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HOLDEN STREET to BROWN STREET Option A This section of the North Branch already has a nearly complete ribbon of green which would be optimized in this alternative. The space would be improved with plantings and safer and more inviting connections to the adjacent...
RIVER STREET/ BIG Y PARKING LOT Here is a possible transformation from looming concrete walls to parklands including converting the Holden Street bridge to a pedestrian only passageway. The lowering of the flood chutes would result in a significantly wider river...
WILLOW DELL to RIVER ST/ BIG Y PARKING LOT The modest modifications for the North Branch in the vicinity of Willow Dell and River Street in this option include creating a narrower but deeper channel in the chute floor. This would be augmented with natural materials...
ECLIPSE MILL to WILLOW DELL Option A The steep slope of the North Branch combined with the Eclipse Mill dam provides the right conditions for a novel option to restore the river in this section. Since existing flood chutes offer no habitat for river dwellers, one...
HERITAGE PARK to CITY HALL Creating an inviting and green corridor on the approach to the downtown from the south is a focus of this option. In this possibilitiy a greenway and pedestrian corridor from the Noel Field area toward Main Street on the southeast side of...