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Architect：Gresham Smith

Location：249 E Main St ste 201, Lexington, KY 40507, United States; | ;View Map

Category：Streets

In 2012, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (LFUCG) kicked off an international design competition that sought to reimagine the corridor tracing the path of the Town Branch Creek, long ago captured in an underground culvert running through downtown Lexington. The downtown streets adjacent to the Town Branch corridor were busy, high-speed roadways, dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists but also central public transportation routes. LFUCG’s goals were to improve this important corridor with public amenity spaces, revamped roadways that would calm traffic, and new lighting.

Landscape architecture and urban design studio SCAPE won the contest with its proposal to “trace the path of the creek, express water in different ways, and improve pedestrian and cycling safety within a multimodal linea​r park system,” explains Gena Wirth, SCAPE design principal and partner who led the project. SCAPE partnered with a team from Gresham Smith to execute SCAPE’s vision. Ribbon cutting on the greenway was held in October of 2022.

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