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Water Events: Flow and Collection in Skyline Park

Water Events: Flow and Collection in Skyline Park Water Events Flow and Collection in Skyline Park Ann Komara INTRODUCTION Skyline Park was conceived to enhance renewal of execute this element of the Master Plan, in 1970 DURA central downtown Denver and render it more desir- and the City of Denver hired Lawrence Halprin and able for commerce, development, and people. The park Associates as designer and consultant, and they was a signifi cant component of the Downtown Urban promptly began work on the new park. Renewal Authority’s (DURA) revitalization of the Halprin’s offi ce produced the schematic design “Skyline Renewal Area,” a 37-block area in the heart plan ideas shown in Figure 3. Ideas and details were of the once thriving downtown (Figure 1). A landscape refi ned during design development but the study park was integral in their earliest planning studies; one conveys the fi nal direction and general arrangement fi rst appears as a linear park lining the edge of three of parts comprising this dynamic setting of gathering city blocks along Arapahoe Street in plans published spaces, shady seating areas, and engaging fountains. for DURA in the 1960s. An excerpt from DURA’s Although the park was radically altered in a redesign disposition plan for http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Landscape Journal: design, planning, and management of the land University of Wisconsin Press

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Water Events Flow and Collection in Skyline Park Ann Komara INTRODUCTION Skyline Park was conceived to enhance renewal of execute this element of the Master Plan, in 1970 DURA central downtown Denver and render it more desir- and the City of Denver hired Lawrence Halprin and able for commerce, development, and people. The park Associates as designer and consultant, and they was a signifi cant component of the Downtown Urban promptly began work on the new park. Renewal Authority’s (DURA) revitalization of the Halprin’s offi ce produced the schematic design “Skyline Renewal Area,” a 37-block area in the heart plan ideas shown in Figure 3. Ideas and details were of the once thriving downtown (Figure 1). A landscape refi ned during design development but the study park was integral in their earliest planning studies; one conveys the fi nal direction and general arrangement fi rst appears as a linear park lining the edge of three of parts comprising this dynamic setting of gathering city blocks along Arapahoe Street in plans published spaces, shady seating areas, and engaging fountains. for DURA in the 1960s. An excerpt from DURA’s Although the park was radically altered in a redesign disposition plan for

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Landscape Journal: design, planning, and management of the land – University of Wisconsin Press

Published: Feb 16, 2013

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