Today, the area attracts a diverse population of white collar, academic, and creative class professionals.

Most date from the late 1920s and early 1930s, suggesting the effects of the Depression took a while to be fully felt by Syracuse's white collar professionals who made up a substantial portion of the neighborhood residents.

[4] Scottholm was designed by a landscape architect and planner Arthur C. Comey following the popular ideals for new garden suburbs easily reached by streetcar from urban commercial centers.

[5] These new developments, of which Syracuse has several notable examples, are typified by winding streets, mandated setbacks and front yards, organized tree-planting alongside sidewalks, and various protective covenants regarding ownership qualifications.

The historic stone gates at the entrances to the Scottholm neighborhood on East Genesee Street remain in place.