Sacred Places
Square Garden
Between an abandoned factory and a six-lane expressway.
WHERE
Buffalo, NY
SETTING
Neighborhood
PARTNER INSTITUTION
Fillmore Forward
Visit
Where it is
19 Rickert Ave, Buffalo, NY 14211
What happens here
Neighbours already walk their dogs here, people pick fresh produce from the orchard, and children play or read.
HOW IT CAME TO BE
Already in use, without being designed.
01
The Need
The site sits sandwiched between an abandoned factory and a six-lane expressway, three-quarters of a mile from where the TOP Market shooting occurred in 2022. Fillmore Forward works to create a sense of place by improving quality of life, restoring economic vitality, and increasing inclusiveness, health, and wealth in Buffalo's Broadway-Fillmore and Martin Luther King communities through grassroots organizing and public-private partnerships.
02
The Vision
The aim is a destination in the community, a place of respite surrounded by plants and greenspace. Fillmore Forward wants to add a wildflower garden, paths, benches, and gathering around the existing pavilion. Because the garden abuts a City-owned open space corridor, they also want a design that builds off and complements that existing infrastructure.
03
The Transformation
Come back soon. [Placeholder per 19 Aug call.]
