Erie Serpent
Canal Park at SUNY Brockport, NY
Clare Lyster with Donovan Aranda and Valentina Zadro.
Client: New York’s Reimagine the Canals Initiative / New York Power Authority
Team: CLUAA (site planning) with Buro Happold, New York and John Ronan Architects (bridge design)
The project catalyzes a community around a historic guard gate on the Erie Canal at the SUNY campus in Brockport and links the university and Brockport’s downtown to the Empire State Trail, a 750 mile multi-use trail in Upstate NY. A linear canal park on the north and south banks of the canal awards an integrated canal-side experience, while a four-phase public space plan is envisaged to reorientate the SUNY campus toward the canal over time. The site plan by CLUAA is anchored by a new pedestrian bridge over the waterway (John Ronan Architects) alongside the old guard gate.
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Serpent Bridge by John Ronan Architects with engineering by Buro Happold, NYC.
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