Decorative Greenway for Spirit Trail | Enhanced Asphalt Surfacing

space2place Landscape Architecture and Urban Design is the prime consultant for planning and design. space2place collaborated with the City, the District, key stakeholders, local business owners, and the public in order to create a community-supported vision and set of design criteria. Their aim has been to “integrate a series of isolated public spaces in an effort to forge social, cultural and ecological connections between communities and their surroundings”.

Space2place says, “Prior to the design and implementation of the Spirit Trail project, the North Shore waterfront was an under-utilized stretch of land that had limited access to the water, a weak civic identity, a lack of recreational infrastructure, and rampant invasive plant species.  The goal for this project was to create an integrated, multi-use trail and greenway system that restores the waterfront edge for local plant and wildlife species, is accessible and continuous, reflects the regional character, and serves as an urban amenity for a variety of users.”