{"id":118826,"date":"2025-09-23T11:28:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T15:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/?post_type=metro_project&#038;p=118826"},"modified":"2025-09-23T11:28:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T15:28:25","slug":"brutalist-plaza-in-minneapolis-gets-a-surgical-redesign","status":"publish","type":"metro_project","link":"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/projects\/brutalist-plaza-in-minneapolis-gets-a-surgical-redesign\/","title":{"rendered":"Brutalist Plaza in Minneapolis Gets a \u201cSurgical\u201d Redesign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-sandow-article-header article-header\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-header\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2130\" src=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//wp-content//uploads//2025//09//PEAV_Felicella_2019_003-scaled.jpg/" alt=\"image of a concrete fountain and urban plaza in minneapolis\" class=\"wp-image-118827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PEAV_Felicella_2019_003-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PEAV_Felicella_2019_003-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PEAV_Felicella_2019_003-1024x852.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PEAV_Felicella_2019_003-768x639.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PEAV_Felicella_2019_003-1536x1278.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PEAV_Felicella_2019_003-2048x1704.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Courtesy Elizabeth Felicella<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group article-header_intro none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"article-date\" aria-label=\"Post Date\">September 23, 2025<\/p>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Brutalist Plaza in Minneapolis Gets a \u201cSurgical\u201d Redesign<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column article-header_meta is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"summary size-regular\">By considering reuse and accessibility,<strong> <\/strong>Coen+Partners\u2019 redesign of Paul Friedberg\u2019s iconic landscape is the kind of historic preservation we need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-sandow-byline byline size-regular\"><span>By: <\/span><a href=https://metropolismag.com/"//tag//timothy-a-schuler/">Timothy A. Schuler<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"social-share\"><li><a href=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////www.facebook.com//sharer//sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprojects%2Fbrutalist-plaza-in-minneapolis-gets-a-surgical-redesign%2F\%22 target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M9 8h-3v4h3v12h5v-12h3.642l.358-4h-4v-1.667c0-.955.192-1.333 1.115-1.333h2.885v-5h-3.808c-3.596 0-5.192 1.583-5.192 4.615v3.385z\" \/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><li><a href=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////www.linkedin.com//sharing//share-offsite//?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprojects%2Fbrutalist-plaza-in-minneapolis-gets-a-surgical-redesign%2F\%22 target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M4.98 3.5c0 1.381-1.11 2.5-2.48 2.5s-2.48-1.119-2.48-2.5c0-1.38 1.11-2.5 2.48-2.5s2.48 1.12 2.48 2.5zm.02 4.5h-5v16h5v-16zm7.982 0h-4.968v16h4.969v-8.399c0-4.67 6.029-5.052 6.029 0v8.399h4.988v-10.131c0-7.88-8.922-7.593-11.018-3.714v-2.155z\" \/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><li><a href=https://metropolismag.com/"http:////pinterest.com//pin//create//button//?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprojects%2Fbrutalist-plaza-in-minneapolis-gets-a-surgical-redesign%2F&amp;description=Brutalist+Plaza+in+Minneapolis+Gets+a+%E2%80%9CSurgical%E2%80%9D+Redesign\%22 target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"> <path d=\"M12 0c-6.627 0-12 5.372-12 12 0 5.084 3.163 9.426 7.627 11.174-.105-.949-.2-2.405.042-3.441.218-.937 1.407-5.965 1.407-5.965s-.359-.719-.359-1.782c0-1.668.967-2.914 2.171-2.914 1.023 0 1.518.769 1.518 1.69 0 1.029-.655 2.568-.994 3.995-.283 1.194.599 2.169 1.777 2.169 2.133 0 3.772-2.249 3.772-5.495 0-2.873-2.064-4.882-5.012-4.882-3.414 0-5.418 2.561-5.418 5.207 0 1.031.397 2.138.893 2.738.098.119.112.224.083.345l-.333 1.36c-.053.22-.174.267-.402.161-1.499-.698-2.436-2.889-2.436-4.649 0-3.785 2.75-7.262 7.929-7.262 4.163 0 7.398 2.967 7.398 6.931 0 4.136-2.607 7.464-6.227 7.464-1.216 0-2.359-.631-2.75-1.378l-.748 2.853c-.271 1.043-1.002 2.35-1.492 3.146 1.124.347 2.317.535 3.554.535 6.627 0 12-5.373 12-12 0-6.628-5.373-12-12-12z\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" \/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><li><a href=https://metropolismag.com/"mailto:?body=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprojects%2Fbrutalist-plaza-in-minneapolis-gets-a-surgical-redesign%2F&amp;subject=Brutalist+Plaza+in+Minneapolis+Gets+a+%E2%80%9CSurgical%E2%80%9D+Redesign\%22 target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M12 12.713l-11.985-9.713h23.97l-11.985 9.713zm0 2.574l-12-9.725v15.438h24v-15.438l-12 9.725z\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column empty-header-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column article-header_meta is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"size-regular\">For years the victim of \u2018active neglect\u2019\u2014that perennial foe of Brutalist architecture and modernist urban landscapes\u2014<a href=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////www.docomomo-us-mn.org//peavey-plaza.html/">M. Paul Friedberg\u2019s Peavey Plaza<\/a> in Minneapolis is a living example of how even decades-old and deteriorating public spaces can be adapted to respond to new uses and pressures without diminishing the critical role they once played in civic life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Opened 