“As the City of Schenectady continues to ponder ways to mitigate flooding in one riverfront neighborhood, one idea would move several homes out of the flood plain entirely.
Schenectady’s Stockade neighborhood is the city’s oldest and is noted for its historic architecture.
But for centuries, the neighborhood has been plagued by flooding from the Mohawk River.
On Tuesday night, as part of the city’s Stockade Flood Mitigation Project, consultants walked residents through one possible solution – physically relocating 21 structures along the flood-prone Ingersoll Avenue to a nearby plot of land current home to Front Street Park.”
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Willard, Lucas. WAMC Radio 31 March 2021.