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Book SynopsisWater is far too valuable of a resource to be disposed as a waste.
Working Water presents the work of Denver landscape architecture firm Wenk Associates, highlighting their projects that treat stormwater, and the infrastructure that controls it, as a resource that supports functioning natural systems and enhanced urban open space. Built projects illustrate how stormwater runoff can be directed to support an intimate private garden, to the large-scale redevelopment of derelict industrial lands in Milwaukee organised around a stormwater park and open space system. Planning projects range from a plan for a surface stormwater system developed incrementally for a redeveloping urban district in central Denver, to a multi-generational plan for restoration of the Los Angeles River that will require profound changes in stormwater management policies and practice for full implementation. The final chapter describes the challenges, strategies, and lessons learned over the firm's 37-year history as part of implementing new approaches to infrastructure design that can withstand the test of time.
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION 6 PREFACE: Inspired by Land and Water 8 PART I: Land, Water, and Resilient Communities 14 PART II: Projects 28 Wenk Office Stormwater Gardens 32 Northside Park 34 Confluence Park 42 Shop Creek 52 Burgess Creek Promenade 60 The Blue Riverwalk 68 River North Park and Promenade 74 TAXI Mixed-Use Development 80 Lowry Parks and Open Space 90 Menomonee Valley Redevelopment 104 The River Mile 118 Grand River Corridor 126 Los Angeles River Revitalization 132 PART III: What We’ve Learned 140 AFTERWORD: Wenk Next 158 Working Water Glossary 162 Project Credits 170 Acknowledgments 184
