What could rise from the ruins of Minneapolis Water Works?
Historic Central Riverfront site reinvention explored
Public invited to community meeting:
6 – 8:00 PM
Thursday, December 15, 2011
The public is invited to participate in a “designer-ask” community meeting about a potential new park along the city’s Central Riverfront. Dubbed “Water Works” (former Fuji-Ya Restaurant site) because the city’s first water supply and fire fighting pumping stations were located there in the 19th Century, the site encompasses Minneapolis Park Board-owned land between Portland Avenue South and the Third Avenue Bridge, and between First Street South and the Mississippi River.
The community meeting, which takes place 6-8:00 PM at the Mill City Museum, 704 South Second Street (in the ADM Room on 6th floor), is the first step in a preliminary feasibility study that will explore options for what could be a significant new park destination in downtown Minneapolis. The Minneapolis Parks Foundation is leading the project in partnership with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, for which it is also a forerunner to the Central Riverfront Regional Park Update master planning process.