Not mentioned in this WIVB-TV clip about a meeting last night in Buffalo is that the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp reportedly also engaged Fred Kent, founder and president of Project for Public Spaces. Kent, who recently introduced the idea of "lighter, quicker, cheaper" redevelopment that's become the activist battle cry, will help the city establish a market place in the historic district and and otherwise advise waterfront redevelopment.
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Righteous waterfront development for Buffalo
Buffalo's ArtVoice recently published an interesting Q&A with the head of that city's waterfront redevelopment effort. But it's the local record exec who advances the truly aspirational thinking in a small sidebar to the story:
"Let’s take a million dollars, two million dollars, and do an international search for the Frederick Law Olmsted of the 21st century and design the preeminent urban park."
"Let’s take a million dollars, two million dollars, and do an international search for the Frederick Law Olmsted of the 21st century and design the preeminent urban park."
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