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n fall of 2021, a group of senior land-
scape architecture UConn students
and their professor, along with

I representatives from the National
Park Service, Groundwork Bridge-
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members, and many Connecticut landscape
architects met in Bridgeport, CT, to conduct
a three-part workshop to analyze and plan
for a series of riverside parks and pathways
along what is being referred to as “The
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of the much larger Bridgeport Waterfront
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Assistance (RTCA) program of the National
Park Service.
For the first meeting in late October,
after a two-mile walk around the loop on
a beautiful sunny day, three groups were
formed in order to focus on three aspects of
design for the loop trail. One group, led by
Tom Tavella, FASLA, focused on the Sliver
by the River site, which is the largest of the
proposed activation sites along the trail, and
located close to the downtown Bridgeport
area. A second group, led by Louis Fusco,
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different ages at three smaller
sites along the length of the
trail. And a third group, led by
Aris Stalis, ASLA, focused on
the entirety of the loop and how
to create a sense of connection
along its length.
The second official meet-up
for the three groups was two
weeks later to conduct a char-
rette workshop at the Bridgeport
Arcade, located in downtown
Bridgeport. After settling in, rein-
troductions, and presentations
of site analysis work, each group
was able to sketch ideas and talk
with community members about

The Pequonnock River is a stunning natural resource in downtown Bridgeport.
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After a two-mile walk what the recreational needs shy, the teenagers were able to
around the loop on a were in Bridgeport. By holding share their visions and hopes for
beautiful sunny day, three the charrette in the public area Bridgeport with the youth plan-
groups were formed in order of the Arcade, spontaneous ning group.
to focus on three aspects of conversations with Bridgeport Final presentations were
design for the loop trail. residents led to great feedback, held on a cold day in December
as residents passed through to a limited audience due to
the Arcade and stopped to see increasing COVID-19 concerns.
what the activity was about. The Sliver by the River group,
And conveniently for the youth renamed “The Docks,” pre-
planning group, the Groundwork sented a stunning park site that
Bridgeport after-school program, included the current use by large
led by Tanner Burgdorf (UConn numbers of people who fish on
LA class of 2013), is held in the the river, while proposing an
Bridgeport Arcade; while initially amphitheater for water viewing,

Participants walk the Sliver by
the River site. The group’s re-
sulting concept for “The Docks”
includes an amphitheater, play
spaces, trails and boardwalks,
access for fishing and boating,
and a design which allows for
natural flooding events.

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By holding the charrette in
the public area of the Arcade,
spontaneous conversations with
Bridgeport residents led to great
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Ideas from the Pequonnock Loop
Group included colorful and creative
painting of existing buildings to
make them an amenity rather than
an eyesore.

The Youth Group addressed many wishes they heard from the Groundwork
Bridgeport teens by incorporating active athletic facilities as well as passive
locations for hanging out.

places for kids to play, trails Bridgeport community members Working Group is to coordinate
and boardwalks, and a design at the design presentation were implementation of first-stage,
which allows for natural flooding activating existing sites with quick interventions that will cre-
events. lighting and artistic interventions, ate a sense of place and intention
The Pequonnock Loop creating a space underneath I-95, quickly, and with minimal cost.
Group presented on overall and programming at Sliver by Also during this time, funding is
themes for the trail. The design the River. With UConn student being sought for the larger proj-
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ing, bike lanes, rain gardens, step for the Waterfront Pathway 2-5 year timeline.
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youth and community engage-
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wildlife signage, riverside plazas,
and boardwalks.
Overall, some of the most-
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Participants and Supporters:

National Park Service RTCA Program — Stephanie Stroud (UConn LA Class of 2012); Tomás
Deza; Andrew Petit de Mange; Julie Isbill
Groundwork Bridgeport — Christina Smith, Hon. ASLA; Tanner Burgdorf (UConn LA Class of
2013); Groundwork Bridgeport Youth Program participants
The Trust for Public Land — Raul Irizarry (UConn LA Class of 2019)
City of Bridgeport — Lynn Haig, AICP, Director of Planning; Jacob Robison, City Planner
University of Connecticut — Dr. Sohyun Park, ASLA; Pan Zhang, UConn LA graduate student
ASLA Connecticut — Matthew Verry, ASLA Connecticut Chapter Past President; Oliver Gaffney,
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The 2022 Historic
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OLLMEGSTAECDY
LANDSCAPES

