[CPEO-BIF] "What's below the Canandaigua [New York] lakefront?"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

What's below the Canandaigua lakefront?
What past generations buried along the lakefront remains a mystery -  
a mystery that could cause headaches for future developments


By Scott Pukos
MPN Now (NY)
August 11, 2013

Canandaigua, N.Y. - Beneath the surface of the Canandaigua lakefront  
lies a potential problem.

While countless residents, tourists and visitors have walked along  
Lakeshore Drive for decades, no one can identify all that lies  
beneath the green grass, the paved properties and the popular park.

"It's still a mystery because no one really recorded anything," City  
of Canandaigua Historian Lynn Paulson said, referring to material  
that was put into the ground along the lakefront prior to World War II.

With two major lakefront projects on the horizon - the $100 million  
North Shore mixed residential and commercial development proposed  
across from Kershaw Park and a five-story hotel proposed at the  
former Steamboat Landing site - whatever is in the ground could  
increase costs and delay construction.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mpnnow.com/news/x84136374/Whats-below-the-Canandaigua- 
lakefront

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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