Southside (also called Brighton) is one of the 26 official neighborhoods in

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. South Salina Street (

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) and Midland Avenue run north–south through the neighborhood. The

South Salina Street Historic District The South Salina Street Historic District is located in Syracuse, New York. The district encompasses the historic core of what was originally the village of Danforth. an''Accompanying 18 photos from 1986''/ref> It was added to the National R ...

is listed on the

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runs through the area to the west and

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borders the area to the east. Schools in the neighborhood include McKinley–Brighton Elementary School, Danforth Middle School, and the William R. Beard School. The high school serving the area is

Corcoran High School Corcoran High School is a public high school located in Syracuse, New York, having approximately 1800 students. In 2005, it became a member of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program. It is one of the top 1000 ranked schools in the country ...

located in nearby Strathmore. Parks include 33-acre Kirk Park (which abuts

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) and McKinley Park.

Midland sewage treatment plant

The neighborhood is the site of the Midland Avenue Regional Treatment Facility.

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announced the planned construction in 1999 to comply with a 1998 court order to reduce the amount of

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entering

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. Construction began in 2005. As of 2010 the plant is in operation.

History

Today's Southside includes the village of Danforth, which was incorporated from 1874 to 1887 before it was annexed by the city of Syracuse. The village was named in honor of early

settler

Asa Danforth Asa Danforth (1746-1818) was father of salt manufacturer and an early colonizer Asa Danforth Jr. Danforth was originally from Worcester, Massachusetts and moved his family to the Onondaga Valley area of New York. He was known to have anti-British ...

. The

Onondaga people The Onondaga people (Onondaga: , ''Hill Place people'') are one of the original five constituent nations of the Iroquois (''Haudenosaunee'') Confederacy in northeast North America. Their traditional homeland is in and around present-day Onondaga ...

are

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to the area. The

was listed on the

in 1986.

References

Neighborhoods in Syracuse, New York {{OnondagaCountyNY-geo-stub