by Barbara A. Yaeger, ASLA

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The area that became Walnut Hill D id you know that Connecticut has only two
Park in New Britain (in the fore- Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS)
ground in this 1875 view above) nominations accepted and filed at the Library
was a barren hillside when it was of Congress (LOC)?1 This number really star-
purchased by a group of leading tled me, knowing that Connecticut is the home
citizens in 1857. A reservoir was built and childhood stomping grounds of Frederick
on the site to provide water for fire Law Olmsted, and that the National Register of
fighting (a role it never adequately Historic Places (NRHP) has 1,651 listings for Connecticut. I
fulfilled). The city hired Frederick emailed Christopher Stevens, Senior Landscape Architect,
Law Olmsted to design the land- Historic American Landscapes Survey, at the National Park
scape around the reservoir, and in Service, to double check for me and…two it is! I did a little
1870 acquired additional parcels to more research on Connecticut and noted that there are 684
increase the park size to about 90 listings under Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)
acres. Eventually the reservoir was and 233 listings in the Historic American Engineering
reduced to a small wading pool, Record (HAER), another shock.
and then completely filled in and To give these numbers a bit of perspective, HALS is by
replaced by formal gardens. far the newest of the NPS survey programs. HABS was estab-
lished in 1933 and HAER was established in 1969.
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It was through the perseverance Connecticut has only two Historic American
of ASLA’s Historic Preservation Landscape Survey (HALS) nominations accepted
Professional Interest Group, and filed at the Library of Congress. There are 684
working with the National Park listings under Historic American Buildings Survey
Service (NPS), that the Historic (HABS) and 233 listings in the Historic American
American Landscapes Survey
(HALS) was established in 2000. Engineering Record (HAER)...We landscape
And finally in 2010, NPS, ASLA, architects have some serious catching up to do!
and the Library of Congress
signed an agreement to make it The newly commissioned Walnut Hill Park, at left in this 1870 view. The
a permanent federal program. city installed a World War I memorial in the park in 1928. While not part of
So we landscape architects Olmsted’s original plan for the park, the tower monument — an Art Deco
structure designed by H. Van Buren Magonigle — is an example of how
have some serious catching subsequent layers of design may achieve their own importance and transform
a park over time.
up to do!
This is where the 2022
HALS Challenge comes in. Start-
ed in 2010, the Challenge was
a way to give some direction
and motivation to the documen-
tation of important landscapes
before they disappear. Each
year a different category of
landscapes is highlighted, and
the “challenge” is issued at the
ASLA annual conference. Last
year’s challenge — Historic
Black Landscapes — “resulted
in the donation of 26 impressive
HALS short format historical
reports and a few measured
drawings to include in the
HALS collection, representing
19 different states from coast
to coast.”2 As we know, land-
scapes are ever-evolving works,

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Images Courtesy of The University of Connecticut Library Map and Geographic Information Center (MAGIC) 1934 changed and molded by man and the environment
in collaboration with the Connecticut State Library, UConn Center for Land Use and Research (CLEAR). 1951 — weather events, civil unrest, redevelopment,
and just plain time. HALS is critical documentation
that allows us to understand and preserve import-
ant information about landscapes that may be lost
or damaged when demolition or natural disasters
occur.
Phil Barlow, ASLA, AICP, of To Design, has
worked on many historic landscapes and met the
2018 Challenge — Memorialization, Commem-
orating the Great War — by documenting New
Britain’s World War Memorial.3 I was curious as to
why he chose the Memorial, which is within Walnut
Park, a site listed twice in NRHP.4 Having worked
on the park for many years, Mr. Barlow wanted to
ensure that the monument was fully documented
because of its significant architecture and land-
scape architecture. The memorial was not part
of Olmsted’s original plan for the park but is an
example of how subsequent layers of design may
achieve their own importance and create the parks
the public enjoys today.
So, now the question of “Why should we
bother with a HALS when there is already a
National Register of Historic Place designation?”
is answered. Many of those listed may document
the landscape as relevant and may even have
some images and perhaps some drawings. But
the focus in most of the older listings was primarily
architecture and engineering, and the descriptions

1970 These aerials highlight how Walnut Hill Park has
kept many of its original forms and features while
114 | CONNECTICUT LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE still changing in many ways. Note how the baseball
diamonds, though present, fade a bit in the 1970s but are
then completely renovated by 2010. And the reservoir’s
oval form remains but is converted to gardens. These
changes can reflect new ideas about the role of safety in
the park and also society’s changing taste in parks use.
Documentation helps us understand this layering and
provides a valuable resource for restoring areas to their
original intent if desired by the next generation of users.