50 years ago this year, the sunken concrete plaza with its roaring, geometric waterfalls was a conscious homage to the sculptural parks of <a href=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////www.tclf.org//sites//default//files//microsites//halprinlegacy///">Lawrence Halprin<\/a>, who had completed the adjacent Nicollet Mall in 1967. It was also a bold assertion of the future viability of cities and their downtowns. This was a long-held belief of Friedberg\u2019s, the New York\u2013based landscape architect and playground designer who died this past February at the age of 93. The founder of the City College of New York\u2019s landscape architecture program, Friedberg was dismayed by the suburbanization and white flight that characterized so many cities in the second half of the 20th century. He saw the work of landscape architects as contributing to the <a href=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////www.tclf.org//remembering-m-paul-friedberg/">\u201ccollective culture of the public realm\u201d and thought that \u201cthe urban landscape needs space to invite unscripted activities.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column article-header_content is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"846\" src=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//wp-content//uploads//2025//09//PEAV_Kerze_2019_072-1024x846.jpg/" alt=\"image of a concrete fountain and urban plaza in minneapolis\" class=\"wp-image-118833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PEAV_Kerze_2019_072-1024x846.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PEAV_Kerze_2019_072-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PEAV_Kerze_2019_072-768x634.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Courtesy Peter Kerze<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//wp-content//uploads//2025//09//PEAV_Kerze_2019_029-1024x1024.jpg/" alt=\"image of a concrete fountain with a close up detail of water falling\" class=\"wp-image-118831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PEAV_Kerze_2019_029-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PEAV_Kerze_2019_029-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PEAV_Kerze_2019_029-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PEAV_Kerze_2019_029-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PEAV_Kerze_2019_029-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Courtesy Peter Kerze<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//wp-content//uploads//2025//09//PEAV_Kerze_2019_030-1024x1024.jpg/" alt=\"image of a concrete fountain and urban plaza in minneapolis with two people standing in it \" class=\"wp-image-118832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PEAV_Kerze_2019_030-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PEAV_Kerze_2019_030-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PEAV_Kerze_2019_030-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PEAV_Kerze_2019_030-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PEAV_Kerze_2019_030-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Courtesy Peter Kerze<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Peavey Plaza would become one of the most potent expressions of Friedberg\u2019s ideas. Built from the remnants of a two-acre excavated pit that had been used as a staging area for the construction of Minneapolis\u2019s Orchestra Hall, the space featured a large central wading pool, surrounded by terraced fountains, planting beds, and amphitheater-like seating. The sound and sight of the rushing water offered visitors a rare connection to nature in the heavily urbanized environment, allowing for informal play in the summer and ice-skating in the winter, while the pool basin could also be drained to accommodate public events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">\u201cThe water was fundamental as a way to create white noise,\u201d says Robin Ganser, a landscape architect and principal at <a href=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////www.coenpartners.com///">Coen+Partners<\/a>, which would eventually lead the rehabilitation of Peavey Plaza. \u201cThe volume of water that&#8217;s being pushed over that fountain is incredible. It&#8217;s so loud that when you&#8217;re standing next to it, it drowns out everything else.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Within just a few years, Peavey Plaza\u2019s novel fountain systems began to experience problems. By 2000, the city stopped trying to repair them, and the plaza lost a major component of its ambiance. Further deterioration followed. In 2010, the city selected a team of Tom Oslund of O2 Design, Charles Birnbaum of the Cultural Landscape Foundation, and a then-almost-80-<br>year-old Friedberg to rethink the plaza, only to pull the plug on the project less than a year later. In 2012, city council members voted to demolish Peavey Plaza, citing the effects of its own lack of maintenance, as well as accessibility challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"837\" src=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//wp-content//uploads//2025//09//PEAV_Kerze_2019_010-scaled.jpg/" alt=\"image of a concrete fountain and urban plaza in minneapolis with people lounging around the pool\" class=\"wp-image-118828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PEAV_Kerze_2019_010-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PEAV_Kerze_2019_010-300x98.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PEAV_Kerze_2019_010-1024x335.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PEAV_Kerze_2019_010-768x251.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PEAV_Kerze_2019_010-1536x502.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PEAV_Kerze_2019_010-2048x670.