A former salt shed, this site sits along the Winooski River in Montpelier and is part of a Riverfront District. Historically a manufacturing and rail transportation corridor, the area now is a mix of office, retail and recreational spaces, including the Turntable Park and Montpelier bike path.

The developer of a mixed use building worked with Didi Brush Landscape Design to soften the linear character of the site with an array of shrubs, ornamental trees, ground-covers and perennial plantings that surround the building. Now the home of Vermont State Colleges, the Connor Building replaced an abandoned corrugated metal structure with a two story office building that will provide vitality to an important part of the city.

(Before) Abandoned salt shed

(Before) Along Stone Cutters Way

(Before) Front entrance

Adjacent to Turntable Park

Crabapples being planted

New plantings at front entrance

Summer of 2012