James Corner Field Operations was announced this week as the firm chosen to redesign the New Presidio Parklands Project in San Francisco. James Corner Field Operations

James Corner Field Operations was announced this week as the firm chosen to redesign the New Presidio Parklands Project in San Francisco.

Five teams submitted proposals for what to do with a new swatch of land that was created when the city demolished Doyle Drive and built tunnels into the land. James Corner Field Operations

Five teams submitted proposals for what to do with a new swatch of land that was created when the city demolished Doyle Drive and built tunnels into the land.

Corner's proposal kept it simple: rather than build an icon, his plan includes several footpaths and outlook points. James Corner Field Operations

Corner's proposal kept it simple: rather than build an icon, his plan includes several footpaths and outlook points.

There will be three prime lookout points: a western one facing Golden Gate, a central spot overlooking Alcatraz Island, and an eastern outlook looking back over the city. James Corner Field Operations

There will be three prime lookout points: a western one facing Golden Gate, a central spot overlooking Alcatraz Island, and an eastern outlook looking back over the city.

A zcalo, or the main plaza. This will anchor the park by both providing a central drop off point for vehicles and by playing host to markets and festivals. James Corner Field Operations

A zcalo, or the main plaza. This will anchor the park by both providing a central drop off point for vehicles and by playing host to markets and festivals.

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CoeurdAlene Park is looking a little ragged around theedges.

So the Brownes Addition Neighborhood Council and the Friends of CoeurdAlene Park are teaming up to write a new master plan and make somechanges.

Theyve hired landscape architect Bob Scarfo to help them come up with the changes they would like tosee.

Topping the list is removing some of the overgrown shrubs that they say are a haven fortransients.

During a neighborhood meeting in November, one resident told a story of two men who emerged from a shrubby hiding spot and

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Bob Scarfo, a landscape architect who is gathering ideas from the community for CoeurdAlene Park, stands in the park in Brownes Addition on Dec. 3,. The neighborhood council and Friends of CoeurdAlene Park are starting a process of gathering ideas from the neighborhood about desired improvements in thepark. (Full-size photo)(All photos)

CoeurdAlene Park is looking a little ragged around theedges.

So the Brownes Addition Neighborhood Council and the Friends of CoeurdAlene Park are teaming up to write a new master plan and make somechanges.

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A TV drama focussing on the murder of a Hampshire landscape architect will be aired tonight.

The dad of victim Jo Yeates has welcomed a new ITV drama which tells the story of an innocent man wrongly suspected of killing his daughter.

David Yeates says he believed the programme will shine a light on police failings in their investigation which he believes led to delays in catching the man responsible.

Mr Yeates said there had been inadequacies in the police probe and he hoped the programme, which airs next month, could bring a positive and help improve future investigations.

He also spoke of the familys loss at it prepares for the fourth anniversary since Jo, pictured above, was brutally strangled, before her body was found dumped at the side of a road in Bristol.

The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies, which will hit TV screens next week, tells the story of Mr Jefferies, who was arrested on December 30 after the discovery of Jos body on Christmas Day in 2010.

Jo vanished on December 17 after going for Christmas drinks with colleagues in the city.

Mr Jefferies, a retired schooltmaster, was later released without charge.

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Landscape architect James Corner unveiled a new concept for the Nicollet Mall redesign Thursday night stunning light and art walks for Nicollet between 6th and 8th streets.

The new design for the central stretch of Nicollet replaces an earlier concept featuring glass staircases descending from the skyway linking the IDS to Macy's. Businesses, Metro Transit and city leaders raised concerns about the logistics of the staircases, prompting the design team to consider alternatives.

The light walk will feature a trellis of tilted mirrors on the east side of the mall, Corner said. When people walk under the mirrors headed north on the mall they will see their reflection and those of passersby; going south they will see reflections of the sky.

At night the light walk will resemble a starry sky that could change colors, imitating the Northern Lights.

The west side of the street will include mature trees, street furniture and an art walk with spheres lit at night with distinctive patterns. Corner said there's talk of collaborating with the Walker Art Center to curate art installations in storefronts and perhaps a large art piece could be suspended over 7th Street.

The blocks will also have diverse activities, such as bocce ball in the summer, curling in the winter and community gatherings.

The goal is to transform the blocks from rather drab spaces to the most vibrant section of Nicollet, Corner said.

The designer and other project leaders briefed the community on the project at the Hyatt Regency.

The $50 million project has secured $21.5 million in state bonding and $3.5 million from the City of Minneapolis. A plan to assess businesses for the remainder of the project's cost will be finalized early next year.

The goal is to complete the Nicollet Mall renovation by the end of 2016. The entire mall, from Washington Avenue to Grant Street, will be redone with more durable paving materials, new trees, enhanced lighting and public art. It will also be renovated to be streetcar ready, project organizers said.