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Courtesy Peter Kerze<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">The Preservation Alliance of Minnesota and the Cultural Landscape Foundation, a longtime watchdog organization for historically significant works of public art and landscapes, sued the city, alleging a violation of the Minnesota Environmental Rights Act, which includes protections for not only natural resources but historic ones as well. Meanwhile, the historic preservationists at the local firm Hess, Roise and Company succeeded in placing Peavey Plaza on the National Register of Historic Places. The city eventually agreed to a settlement, which saved the plaza from the wrecking ball and committed city officials to working with preservationists to solve the maintenance and accessibility problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">A second design effort commenced, this time led by Coen+Partners. Working with Fluidity and a host of other consultants, the landscape architects proposed a scheme that would upgrade the water systems, decrease the amount of water used, and make 85 percent of the plaza ADA-accessible (versus an original 2 percent), without radically altering Friedberg\u2019s original design. In two places, a portion of the wide concrete stairs was converted into a switch-backing ramp that uses board-formed concrete to fit in with the materiality of the existing plaza, and a new central scrim pool replaced the original wading basin, preserving the central water feature but eliminating both barriers to access and roughly 80,000 gallons of water waste every time the city wants to empty the pool and fill it back up again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">\u201cThere was no reuse,\u201d Ganser says of the original design. \u201cAnd there was no stormwater management. Every time it rained, if the basin was full, it just overflowed immediately into the sewer.\u201d<a id=\"_msocom_1\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1688\" height=\"934\" src=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//wp-content//uploads//2025//09//20220506_Peavey-Plazaconstruction-diagram_Update-2-1688x934-1.jpg/" alt=\"renderings of peavey plaza fountain and plaza\" class=\"wp-image-118830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20220506_Peavey-Plazaconstruction-diagram_Update-2-1688x934-1.jpg 1688w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20220506_Peavey-Plazaconstruction-diagram_Update-2-1688x934-1-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20220506_Peavey-Plazaconstruction-diagram_Update-2-1688x934-1-1024x567.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20220506_Peavey-Plazaconstruction-diagram_Update-2-1688x934-1-768x425.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20220506_Peavey-Plazaconstruction-diagram_Update-2-1688x934-1-1536x850.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1688px) 100vw, 1688px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Courtesy Coen+Partners<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1688\" height=\"934\" src=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//wp-content//uploads//2025//09//20220426_Peavey-Plaza-1688x934-1.jpg/" alt=\"renderings of peavey plaza fountain and plaza\" class=\"wp-image-118829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20220426_Peavey-Plaza-1688x934-1.jpg 1688w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20220426_Peavey-Plaza-1688x934-1-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20220426_Peavey-Plaza-1688x934-1-1024x567.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20220426_Peavey-Plaza-1688x934-1-768x425.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20220426_Peavey-Plaza-1688x934-1-1536x850.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1688px) 100vw, 1688px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Courtesy Coen+Partners<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Most compelling were the ways in which the seemingly opposed priorities of the preservationists, the accessibility advocates, and the resource-conscious city departments interwove to create novel design opportunities. To create the scrim pool, Coen+Partners raised the ground plane up by roughly two feet. Even so, Ganser says that \u201cthe preservation community insisted on keeping the entire basin intact\u2014all the bricks, the coping, everything\u2014even though we were building [on top of it]. So we took out strips of bricks, poured concrete grade beams, and then laid precast concrete decking over the top of it. It created an 18-inch void underneath so we use that weirdly created void as a stormwater basin.\u201d Coen+Partners designed an inconspicuous slot drain so that, instead of mingling with the water in the scrim pool, runoff flows into the original basin. \u201cIt&#8217;s actually going to the same place that it always went,\u201d Ganser says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">The Cultural Landscape Foundation\u2019s Birnbaum describes the rehabilitation effort as \u201csurgical.\u201d \u201cIt honors what&#8217;s there in a respectful way,\u201d he says. \u201cIt really is like cutting a diamond. There&#8217;s such precision in the project.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">When it opened in 1975, Peavey Plaza represented an ambitious and democratic approach to public space. Its rehabilitation, which won the inaugural Cultural Landscape Award from World Landscape Architecture last year, has not only preserved but enhanced those ideals, creating greater access to Peavey Plaza and its roaring waterfalls, which in this era of a rapidly warming climate might be understood as critical heat-mitigating infrastructure. \u201cLast week, when I was out there, it was 90 degrees and humid outside,\u201d Ganser says, \u201cThe scrim and the water falling and the mist as you&#8217;re moving past it\u2014the perceived temperature is easily 10 degrees cooler.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"comment size-regular\">Would you like to comment on this article? 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