Water Works Will Be a Public / Private Partnership
Monday, November 3, 2014 at 3:57AM
The Washburn-Crosby mills and railroad yard in Minneapolis, circa 1940. Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society.
By Bill Lindeke on MinnPost:
There is no more hallowed ground in Minneapolis than the spot where the Stone Arch Bridge meets the old mill ruins along St. Anthony Falls. It’s the spot that appears in a thousand photos and is the birthplace of the city’s milling industry.
Last week I went on a tour of the area with a group of architects from the design team SCAPE and Rogers Partners. They shared with me a new vision for the area that would unearth some of the history buried beneath today’s parking lots. The proposal, called Water Works Park, could cost somewhere just north of $20 million, and is full of exciting architectural ideas.
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