mail shelters and bus stops are also handicap accessible. None of the even numbered apartments are accessible, because they all require stairs to reach the second floor. Other restrictions to accessibility in Slocum Heights including no handicap ramps for the sidewalks on the inner lawn of the neighborhood, extremely damaged pavement throughout that would be difficult to manage in a wheelchair, and no snow removal services by the University.

References

“Current Students.” Office of Residence Life. Syracuse Unviersity, n.d. Web. 13 Apr. 2013.

“Facility Information.” Housing, Meal Plan and ID Card Services. Syracuse Unviersity, 2012. Web. 13 Apr. 2013.

“Parking Website.” Parking Website. Syracuse Unviersity, 2013. Web. 13 Apr. 2013.

Skyhall I, II, and III

Skyhall II. Credit and Copyright Syracuse University.

Skyhall is a series of three dorms on South Campus that are located on Lambreth Lane and were built in 1960. The buildings are called Skyhall I, II, and III. The addresses of these buildings are 410, 420, and 430 Lambreth Lane respectively. With the current mix of open doubles and singles rooms the three Skyhall buildings hold 351 students. Because the Skyhall dorms are the only residents on South Campus that are not equipped with kitchens, Skyhall students can use their meal plan in Goldstein Student Center. Other meal plan users at SU cannot use their meal plan this way.

Transportation

There are two bus routes that go through Skyhall. These routes are 144 Winding Ridge and 443 Connective Corridor. The schedules for these routes can be found on Centro’s page. There is one bus stop that services Skyhall and is named after the dorm.

Room Sizes

Three room sizes can be found in Skyhall. All rooms come fully furnished. Electrical, cable, phone, and network outlets are also included. The large singles and the open doubles are the same size, 14ft by 12ft. The large single comes with a desk, chair, double size bed, two closets, and a dresser. The double comes with two desk, two chairs, two long twin beds, two closets and two dressers. The small single in Skyhall is 16ft by 8ft and comes with a dresser, closet, desk, chair, and long twin bed.  There are two bathroom clusters located on each floor of Skyhall. These bathrooms are single shower sets that lock from the inside and provide more privacy then some of the eight shower bathrooms found in other dorms on campus.

Single person bedroom in Skyhall III. Credit and Copyright Mary Dickinson Jensen.

Community Space

Each floor of the three Skyhall buildings, with the exception of the first floor of Skyhall II, has a lounge in the center. These lounges contain a TV, sink, couches, tables, vending machines, and either a ping pong table or a pool table. Equipment for the ping pong and pool tables can be borrowed from the main desk in Skyhall II.

Laundry Services

The Skyhall buildings have laundry rooms on each floor. These laundry rooms contain four dryers and two washers. These machines take quarters, but there are also PLUS card readers in each room.

Mail Services

All mail coming from USPS to Skyhall first goes through the Syracuse University Mail Service. After being sorted, the mail is then delivered to Skyhall II. All of the mail boxes for Skyhall are on the first floor of Skyhall II, because this is where the main desk for all of the buildings is located. All UPS and FedEx packages are delivered directly to Skyhall II.

Accessibility

Some part of Skyhall have been made handicap accessible, including wheelchair accessible bathrooms on each floor, an accessible bus stop, and  rooms that are outfitted to be handicap accessible. The major detriment to Skyhall’s accessibility is the lack of elevators that makes it impossible for a handicap person to live on the second and third floors of these buildings. Another concern for wheelchairs is the state of the pavement around Skyhall, which has many potholes and chunks of the sidewalk are missing. Finally there is lack of accessibility to Goldstein Student Center means there is not a handicap accessible food source for Skyhall students.

References

“Facility Information.” Housing, Meal Plan and ID Card Services. Syracuse Unviersity, 2012. Web. 13 Apr. 2013.

“MailServices Website.” MailServices Website. Syracuse Unviersity, n.d. Web. 13 Apr. 2013.

“Office of Residence Life.” Office of Residence Life. Syracuse Unviersity, n.d. Web. 13 Apr. 2013.

“Parking Website.” Parking Website. Syracuse Unviersity, 2013. Web. 13 Apr. 2013.

Lambreth

Lambreth is a series of apartment buildings on South Campus that are located on Lambreth Lane. There are 18 apartment buildings in Lambreth. Each building has eight apartments with a total of 44 apartments in the neighborhood. These buildings include three person flats.

