Media Advisory: Imagine LaSalle to hold next public workshop March 13

Photo of public feedback written on sticky notes and posted on a posterboard of several images of the park.

Public input through a series of workshops has been vital to the conceptual design process for the transformation of Buffalo's LaSalle Park. Photo: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki

By David J. Hill

Release Date: March 6, 2019 This content is archived.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Imagine LaSalle park redesign project will hold its third public workshop to gather community feedback on conceptual designs for the park. Members of the media are invited to cover the workshop.

At the workshop, the public will be invited to view a working draft of a large-scale physical model depicting the park’s evolving re-design. Attendees are encouraged to review designs, talk about ideas with team members, and share written input related to revised designs.

What: Imagine LaSalle public workshop

When: 6-8 p.m. March 13

Where: Waterfront Elementary BPS #95, 4th St. Buffalo, NY 14201

Who:

  • The University at Buffalo’s School of Architecture and Planning and the UB Regional Institute (UBRI) are leading the public engagement part of the project.
  • Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates is leading the conceptual design of the park.

Why: To present more detailed and refined conceptual designs for Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park to the public and solicit feedback on those designs from the community.

Representatives from UBRI will briefly recap the conceptual design process. MVVA will then present updates on the evolving conceptual designs for the park, which were revised based on feedback received from the public during workshops held in January and February.

MVVA will incorporate the public’s input gathered from the workshop into revised designs that will be presented to the community through a public exhibition of the park model in May. Starting this summer, MVVA will begin schematic design, which will incorporate public input as the park is designed in further detail.

The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation’s generous donation of $50 million to LaSalle Park, announced in October 2018, supports the ongoing design and community engagement process to transform LaSalle Park into Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park.

Project website: http://ImagineLaSalle.org  

On-site media contact: David Hill, UB Division of University Communications, 716-238-1001.

Media Contact Information

David J. Hill
Director of Media Relations
Public Health, Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning, Sustainability
Tel: 716-645-4651
davidhil@buffalo.edu