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Looks like we have a winner in the West-riverfront park contest, I'm glad they picked Michael Van Valkenburgh.

New York-based Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates to transform Detroit's West Riverfront Park

$50 million transformation planned along the Detroit River

By SHERRI WELCH
Crain's Detroit Business
April 10, 2018

-$50 million transformation planned along the Detroit River
-Winner chosen from four semi-finalists culled from pool of 80 design firms
-Renowned architect Sir David Adjaye added to the team





The landscape architect designed the Brooklyn Bridge Park in New York and Maggie Daley Park in Chicago.

Its team was made even stronger by the addition of Sir David Adjaye, principal of Adjaye Associates, who completed the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., and has been named among Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People as one of the greatest architectural visionaries of modern time.





MVVA's ideas included a series of pavilions for lively programs along the edge of the park, a native-animal-themed playground, a cove with a beach for swimming in the summer and iceskating in the winter, a fishing pier, performance space and a sports house.





The conservancy is in the quiet stage of a $100 million-$150 million campaign that will include the money needed for work on the west riverfront.

As it raises money for the West Riverfront Park's $50 million transformation, MVVA will solicit public feedback to hone its design for the park. The conservancy exceeded its $140 million fundraising goal for the east riverfront, closing out the campaign in 2016 after raising $163 million.

If all goes as planned, it hopes to begin work on the West Riverfront Park in the spring of 2020, said Marc Pasco, director of communications. But between now and then it will need to complete the last pieces of the east riverwalk.

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