Transportation

The 344 South Campus bus route is the only one that goes through Lambreth. The schedules for these routes can be found on Centro’s page. There are two bus stops that service Lambreth: Small and Lambreth, and Chinook and Lambreth.

Room Sizes

Lambreth has only one type of housing: three bedroom flats. All apartments come fully furnished and included a kitchen, living room, bathroom with a bathtub, and a storage closet. Electrical, cable, phone, and network outlets are also included. All three bedrooms are different sizes, but two of them are only different by a couple inches. The third bedroom is larger by over 3 square feet.

Living room, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom in three person apartments in Lambreth. Credit Housing, Meal Plan, and ID Card Services, Copyright Syracuse University.

Accessibility

While much of Lambreth is handicap accessible, there are some limiting factors. The mail shelters and bus stops are also handicap accessible. None of the even numbered apartments are accessible, because they all require stairs to reach the second floor. Other restrictions to accessibility in Lambreth including no handicap accessibility to the second floor apartments, extremely damaged pavement throughout that would be difficult to manage in a wheelchair, and no snow removal services by the University.

References

“Facility Information.” Housing, Meal Plan and ID Card Services. Syracuse Unviersity, 2012. Web. 13 Apr. 2013.

“Parking Website.” Parking Website. Syracuse Unviersity, 2013. Web. 13 Apr. 2013.

Farm Acre

Farm Acre is a series of apartment buildings on South Campus that are located on Farm Acre Road. There are 7 apartment buildings in Farm Acre making it the smallest neighborhood in South Campus. Each building has six apartments with a total of 58 apartments in the neighborhood. These buildings include two person two floor apartments.

Transportation

There are no bus routes that go directly through Farm Acre. Students take the 344 South Campus route and the majority will either get off at the Small and Chinook East or the Small and Lambreth bus stop. The schedules for these routes can be found on Centro’s page.

Room Sizes

All apartments in Farm Acre come fully furnished. Electrical, cable, phone, and network outlets are also included. Each floor of the two bedroom apartments are 9ft by 12ft. The first floors of these apartments contain a living room, kitchen, and storage closet. The second floor contains both bedrooms and a bathroom with a bathtub. In each of these apartments one of the bedrooms are 10ft by 12ft and the other is 8ft by 12ft.

Accessibility

The majority of Farm Acre is not accessible. All of the apartments have ramps to get to the apartment, but not to get into the front door. These apartments are also all two stories and require stairs to access the second floor. The mail shelters and bus stops can be considered accessible; however the gravel many of them sit on may be difficult for wheelchair access.

References

“Facility Information.” Housing, Meal Plan and ID Card Services. Syracuse Unviersity, 2012. Web. 13 Apr. 2013.

“Parking Website.” Parking Website. Syracuse Unviersity, 2013. Web. 13 Apr. 2013.

 

Chinook

Apartments on Chinook Drive. Credit Office of Resident Life, Copyright Syracuse University.

Chinook is a series of apartment buildings on South Campus that are located on Chinook Drive. There are 18 apartment buildings in Chinook with approximately 136 apartments in the neighborhood. These buildings consist of two person apartments that are two stories.

Transportation
There are two bus routes that go through Chinook. These routes are 144 Winding Ridge and 344 South Campus. The schedules for these routes can be found on Centro’s . There are three bus stops that service Chinook: Winding Ridge and Chinook, Chinook and Lambreth, Chinook and Farm Acre.
Room Sizes
All Chinook apartments come fully furnished. Electrical, cable, phone, and network outlets are also included. Each floor of the two bedroom apartments are 9ft by 12ft. The first floors of these apartments contain a living room, kitchen, and storage closet. The second floor contains both bedrooms and a bathroom with a bathtub. In each of these apartments one of the bedrooms are 10ft by 12ft and the other is 8ft by 12ft.
Accessibility
The parts of Chinook are accessible and others are not. All of the apartments have ramps to get to the apartment, but not to get into the front door. The two bedroom apartments are also all two stories and require stairs to access the second floor. The mail shelters and bus stops are also accessible.

References

“Facility Information.” Housing, Meal Plan and ID Card Services. Syracuse Unviersity, 2012. Web. 13 Apr. 2013.

“Parking Website.” Parking Website. Syracuse Unviersity, 2013. Web. 13 Apr. 2013.