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Water works park, a lengthy stretch on the riverfront
Park With A View

Minneapolis’ newest park is like a front porch on the Mississippi River

Oudolf Garden Detroit, a wild landscape with a dome atop
Fan Mail

Oudolf Garden Detroit opens at Belle Isle Park five years after the Dutch plantsman first arrived

Black and white photo of a public park garden
Invented Or Agreed Upon?

The Invention of Public Space shows the city as a product of negotiation

Rendering of the Marina Tower from the Saronic Bay
Ellinikon Vision

Foster + Partners unveils the tallest tower in Greece as part of sprawling new master plan

four panel deck park diagram for el paso
Cover-Up Job

Deck parks are increasingly in vogue in the Southwest’s downtown cores, but aren’t a good fit for El Paso

a big steel framework and sign that reads pier 76
Summer Lovin'

Daily digest: Toronto’s parks aren’t ready for summer, Manhattan’s Pier 76 opens, and more

railyard park, a playground with water towers in it
Just the Ticket

A new railside public park from Ross Barney Architects rouses once-sleepy Rogers, Arkansas

Little island, a square landscape supported on concrete piers, juts out from 11th avenue into the river
Hudson River Outcrop

MNLA and Heatherwick Studio’s Little Island harnesses topography to deliver a one-of-a-kind experience

Rendering of a pier jutting out into the Hudson River
Drab to Fab

Pier 97 at Hudson River Park is getting a $38 million overhaul

Michael Van Valkenburgh’s design for the 66.5-acre riverfront park includes a fantasy playground featuring seven different themes for kids of all ages.
Tulsa's Tree Kingdom

Michael Van Valkenburgh transforms Tulsa’s riverfront into a fantastical green parkland

Rios Clementi Hale Studios' design for Jones Plaza, Houston
Urban Theatricality

Rios Clementi Hale choreographs a new park for Houston

Aerial rendering of the CPAC during an event.
Jealous, St. Paul?

SHoP Architects set to design Minneapolis’s riverfront performing arts center

Aerial view of the Rail Park's open spur. (Courtesy Center City District)
You get a High Line, and You Get a High Line...

Philadelphia cuts the ribbon on its own “High Line” park

Low Line

San Antonio’s “Latino High Line” opens to the public

A carved-out cove along the riverfront in the summer. (Courtesy Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates)
Down by the River

Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, David Adjaye selected to design Detroit’s West Riverfront Park

Step It Up

L.A. Chinatown park transforms barren hillside into terraced gardens

Along the Gowanus Canal, dlandstudio’s Sponge Park will soon be ready to soak up polluted water

Deborah Berke unveils a green-roofed tower and park for Cummins Indianapolis

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