INTRODUCTIONThe people of north and northeast Minneapolis haveseen hard times before.The land along the Mississippibears witness to previous eras of boom and bust,overabundance and exhaustion,speculation andbankruptcy,mad exuberance and ruin.The story onthe Central Riverfront has been told-the spectacularfalls,Native American and then European habitation,the rise and fall of milling giants-and the future now inview is a healthy one with mill ruin parks and stone archtrails leading home to new communities that sit on theRiver,right next to downtown.But the future of the areaupstream,above the falls of St.Anthony,remains to bedetermined.There are official visions,but also wavering,low rumblings of discontent on all sides:industry versusparks,jobs versus nature,current use versus 'best use',and economic realities versus ecological realities.Is it avibrant,green future or merely a mirage?Like the song still echoing up from the delta says,the Riverkeeps rolling along.To the River,our interventions,fromthe prairie burning by native peoples,to the construction ofspillways and locks,are only temporary modifications.TheRiver will have its way,moving its course from side to sideup in flood and down in drought.The River is resitient.Itwill bounce back.It has bounced back,from a fetid sewerto a place that supports beaver,fox,otter,sturgeon,andmussels again:right in the city!Our design approach celebrates the Resilient River;webelieve in the power of nature to heal,and the relevanceof the River in the life of the people of Minneapolis.Wetake the long view,and see that changes in industry alongthe banks have happened before,driven by the marketbut also by the guiding hand of public policy and theaspirations of the River's citizens.While we recognize therole of industry,and in many cases are enthralled by thescale of its work along the banks,we also remain steadfastin our belief that this landscape is worthy of respect,evenreverence,and protection from harm.Our purpose then is to aid in healing the riverfront as aplace of critical ecological importance,as well as a placefor working and living.Where the River has been an excusefor dividing neighborhoods and peoples,we desire a placewhere people can come together.We concur with the viewthat parks can create new value on adjacent lands,butalso propose that a new ecology of parks is necessarythat makes productive use of the rich riverfront lands andwaters,as well as the people on its shores.THE RESILIENT RIVER2筑衬网Z. Challenges to our families and communities are global,yetwe propose that the area above the falls is a place to takea stand for a new economy that values local production,urban agriculture,self-sustaining energy,art,sociability,and the people of northern Minneapolis and the region asa whole.The scale of this undertaking is huge,and time forchange is running out.Our vision is of the Upper Riverfrontas prototype for a new relationship,a smarter relationshipbetween the people of Minneapolis and their river,whichcan inform a way of living within nature,across the city andregion.We have real experience from the past of using the powerof the River in a sustainable way,breaking the hard wheatof the north with only the falling of water,and even nowturning that motion into electricity.Our design is presentedin that spirit and with a belief in the River itself to steadyour minds,fill our hearts,and steel our resolve for thechallenges before us.We are living in a problematic 21st Century.We faceclimate change and a degraded environment,an uncertaineconomy and social inequality,cultural conflict and a lossof local identity;and yet...We can make thisa21st起enc击ang and走reinvention!Old values have to be reevaluated.Newethics and new aesthetics have to be invented.Andmost importantly,new solutions have to be,and canbe,implemented,so we can build on the foundationsof previous generations,a more healthy and beautifulMinneapolis.Our mission is to complete and renew the Minneapolispark system vision based on our understanding of newchallenges,new knowledge,and new technologies,torecover the full potential of the Upper Riverfront and giveit back to the city.We will make full use of the landscapeas a productive,ecological infrastructure for enhancingsocial equality,generating economic vitality,and regainingcultural identity.Dr.Kongiian Yu,TurenscapeTHE RESILIENT RIVER3莲筑素村网Z..ET FOUR CHALLENGES FOR THE UPPER RIVERAND BEYONDECOLOGICAL RENEWALHow can our work on the Mississippi River address the environmental imperatives of ourgeneration?Specifically,what can we do on the Upper Riverfront and in the surroundingcommunities to rebuild a healthy ecosystem and revalue the park system for its productivepotential?How can we adapt to global climate change?How can we discover a newaesthetic that reflects and foresees a lifestyle in which cultural and human processes adaptto and mediate the changing environment?Restoring connectivitySOCIAL EQUITYThe communities of the Upper Riverfront,especially North Minneapolis,are dramaticallyunderserved in terms of access to parkland and other amenities.This inequity compoundsand exacerbates other social challenges.How can our work help create a healthier andmore equal society?How can a landscape resource that belongs to North Minneapolis andNortheast become a destination for the whole city,the way the resources of the rest of thecity are recognized and enjoyed by all?J.NEnproving access to waterfront parksVIBRANT ECONOMYThe Mississippi River has always been a potent source of economic activity and vitality.In its current state,however,the River is not reaching its potential.The Upper Riverfront islined with uses that do not provide value equal to their majestic location,including manyuses that don't require river access.How can we foster new industries and new economiesin a resurgent river