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Figure 6.8
Details of the Northgate Channel, including interpretive signage (left), the waterway situ-
ated between the new buildings (top right), and plantings in the concrete channel.
Source
:
Cory Crocker.
Much of the success in creating the project has been credited to Lorig &
Associates, the developer who agreed to develop the 5.9-acre site when
others would not. The fi rm has a signifi cant amount of experience in
public-private partnerships and negotiating among diverse stakeholders
to fi nd amenable redevelopment solutions.
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A local landscape architect
notes, “Lorig was the only developer that gave the creek a chance and
saw it as an opportunity rather than a barrier to development.”
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The
fi nal agreement also has much to do with Peggy Gaynor, the landscape
architect who developed the hybrid plan with input from the stakeholder
group.
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A city hall insider notes:
Peggy provided a sense of neutrality; she brought an activist as well as a designer/
technical role. . . . She brought an ability to fi nd ways to compromise. When we
started, it was all or nothing, an actual daylit creek or an underground pipe. . . .
Peggy was able to bring in her expertise to align the community goals with the
realities of the project. She brokered a lot of that. Without her, it would have
been harder because activists have the vision but they don't have the knowledge
to know when to compromise.
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