The scholarship allowed Shareef to attend SU and even offered him the opportunity to work at the Steam Station during his summer and winter breaks. The university also works with city agencies and other community organizations to offer a Cogeneration Plant Grant Assistance Program, which provides a financial aid package to nearby residents who are pursuing a bachelor’s degree at SU. The Syracuse Housing Authority works with SU to select recipients. Students living in the community bound by South Salina Street, East Castle Street, Renwick Avenue and East Adams Street are eligible to receive the scholarship, which was most recently awarded in 2018.
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Shareef received SU’s Co-Generation Scholarship, which awards full tuition, fees, room and board to students living in the neighborhood surrounding the Steam Station. “I didn’t think it was a working building.” “I thought it was vacant for a lot of years when I was a kid,” Shareef said. The station, which consists of two plants, also supplies cooling to 32 buildings on SU’s campus. The Steam Station also supplies heating to SUNY-ESF, the VA Medical Center, Crouse Hospital and SUNY Upstate Medical University. SU’s Steam Station is located on the corner of McBride and Taylor streets, across from Wilson Park and Pioneer Homes. Shareef remembers playing in Wilson Park across the street from the Steam Station, but neither he nor his friends knew exactly what went on there. “It’s Syracuse University right in the heart of the neighborhood.” “A lot of people over there still don’t know what it actually is,” said Jameel Shareef, a 2014 SU graduate who grew up in Pioneer Homes. Still, some residents have questions about the industrial facility looming over their neighborhood. Residents have also expressed concerns about the impact the Steam Station has on air quality and their health.īut throughout its nearly 100-year history, the Steam Station has made efforts to reduce its footprint in the community and give back to residents. SU’s Steam Station has contributed to pollution, disproportionately impacted Black residents and further depressed land value, according to a recent report from the NYCLU. “It has been the focal point of hurt, harm and danger for folks living in the community,” Rufus said. Rufus, the I-81 project coordinator for the New York Civil Liberties Union, believes the Steam Station - which provides heating to all buildings on SU’s Main Campus - has had as large an impact on his neighborhood as I-81. The station borders Interstate 81, which destroyed and displaced a predominantly Black community when it was built in 1959 and continues to negatively affect residents today. Pioneer Homes, one of the oldest public housing communities in the U.S., is just across the street. Since 1926, SU’s Steam Station has towered over the corner of McBride and Taylor streets. Syracuse University’s Steam Station hasn’t always been a good neighbor, according to David Rufus. Get the latest Syracuse news delivered right to your inbox.
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