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Board reviews Barnes Mansion parking and landscape plan; encourages restoration of original gardens
Summary
The board reviewed a minor site plan (02/2025) for the Barnes Mansion at 930 James Street to pave and regrade a gravel parking area, add green infrastructure and replace a rear CMU retaining wall with a stone wall; the board supported the project and asked for a coordinated garden plan to restore original planting patterns.
The Syracuse Landmark Preservation Board reviewed a minor site plan application on March 13 for site work at the Barnes Mansion (930 James Street) that would repave a gravel parking area, add green infrastructure and restore portions of the original garden footprint.
Terri Horst of Terri Horst Landscape Architecture presented the plan with Kathy Comer of Barnes Matrix. The proposal calls for repaving existing gravel parking with asphalt, regrading the lot to align with the mansion’s front façade (in response to current zoning…
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