07/06/2021
I've been doing some visual research for a project in Flint, MI and I ran across something that I think other folks might dig:
Riverbank Park.
"Designed in the mid-1970s by Lawrence Halprin & Associates." As this article states parts of it has been demolished & I guess there's some sort of new rejuvenation plan underway. Definitely a bummer.
It was more than just cool looking design-y civic boondoggle - "its pools, canals, and water features [were] designed to aid in flood-control measures in compliance with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers."
I'm also going to post a link to a twitter account where someone posted the original design brochure with section & perspective drawings.
For fans of American modernist architecture & brutalism.
An assemblage of five interconnected outdoor rooms set on distinct terraces that step down to the water's edge, Riverbank Park is a ten-acre linear park situated on the northern and southern banks of the Flint River in downtown Flint, Michigan. Designed in the mid-1970s by Lawrence Halprin & Associa...