Waterfront
Special qualities can be found where land and water meet. For decades, the Collaborative has worked to reclaim and enliven waterfronts. Along rivers and harbors, once-contaminated industrial sites are today vibrant parks, lively promenades and vital centers of community life.
Connecticut River Walk and Bikeway
City of Springfield, MA
The Collaborative provided landscape architectural services to VHB in the development of the popular Connecticut River Walk and Bikeway for the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission. In addition to trail concept design, the Collaborative worked with VHB engineers to develop construction drawings. Collaborative’s designers also developed a trail logo used to mark and market the trail.
To date, several sections of the trail are open, including the 3.7 mile path along downtown Springfield and Basketball Hall of Fame and the 1.7 mile loop across the river in Agawam. This remains one of the city’s hidden treasures more than a decade after it opened with great fanfare.
Parts of the path offer majestic views of the river’s sweep, the graceful arches of the Memorial Bridge, signs of Springfield’s industrial past, and the wildlife that thrives there.
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