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After nearly a year of study, a prominent architectural-landscape company in Philadelphia will present its vision Thursday for improving the tired riverfront promenade in Burlington City.

The grassy 14 acres along the Delaware River would be transformed into a more inviting space, with new park benches beneath a grove of shade trees; winding paths; changing art installations; designated areas for concerts, kite-flying events, and children's sports; and more, said Richard Newton, an Olin Studios partner who is working on the project.

A presentation will be made at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at a special public meeting at City Hall, 525 High St.

The renderings, which have not been released, depict a "more interesting . . . more romantic" promenade that takes full advantage of the location's "amazing views of the bridge, the Delaware itself, the island, and, of course, the sunsets," Newton said in an interview.

How the project would be financed has not yet been determined, but officials said it could be a combination of donations, state aid, and other sources.

Council President David Babula said the beautification project was a key part of the city's ambitious revitalization plans. The project could take more than three years to complete and cost $2.5 million to $5 million, he said. "That's just a ballpark figure," he said, adding that a planned development of market-rate apartments nearby might contribute to the project's funding.

"We're looking mostly to enhance and beautify that area," he said, "to make it into a tourist attraction and also an entertainment venue."

Built more than 25 years ago, the promenade is a quiet, grassy space between the Burlington-Bristol Bridge and the Oneida Boat Club, with a paved walk that stretches less than a half-mile along the river. Used occasionally by pedestrians, joggers, and boaters, the area also has a soccer field and a band shell for summer concerts.

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Seven years ago on a cold January night, landscape architect Charles Birnbaum urged local leaders to restore Mellon Square, the modernist jewel of a park that opened in 1955 in Downtown Pittsburgh.

As president and founder of The Cultural Landscape Foundation in Washington, D.C., Mr. Birnbaum championed the project because he knew of other significant landscapes that had already disappeared from cities and parks.

Six months later, in June 2007, Meg Cheever, president and chief executive officer of the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, took Susan Rademacher on a tour of the citys historic parks Frick, Schenley, Riverview and Highland plus the Hill District.

It was not my first visit to Pittsburgh, said Ms. Rademacher, who had visited as a consultant to the parks conservancy. But until then, I didnt have a sense of the rich landscape, history and opportunities.

On Thursday night at Carnegie Museum of Art, Mr. Birnbaum spoke about the creation and recent $10 million renovation of the park. Ms. Rademacher then signed copies of her book, Mellon Square: Discovering a Modern Masterpiece.An initiative of Mr. Birnbaums foundation, the book was published by Princeton Architectural Press.

Key players in the projects history were financier Richard King Mellon and Mayor David Lawrence, who seized the chance to remake smoky Downtown Pittsburgh after World War II by spending $4 million to buildMellon Square on top of a parking garage. The architects were James Mitchell and Dahlen Ritchey; the landscape architects were John Ormsbee Simonds and his brother, Philip.

Mr. Mellons sister, Sarah Mellon Scaife, played an unexpected role in the parks final design. Shehad just returned from Italy when she saw preliminary design documents for the square.

She questioned the paving pattern. It was a rectilinear concrete pavement, Ms. Rademacher said.She thought it was boring, and she had just been dazzled in Venice in St. Marks Square, which has a very elaborate pavement pattern. She challenged them.

John [Simonds] rose to the challenge and developed the amazing harlequin pattern, which his partner, Phil, detailed, Ms. Rademacher said.

Phil Simonds created paving made from unpolished marble chips, calling itrustic Venetian terrazzo. Narrow bronze strips between the pavment form interlocking triangles.

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Hermosa Beach cut the ribbon on a new Community Center garden last week, just a few days after a city backhoe removed a privately maintained garden across the street on the city Greenbelt.

The Community Center garden replaces 2,000 square feet of the block long lawn that covers the north and east grounds of the former junior high school.

Celebrating the completion of the Hermosa Beach Community Centers new native plant garden last Wednesday are Surfriders Craig Cadwalder, councilman Hany Fangary, West Basins Ron Wildermuth, California Water Services Rob Olsen and Susan Cordone, Surfriders Beth Crosse, West Basin trustee Carol Kwan, mayor Pete Tucker and landscape architect John Tikotsky . Photo by Kevin Cody

The garden the city removed was planted with city permission 13 years ago by Karen Bruns, who lives in the Marine Mobile Home Park, across from the Greenbelt.

All of the Community Centers new plants are drought tolerant, California natives. Rainwater collected from the Community Center roof and gray water from the citys purple water main provide the irrigation.

Hermosa Beach Mayor Pete Tucker and West Basin Water District board member Carol Kwan.

The garden is a model for residents and represents Hermosas leadership in environmental sustainability, Mayor Pete Tucker said at last Wednesdays ribbon cutting.

The $30,000 garden was largely funded by the West Basin Water District, whose board member Michelle Kwan noted that she has reduced her water bill to $35 a month by replacing the lawns at her Manhattan Beach home with California native plants.

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