This historic gathering space has been totally re-landscaped to
be a more beautiful and more sustainable place on South Campus.
Work was completed in summer 2010 on the $1.8 million
restoration of Harriman Quad on the South Campus, setting a pattern
for other projects to make UB landscapes more beautiful and
sustainable. The new design features a series of five rain gardens,
along with porous asphalt pavements, that will keep rain water out
of storm-sewers and reduce the need for salting campus walkways.
The project also replaced damaged locust trees and pest-prone ash
trees with more than a hundred new canopy and flowering trees. The
project fulfills the goals of the campus master plan to create
public spaces that are more sociable, as well as more attractive
and environmentally friendly. It also reinforces the historic plan
for the campus with a contemporary design. Once the social heart of
South Campus, Harriman quad can play that role again.
