Sunday, November 11, 2012

Using Old Tires To Turn An Abandoned Railroad Into A Linear Park

Using Old Tires To Turn An Abandoned Railroad Into A Linear Park:



In Milwaukee, two students are trying to connect two neighborhoods via an old rail line. And they’re using the old tires the future park is littered with to make it more than just a gravel path.



Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is one of the most racially segregated cities in the country. In the predominantly African-American area of Harambee, some residents need to go down a steep foot path and then cross six lanes of traffic (sans traffic light) to reach the Riverworks Center retail area, which is a more caucasian and successful middle-class neighborhood. But local designers have a plan to connect the two areas with a green space that also makes use of some of the difficult-to-dispose-of trash currently sitting on abandoned railroad tracks that literally segregate the city.

The Artery, a proposed 2.4 mile linear trail connecting the Riverworks Center to Harambee, is the brainchild of designer Keith Hayes and Rob Zdanowski. While still in school at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Hayes created Beintween, an organization he says is "hoping to connect the dots of cities--leftover spaces and people with leftover time." He soon realized that there was an opportunity to make change in Harambee, which is home to an abandoned rail corridor that today is used as a dumping site for construction debris, auto tires, and old televisions.
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