Hammond's Ferry

Hammond's Ferry
Uploaded by jeanphony on 25 Apr '05, 8.49am PST.

New development in the town where I grew up... it's been a long time coming. The site is a beautiful area, just adjacent to the Savannah River in North Augusta, SC. The firm responsible for the planning is Dover, Kohl & Partners. Conceptual sketches of the "new" North Augusta can be downloaded from their site here. More information can be found on the Hammond's Ferry marketing site that the developer, Leyland Alliance, has created. Here's the schpiel from the Winter 2004 newsletter of Augusta Tomorrow, an organization claiming to be a champion of downtown (re)development.

The City of North Augusta, in partnership with Leyland Alliance of Tuxedo, New York and Civitas of Charleston, South Carolina, is preparing to commence work in 2004 on the redevelopment of 200 acres along the Savannah River in an organized and well-designed effort to re-link the city with its river-front. Hammond’s Ferry, named for the ferry operated by LeRoy and John Hammond in the mid-1700’s linking South Carolina to Georgia, effectively is a simple extension ofthe existing downtown street net-work of North Augusta. It will offer a mixed-use traditional scaled residential and town center of over 800 single-familyhomes, condominiums and apartments with awide range of affordability. The riverfront portion, extending approximately one mile from the Thirteenth Street Bridge west, will encompass a riverfront park, open to the entire area, and linked by the existing North Augusta Greenway Trail system. Conceived with vernacular historical architecture, Hammond’s Ferry will seamlessly connect the city to its roots along the Savannah River. This extraordinary endeavor will link to the city via the existing streets laid out more than 100 years ago.