River Talk Update
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 12:31PMRecents posts from the River Talk Blog from the U of M:
River-City Connection: Poorly Understood? Too Complex to Understand or Model
I have been posting a number of articles and links on our River Portal microblog (Yes, we have one. And yes, you should read it. It’s here. Now go and read it. Good. You’re back? Now where was I?) about sustainability in cities, about the importance of public art in cities, about urban green infrastructure. What’s all that got to do with rivers?
Well, everything, I think. Here are some ideas, call them axioms, propositions, definitions, or what have you.
St. Anthony Falls Needs YOU
Well, maybe the Falls themselves don’t need you–water seems to flow over them ok, per gravity and basic hydrology. But the elements of Minneapolis around the Falls Do need your help.
The Central Minneapolis Riverfront is poised to be the engine driving the city into the 21st Century because the City, its citizens, the Minneapolis Park Board and a host of other individuals and organizations have concentrated on the district for the past 40 years. Today, as a result of that effort, $400 million of public investment has created $1.3 billion in private contributions to a place that is arguably a World Heritage-caliber site.
Following the vision and the success of 2009′s landmark study Power of the Falls, the city’s Community Planning and Economic Development Department has invited public comment on a new set of design guidelines for the Central Riverfront. To read the document and make your comments, go here.
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