HAMILTON, N.Y. — Colgate University announced it has opened its new Peter’s Glen, a 2.5-acre landscape corridor made possible by the philanthropy of 1965 graduate Peter Kellner, who fully funded the work to “create the new campus landmark.”
Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, which has an office in Brooklyn, designed Peter’s Glen, Colgate said.
In the years before the creation of Peter’s Glen, stormwater flowed from multiple pipes out of the hillside above the Dana Arts Center and Bernstein Hall and flooded the undersized storm system at the bottom of the hill, per the announcement.
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Colgate notes that increasing the piped drainage system and managing the flow of water will now alleviate flood events on Lally Lane and along Taylor Lake and improve the conditions of Payne Creek. The stormwater channel carries runoff from rain and snowmelt through terraced bluestone pools and cascades. At times it runs dry, but it is “both functional infrastructure and a defining, ephemeral site feature,” Colgate contends.
Crews have converted the large vehicle-traffic circle by Frank Dining Hall into a new upper plaza for improved pedestrian safety, ease of access, and a “greater natural connection” with the surrounding landscape.
The plaza includes stone pavers, boulder seat walls, new site lighting, and tree and understory plantings. A new lower plaza at the south side of Ryan Studio connects the project’s main stairway and pathways to Colgate’s new Bernstein Hall. These plazas provide new campus locations for gathering and studying, Colgate said.
“Years of planning, design, and construction have culminated in this final month of work,” Katy Jacobs, project manager, said in the Colgate announcement. “[We are] achieving final completion ahead of schedule and on budget.”