As we know, landscapes are ever-evolving 1995
works, changed and molded by man and
the environment — weather events, civil 2006
unrest, redevelopment, and just plain time.
HALS is critical documentation that allows 2010
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be lost or damaged when demolition or
natural disasters occur.

do not provide an adequate understanding of the
landscape, the people who created them, and the
relationship that was intended between architec-
ture and landscape architecture. HALS focuses on
the landscape. HALS becomes more relevant and
important as more landscapes are reworked and
amended. Peter F. Viteretto, FASLA, principal at
Heritage Landscapes LLC and ASLA Connecticut’s
HALS coordinator, explained to me that when
working on historic sites, the HALS information
can provide verified documentation of historic site
elements, identifying them as contributing to the
historic landscape character and elevating their
value to lessen the impact of any interventions. This
helps to ensure that they will not be erased, reduc-
ing the authenticity and landscape significance of
the site.
HALS does not require concurrence by the
owner of the site to be listed. At the basic doc-
umentation level, it provides a contemporary
description of the site and its history and, depend-
ing on its integrity, can make its listing a priority
in the National Register of Historic Places. HALS
documentation can also be used to expand ASLA
Connecticut’s Olmsted Legacy Trail website. This
website informs the public about the Olmsted leg-
acy in Connecticut in an easily accessible format.

The 2022 HALS Challenge
is Olmsted Landscapes.
If you have an interest in
documenting an Olmsted
site in Connecticut, we can
help get you going. Deadline
for submittals: July 31, 2022.

I am excited that the 2022 Aerial view of Walnut Hill Park from 2013.
HALS Challenge is Olmsted
Landscapes, which includes list. With a little bit of managing, site in Connecticut, check out
“any site designed or planned we can use many of the docu- the map on Olmsted Online
in part or in full by Frederick Law ments that the Red Bridge Group (www.olmstedonline.org) and
Olmsted Sr., his firm, and the (hired to complete the state sur- see if there is a site close to you,
firm continued by his sons, John vey) will be producing to assist or a landscape type you are inter-
Charles Olmsted and Frederick us in completing the HALS short ested in (parks, estates, campus-
Law Olmsted Junior (see Master forms, or if you are game, you es). Then contact Peter Viteretto
List of Design Projects).”5 This might look at some of the proj- ([email protected])
determines a list of projects that ects the survey group didn’t get or Barbara Yaeger (b.yaeger@
immediately qualify and make it to. Either way, anyone who wants landcanvasla.com). We can help
VASTLY easier for us in Connecti- to participate can find assistance. get you going.
cut to move on the challenge. Let’s meet the challenge by Deadline for submittals to the
Additionally, a statewide DOUBLING the HALS documen- HALS Challenge is July 31, 2022.
survey being funded through tation for Connecticut. That is
a grant from the state’s Office just two more, and seriously: — Barbara Yaeger is a principal
of Economic and Community WE ARE OLMSTED. of Land Canvas Landscape
Development through Preser- So if you have an interest in Architecture. Learn more at
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Walnut Hill Park, New Britain.

Endnotes
1 Macedonia Brook State Park, CCC Road, 159 Macedonia Brook Road, Kent, Litchfield (Historian
Karen Cowperthwaite, ASLA); and New Britain World War Memorial, 184 West Main Street, New
Britain, (Historian Phil Barlow, ASLA, AICP).
2 https://thefield.asla.org/2021/12/14/the-2021-hals-challenge-winners-historic-black-landscapes.
3 www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh/item/ct0737.
4 Walnut Hill Historic District (1975) and Walnut Hill Park (1982).
5 www.nps.gov/hdp/competitions/HALS_Challenge.html.

HALS Documentation for CT
Macedonia Brook State Park: www.loc.gov/item/ct0732
New Britain World War Memorial: www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh/item/ct0737

Helpful links
State of Connecticut Register of Historic Places: https://portal.ct.gov/DECD/Content/Historic-
Preservation/01_Programs_Services/Historic-Designations/State-Registry-of-Historic-Places
National Park Service, Historic American Landscapes Survey Guidelines:
www.nps.gov/hdp/standards/halsguidelines.htm
Library of Congress, Historic American Landscapes: www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh/
Preservation Connecticut: https://preservationct.org/olmsted-landscape-documentation,
https://preservationct.org/finding-olmsteds
Olmsted Online: https://olmstedonline.org
The Olmsted Legacy Trail (CTASLA): www.olmstedlegacytrail.com
National Association for Olmsted Parks (NAOP): www.olmsted.org

Firms mentioned
Heritage Landscapes LLC: www.heritagelandscapes.com
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