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Chicago Riverwalk

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Title

Chicago Riverwalk

Description

2017 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence - Silver Medal

Phases 2 & 3 of Chicago’s Riverwalk transformed underutilized waterfront infrastructure into five distinct “rooms” connecting riverside amenities to the city. The project faced the technical challenge of lowering the Riverwalk to the river’s edge to enable boating and water recreation while creating a sustainable, flood-resilient landscape.

While design elements and materials provide a strong sense of continuity along the path, each of the five waterfront blocks offers a unique shape and programmatic approach to exploring the relationship between the river and the city. New waterfront amenities include art installations and events, educational programs and interpretive signage, restaurants and outdoor seating, kayak rentals, and piers and floating wetland gardens for interactive learning about the river’s ecology. The $95 million project covers 3.5 acres and was completed in October 2016.

Coverage

Chicago, IL

Date

2016

Subject

waterfronts

environmental planning

public spaces

parks

recreation areas

Contributor

City of Chicago

Contributor: en Public Agency

Sasaki

Contributor: en Designer

Chicago Loop Alliance

Contributor: en Community Group

Friends of the Chicago River

Contributor: en Public Agency

Chicago Department of Transportation

Contributor: en Public Agency

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