The Syracuse United Neighbors (SUN) Southside Coalition held a meeting Monday night to discuss the demolition of one of the city's most notorious buildings. Neighbors know the building at 170 West Brighton Ave as a place of drug deals and prostitution. The building is also unsanitary: one time, raw sewage was pumped from the building into the yard, SUN community organizer Phil Prehm said.
The Cannon Street Community Center which lies next door and its director hopes that the loss of 170 Brighton will be the center's gain. "There's a big chance and hope that our building will get bigger [with the demolition of the building]," director Denise Moore said. The expansion would allow more children to enjoy the center, Moore said. Ashlee Magee is a child who often attends the center. "We would like area to do more gardening, a basketball court, a better swing set, stuff like that," Magee said. However the meeting established no timetable for the destruction of the building.
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