Hamlin Park Looks to Re-Establish Humboldt Parkway

 

Reposted from the GoBike Buffalo website.

It has been about 60 years since Humboldt Parkway was dug up in exchange for the Kensington Expressway (the 33); this destroyed the Hamlin Park neighborhood by cutting it in half, killing connectivity, and reducing the neighborhood vitality.

Well, the residents of Hamlin Park have had enough.  A coalition aptly named Restore Our Community Coalition is spearheading an effort to make the 33 into a tunnel, to reestablish Humboldt Parkway on top of it and to return the neighborhood back to Olmsted’s original vision.  This would ultimately reconnect the communities that were so wrongly destroyed as a result of the 33.

According to the Coalition, “We envision a beautiful, green parkway that will serve as a gateway connecting the historic Humboldt Parkway community to downtown and the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. At the same time, a green parkway and promenade will serve as a vibrant community gathering place that is an attraction within a neighborhood that includes anchor institutions the Buffalo Museum of Science, Olmsted-designed Delaware and MLK Park and Canisius College. We seek to restore the Humboldt Parkway Community that has suffered from decades of decay and economic decline due to the construction of the Kensington Expressway.”

We look forward to supporting this effort and working with the Coalition in the future. For more information on this campaign and the Restore Our Community Coalition, check out their website.