[CPEO-BIF] Buffalo, New York waterfront park

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

1660 Niagara Street will be Site of New Waterfront Park

Buffalo Rising (NY)
September 28, 2015 

A new waterfront park is coming to Niagara Street. The park and paddlesport launch is now underway thanks to a partnership between Riverkeeper and the Buffalo Niagara Land Trust (formed in 2012). A decision was made to create a waterfront park in an area of the city that does not have much quality waterfront access. A condemned building (sitting on brownfield land) located at 1660 Niagara Street turned out to be the perfect location for just such a park. A press conference was held earlier today to highlight the long overlooked property. Once developed, the access point will enable kayakers to reach Scajaquada Creek, Black Rock Canal and the Niagara River.

The Niagara Street aquatic park is just part of a “Blueway Trail” initiative that seeks to establish and connect waterfront access points (paddle access points and launches). This particular initiative is purported to cost upwards of $850,000, and is made possible thanks to grant funding from New York State Canal Corporation, the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, and the New York State Power Authority (through the Buffalo and Erie County Greenway Fund Standing Committee).

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For ther entire article, see
http://buffalorising.com/2015/09/1660-niagara-street-will-be-site-of-new-waterfront-park/

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