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Letter to the Editor - Ideas for the Minneapolis Riverfront
From MPR:
The four teams of architects competing to redesign the north Minneapolis riverfront are in town this week.
The groups -- from New York, Beijing, Boston, and Berkeley -- are finalists in the Riverfront Design Competition.
They're visiting Minneapolis to get an up-close look at the five-and-a-half mile stretch of riverfront that city leaders hope to turn into a world-class outdoor space.
From FMR:
The Minneapolis Parks Foundation and the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) are spearheading an exciting effort — the Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition. Four design teams have been selected to create designs for 220 acres of parkland and the surrounding neighborhoods and business districts along 5.4 miles of river from the Stone Arch Bridge to the northern city limits. Long an industrial area, this upper section of the river offered little of the riverfront green space enjoyed by those south of downtown.
From Mill City Times:
Get an in-depth look at the historic Washburn A Mill complex and the award-winning Mill City Museum building. A museum interpreter will take visitors into the building's many nooks and crannies, highlighting the lives of the men and women who worked there, how the building functioned during its peak flour milling years and the many changes to the building over time. Also covered will be the challenges of preserving the 120-year-old, fire-damaged building; its art, architecture and interior design; and the St. Anthony Falls Historic District.
One of four finalist in the Minneapolis Riverfront Design competition. Ken Smith Workshop is a world-renowned landscape design firm.
One of four finalist in the Minneapolis Riverfront Design competition. Tom Leader Studio is a world-renowned landscape design firm.
From Mill City Times:
Time: 10:45am
Location: Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board headquarters, 2117 West River Road
Minneapolis community leaders and riverfront stakeholders will gather to learn which four globally-renown landscape and urban design teams are short-listed to compete in the Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition (MR|DC).
From the Twin Cities Daily Planet:
The Mississippi River flows south to the Gulf of Mexico, connecting Minnesota with the rest of the world. Small wonder, then, that designers who will come up with an integrated vision for the 5.4 Minneapolis river miles from the Stone Arch Bridge to the city limits, could come from anywhere else in the world.
The design competition website scored 3,600 hits from 83 countries and there were 63 entries by the Oct. 13 deadline. A short list will be chosen by Nov. 1; those proposers will develop some ideas over the winter and a final team will be selected Jan. 21. It's just one of several initiatives underway by the Minneapolis Riverfront Corporation and its partners. Formed in 2008, it is a non-profit organization with 23 board members from government, business, community, parks and others. Its name may change in a board action coming just as this newspaper is distributed, but for now we'll refer to it as MRC.
From MPR News:
The four finalists in the Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition will be announced Monday morning at the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board headquarters.
Organizers of the competition say it's the largest design competition in Minneapolis history. Fifty-five teams from 14 countries submitted entries.
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Monday, November 29, 2010 at 9:20AM