Vacant to Vibrant by Sandra Albro

Author:Sandra Albro
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2019-03-21T16:00:00+00:00

Figure 4-9a. A small vacant parcel sat on a street corner in a mixed-use neighborhood on Buffalo’s West Side.

Figure 4-9b. The completed corner park adds pervious off-street parking, a bench, and a small rain garden that collects stormwater from the roofs of two adjacent houses.

Design Modifications during Installation and Maintenance

In response to circumstances that were unforeseen during project planning—such as unavailable materials, or modifications requested by contractors in response to actual site conditions, or feedback received from residents—each of the Vacant to Vibrant installations underwent varying degrees of modification after site plans were finalized. The first modifications were suggested by contractors. As they ordered materials and began preparing for installation, we heard feedback from contractors, such as “Those plants are out of stock for the season. We need to use something else” or “We tried using those rocks in another project. It was a disaster. What can we use instead?”

While the specifics of the needed modifications could not have been anticipated, many of the general reasons for modifications echoed resident feedback that first surfaced during project planning. Concerns about safety, appearance, and unintended use of projects underlay many of the changes that were made to site plans over three years of installation and maintenance.

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