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Old Posted Sep 18, 2009, 2:45 AM
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NEW ORLEANS: Reinventing The Crescent, Downriver Park

Reinventing the Crescent is a massive initiative to reform the land along the Mississippi River in New Orleans into a series of public parks, in a historically sensitive way that honors the port uses that allowed the city to flourish. Excepting land still controlled by the Port of New Orleans and the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad, the master plan includes park development along nearly 5 miles of waterfront property from Jackson Avenue to the Industrial Canal. It will eventually include gardens, fountains, interactive pavilions, plazas, cafes, and exhibitions of green technology like solar lights and wind turbines.



The first phase, to be called 'Downriver Park', stretches from Esplanade Avenue to Bartholomew Street. It encompasses numbers 9-11 on the above map. Construction is planned to begin December 2009, with completion in Summer 2011. In addition to landscaping by Hargreaves Associates, it features a pedestrian bridge and interventions on an old wharf warehouse done by Michael Maltzan, and a spiritual pavilion and bridge by David Adjaye.



Mandeville Wharf Area
- featuring the work of Michael Maltzan











Piety Wharf Area
-featuring the work of David Adjaye









Interior of pavilion
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Old Posted Jan 15, 2010, 12:18 AM
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The first phase of Reinventing the Crescent is now up for bid!

I believe all the necessary approvals from the city are out of the way... they're aiming for construction to be finished by the end of 2011.

The drawings are posted online - everything looks wonderful. There's actually a toilet pavilion (which sounds really boring) but it will be clad in dichroic glass, which changes color depending on the angle, kinda like those holographic seals on credit cards. I love the idea, and it could be an incredible gem of a building, but it could also be a little too psychedelic. We'll see.
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What a great project -- I'm looking forward to see this come to life.
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Old Posted Jun 22, 2010, 4:16 PM
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Interesting!
Much of Mobile's riverfront, much like in NO, is owned by the port authorities. Hopefully this can serve as a spring for future projects here.
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