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Old Posted Jan 18, 2014, 11:25 PM
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Could McBride Viaduct become Erie's High Line?



A local group hopes to spark a community discussion that can save the McBride Viaduct from being demolished.

Civitas is hosting a Jan. 25 meeting to discuss details of its proposal to "re-purpose the McBride Viaduct into an urban park and pedestrian transit route," according to a news release from the organization.

Lisa Austin, a Civitas co-founder, said the proposal seeks to transform the McBride Viaduct into a linear park similar to New York City's High Line, a 1-mile, elevated section of the former New York Central Railroad that is now an aerial greenway.

"What we are wondering is whether money earmarked for demolition could be enough to instead stabilize the structure for this repurposing," Austin said.

Eastside residents continue to use the viaduct as a pedestrian walkway or bicycle path, Austin said. Civitas wants city officials to explore the option.

"My impression is that the people involved with it from the city have been seeing it either as a bridge for traffic or a demolished structure," Austin said, describing the walkway proposal as "middle ground."

http://www.goerie.com/could-mcbride-...ries-high-line



East High School freshman Amarria Hamilton, 15, and her sister Leaira Carr, 17, a junior, walk to school underneath the McBride Viaduct heading north in Erie early on Jan. 15. Students walking to and from East High School sometimes use the closed bridge.

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