Albany DRI

Project represents Zakery Steele’s experience under preivous employment. This project was not completed by Sue Steele Landscape Architecture, PLLC.

The Albany Strategic Investment Plan adopts the NYS Downtown Redevelopment Initiative goals of investing $10 million in New York State funding to help provide new urban identity and leverage significant private investment portions of downtown Albany. The Albany DRI was a community planning process completed in 2019 that identified key private stakeholders, organizations, and public infrastructure projects that would act as a catalyst to reinvigorate selected downtown areas within the City and lead to new cultural and economic opportunities. The strategies developed relied on a significant public outreach and echo the characteristics of the community.

A range of projects were identified as catalysts for downtown revitalization. Among these, Mr. Steele served as Senior Landscape Architect and assisted the design for the Clinton Avenue Streetscape Improvements and Clinton Market Collective at Federal Park. The Clinton Avenue Streetscape Improvements reimagine a significant gateway into Albany with new streetscape design, including pedestrian and bicycle improvements, lighting enhancements, tree planting, new traffic signals, street furnishings, and other amenities. The corridor features dinging, employment, and cultural heritage destinations, and serves as an important pedestrian link for the Palace Theater and nearby parking garages. The Clinton Market Collective project is a deign intervention that recasts Federal Park as a market space to help address food desert issues and provide event and pop-up retail space for local entrepreneurs and artists.

Client
New York State Department of State
City of Albany, New York

Services
Urban Design
Streetscape Design
Landscape Architecture

Project Team
Stantec Consulting Services Inc.
Barretto Bay
Environmental Design and Research
Ideas and Action
Larisa Ortiz Associates
Middleton Construction
W-ZHA
Zimmerman Volk Associates Inc.

Project completed under previous employment.