Team: Nick Gates, Tory Bingaman, Owen McCann

This, our team began our research on Site 2, located along the Bushkill Creek at the bottom of college hill. We noticed the College’s intense redevelopment efforts in the area, noting that the architecture had changed dramatically even since we started at Lafayette.

In previous classes we’ve learned that our site has fallen victim to serious flooding over the years. After some initial research, we learned that the Delaware River (just down the way from our site) flows at 6ft on average. With the Bushkill being a major tributary to the Deleware, flooding clearly poses a serious threat to the Williams Art Campus. We are looking forward to examining how this flooding has effected the businesses, architecture and wildlife on our site.