Our recently-opened Erie Commercial Slip landscape exhibit project was just featured on Buffalo Rising Online. It’s an interesting read and has some great pictures. Keith is the scale model in photo #1.

Here’s a short excerpt:

Keith Helmetag, a partner with C&G Partners LLC, principal designers of the exhibits and site graphics at Erie Commercial Slip invited BRO on a personal tour of the area. In charge of the project since 2002, Helmetag’s firsthand account of the signage lends perspective one might not have without the insight he offers. … “The interesting thing about a project like this,” Helmetag said, “is that there’s no way to untangle the site from the architecture, lighting and graphics. They’re done together, and it’s everywhere you look. … And this thing rocks at night.”

Read the whole article, including glimpses into the public controversy about this site, here.