Medina recently received a $1.3 million state grant to convert a canalside parking lot into a public green space for concerts and other community events. On the opposite side of the canal, Interboro Partners is finalizing designs for an area known as the “high wall,” a concrete aqueduct built in 1915 that carries the canal over Oak Orchard Creek. With major repairs needed, NYPA saw an opportunity to integrate art and amenities that would draw Medina residents across the canal to the less utilized public lands north of the waterway. Georgeen Theodore, a principal and cofounder of Interboro Partners, said the firm was particularly intrigued by the approach NYPA outlined in its brief. “We couldn’t believe it. It was this cool piece of history, but they also were looking at how one might double the investment and boost the quality of life,” Theodore said. “There’s been a shift in recent years to looking at all different forms of urbanity, from big cities down to these small villages, and Angelyn and her team have been ahead of the curve in thinking about where architects and urban designers can be focusing their efforts.” Tobias Armborst, another Interboro cofounder, said the work in Medina resonates with questions facing communities not just along the Erie Canal but in other post-industrial parts of the US. “It’s not necessarily clear what’s going to happen here,” he said of New York’s canal region. Canal communities are “tied together by this piece of infrastructure and it’s not very clear what it’s for or what needs to happen to it. So there’s an interesting [opportunity] for urbanism that is not necessarily based on growth. ”https://lnkd.in/eH8gU72D
Medina gets $1.3M grant for canal green space, art project
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Good context here on how communities across Upstate New York are rethinking the legacy of the Erie Canal and its post-industrial infrastructure and landscapes. At Interboro Partners, we believe that projects like these are about more than preservation, they represent an opportunity to connect design, history, and community priorities to shape more resilient and inclusive places and spark thoughtful econonomic development.
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