corridor?How can investments in the River catalyze broader economic0activity and attract the businesses of the future?Expanding employmentAUTHENTIC CULTURAL IDENTITYMinneapolis has a rich history and diverse cultural influences.A thread linking generationsis the relationship to the Mississippi River.This was an important destination and conduitfor native peoples.It was the reason for European exploration and settlement with therise of the fur trade,lumber milling,and grain industries.As Minneapolis has attracted anincreasingly diverse population,can the River play a part in bringing contemporary citizenstogether'?Can the“City of Lakes”become the“City of the River'”again?Making Minneapolis the City of the RiverTHE RESILIENT RIVER筑素衬网Z. THREE STRATEGIES FOR THE RESILIENT RIVER1.BUILD AN ECOLOGICAL2.REORIENT URBANISM3.CURATE THE VISIONINFRASTRUCTURETO THE RIVERTHROUGH TIMEA strong city park system is rootedAs ecological infrastructure grows,Minneapolis has a history ofin robust and resilient nature.We willwe can begin to restructure andestablishing long-term visions andstrategically identify natural assetsreorient the city around the River'sthen sticking to them,even whento design an ecological infrastructurenatural assets.Smart cities arenear-term political and economicnetwork that protects and enhancesinvesting in human capital-schoolsrealities require incrementalcritical natural and cultural processes.and housing,jobs and research,artimplementation.Generations of civicBy growing this ecologicaland commerce.The smartest citiesleaders have understood that landinfrastructure,the full range ofare leveraging these investments asuse and architecture will change,ecosystem services can be securedstrategic placemaking to improvebut the intrinsic landscape itself isfor future generations.We caneconomic stability,social justice,an enduring asset.Our planningintegrate sustainable transportation,and cultural identity.We can use theand design approaches must benatural stormwater management,green network to vibrate the city sostrategically conceived to work withinurban agriculture,and other greenthat all facets of the community arepresent-day realities while catalyzinginfrastructure into this network to seestimulated,providing opportunitiesa 50-year vision worthy of theMinneapolis through the environmental for new lifestyles and a healthierMississippi River and Minneapolis'schallenges that lie ahead.societylegacy of great park system planning.THE RESILIENT RIVER5理素村网Z.ZC.EI 1.BUILD AN ECOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTUREB.HARNESS ECOSYSTEM SERVICESEcosystem services are the resources and processes provided by natural ecosystems.The Mississippi,America'sGreat River,is an internationally-significant source of ecosystem services.The United Nations Millenium EcosystemAssessment established four broad categories of services:regulating,provisioning,supporting,and cultural.How can wereverse decades of degradation and put nature's forces to sustainable use?Regulating services keep systems in balance to resistclimate change and disease.How we deal with water iskey to regulation.We propose a system of natural drainageto manage water flows.A variety of green stormwaterriverfront treatment train-infrastructure technologies will be used to treat pollutedrun-off from surrounding neighborhoods,1-94,and theoccupied river terraces.And,rather than continue to armorgreen roofsthe banks of the River,increasing flooding downriver,ourapproach is to increase flood capacity in the areas identifiedas floodplain and deposit excavated materials in the upperriver terraces to create dramatic landforms and overlooks.wetland purificationsystemstreetsideswalesProvisioning services relate to the productionof food,water.and other basic inputs for life.greenhouseWe propose a palette of productive surfaces.Vegetated patches for stormwater treatment andwildlife habitat will be interspersed with urbantree nurseryagriculture opportunities,from personal allotmentgardens and community-supported agriculturecommunity garden(CSAs)to aquaculture and tree nurseries.Legacyvarieties of sunflowers and millet will be rotatedon underutilized lands.Wild rice and nativebiofuelslotus will fill wetland terraces.Fast-growingtrees will be coppiced for locally-consumedbiofuel,and power plant waste heat will allow theriver fisheriesgreenhouses of the Horticulture Enterprise Zoneto grow food year-round.THE RESILIENT RIVER7筑素荷网Z.ZS沁.ET 1.BUILD AN ECOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTUREB.HARNESS ECOSYSTEM SERVICESSupporting services include nutrient cycling and crop pollination critical to natural function.We propose ecologicalcorridors to increase habitat biodiversity.The Mississippi is an internationally significant flyway for migrating birds.Manyfish and other wildlife species make their way every day along this critical ecological pathway.We have studied therhythms of key species,both local and migratory,to establish a palette of native plants and rustic crops that providefood and cover for these birds,fish,and other wildlife.prairiebiofilter polishing wetlandin-river habitatfloodplain terraceupland forest savanna筑害litoral wetlandagricultureCultural services include transportation,educationrecreation and spiritual benefits.The Mississippiwas once a significant recreational resource forMinneapolis,with community destinations likeexercisethe Gerber Baths at Halls Island and WebbertransportationPool at Shingle Creek.The River can againhost diverse opportunities for fishing,boating,swimming,ice skating,sauna,and other water-public eventsbased experiences.We see opportunities to createimproved river habitat while also carving outincreased access and activation spaces for people.water recreationTHE RESILIENT RIVER8筑素村网Z.Z沁
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