DANBURY, CONN. — A new look will define the perimeter of the Midtown campus this fall with construction of signs and other improvements at two corners on White Street.

The project, directed by Peter J. Visentin, WCSU director of Planning and Engineering, will result in dramatic brick-and-construction-stone signs at both of the corners of Fifth and Eighth avenues, tying together the campus along the length of White Street.

The project will feature four-season foliage with star magnolia, spruce and elm trees, yew and ivy. Elms, which will grow to the same height as the pin oaks on White Street, will also be planted along Eighth Avenue.

“The new signs will reflect the look of the entrance gate on White Street and define the campus along Eighth Avenue with the elm trees,” Visentin said. “It will give the campus a more finished look.”

The project will cost about $200,000, paid for by CSUS 2020 bonding, approved by the state legislature and signed by Gov. M. Jodi Rell in 1997. CSUS 2020 is the Connecticut State University System’s comprehensive long-term capital infrastructure investment plan.

It was developed consistent with master facilities plans developed by its individual universities — Central, Eastern, Southern and Western Connecticut State universities — and approved by the Board of Trustees. The landscape architectural firm of Wesley Stout Associates of New Canaan worked with Visentin on the design. The contractor is Holzner Electric Construction Co. of Bridgeport.

For more information, call the Office of University Relations at (203) 837-8486. Note: a pdf illustration of the signs is available.

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