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Scajaquada: The Lost Waters

Everyone wants to know what’s going to happen with the downgrading of the Scajaquada Expressway and Scajaquada Creek. We are all aware of the possibilities and the potential. We know that different organizations and groups all have their own ideas about what it will be. Then there’s the DOT, which has its own ideas, and tends to act upon those ideas without listening to the community, or take the community’s best interest to heart.

It seems like an eternity that we have been waiting to hear constructive news pertaining to the future of this transportation corridor, which was once part of the Olmsted Park system. Delaware Park and historic neighborhoods were ripped apart to make way for the automobile. Now, there is an opportunity to mend this “scar,” if enough people (and public officials) get behind a bold plan.

But what is this scenario? And how far does it extend? What will it look like? How will it behave? Where does it all stand at the moment? Should we be excited? Should we expect business as usual?

As we patiently await all of these answers, and the ensuing plans, Alan Oberst has crafted a presentation that he feels will shed some light on the importance of the Scajaquada, and its “Lost Waters.”

“It’s part of Waterkeeper’s Scajaquada September,” said Oberst (aka Rachacha). “The talk is based on some of the research I’ve done on remaking the Scajaquada corridor over the last five years, some of which I’ve published on Buffalo Rising, especially this article. I think that readers would enjoy it, [especially those who have been asking] what’s the big picture plan for the Scajaquada?”

Scajaquada: The Lost Waters

Thursday, September 29, 2022

6pm presentation, followed by a Q&A and discussion

Black Rock Historical Society | 436 Amherst Street | Buffalo NY 14207

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