Water is far too valuable of a resource to be disposed as a waste. Working Water<\/b><\/i> 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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
INTRODUCTION 6
\nPREFACE: Inspired by Land and Water 8
\nPART I: Land, Water, and Resilient Communities 14
\nPART II: Projects 28
\nWenk Office Stormwater Gardens 32
\nNorthside Park 34
\nConfluence Park 42
\nShop Creek 52
\nBurgess Creek Promenade 60
\nThe Blue Riverwalk 68
\nRiver North Park and Promenade 74
\nTAXI Mixed-Use Development 80
\nLowry Parks and Open Space 90
\nMenomonee Valley Redevelopment 104
\nThe River Mile 118
\nGrand River Corridor 126
\nLos Angeles River Revitalization 132
\nPART III: What We’ve Learned 140
\nAFTERWORD: Wenk Next 158
\nWorking Water Glossary 162
\nProject Credits 170
\nAcknowledgments 184<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":27303,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5559],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15773","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-architecture-landscape-design","7":"author-by-author-bill-wenk","8":"publisher-oro-editions","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n