Site & Civil News

SOURCE: Archpaper.com · PUBLISHED: November 18, 2009 · AUTHOR: Victoria Monjo

One of the most impressive New York sites you may have never heard of, Fort Totten is a 149-acre peninsula jutting off the coast of Bayside, Queens, with Civil War–era fortifications, meditative grounds, and views of Long Island Sound. But over the last half-century it has had few visitors, being home to a U.S. Army installation and largely barred to the public until 2005, when the first limited access opened to 50 acres acquired by the New York City Parks Department.

SOURCE: Our Town · PUBLISHED: November 11, 2009 · AUTHOR: Our Town Staff Reports

The New York Metropolitan Chapter of the American Public Works Association recognized the Town of Orangetown Highway Department for exemplary performance on the Tappan drainage and road improvement project completed this year. For this accomplishment, the department received the 2009 Municipal Agency Award from the association.

The American Institute of Architects has tabbed McLaren’s Steven L. Grogg to serve as an expert speaker on Storm Water Management Requirements in New York State.

June 19 marked the successful opening of Kinnally Cove in Hastings-on-Hudson – another project designed and engineered by McLaren Engineering Group.

A 3.2-acre site with the Hudson River to its west, Kinnally Cove originally served the water-dependent industries that were located west of the Hudson River Railroad. Acquired by the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson in 2002 in order to extend McEachron Waterfront Park, McLaren developed the site plan for transforming this piece of landfill into an access point to the Hudson River, particularly for the launching of small craft.

McLaren Site/Civil Division Chief Steven L. Grogg has delivered his Saw Mill River Daylighting presentation at least twice, each time in front of a room full of people.

And now he’ll get to present again, but this time for a different audience: the viewing public.