November 8, 2010, Monday - The Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition (MR|DC) Will Announce Four Competing Design Teams

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).
 
MR|DC, the largest design competition in Minneapolis history, will produce a 21st-century parks design for 220 acres of parkland and adjacent neighborhoods and business districts along both sides of the 5.4-mile stretch of the Mississippi River from the Stone Arch Bridge in the historic downtown Mill District to the city’s northern limits. Fifty-five landscape and urban design teams responded to MR|DC’s Request for Qualifications, including some of the world’s leading design studios.
 
Speakers will include:
•David Fisher, MR|DC jury member and Superintendent Emeritus, Minneapolis Parks
•Cecily Hines, President, Minneapolis Parks Foundation
•Mary deLaittre, MR|DC Project Manager
 
MR|DC is co-sponsored by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board and the Minneapolis Parks Foundation, with Creative Partners the University of Minnesota College of Design and Walker Art Center.