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Cascade Park
By : CCxA
GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN – 16th edition
Discipline : Landscape & Territories
Categories : Landscape Architecture / Landscape Architecture - Public Space : Gold Certification
Summary of Project
A Park Threshold Between City and Lake
Cascade Park sits on a front row site where the Chicago River meets Lake Michigan, a few blocks north of the iconic Maggie Daley and Millennium Parks between Lakeshore Drive and Michigan Avenue. Positioned between the city’s signature skyline and the limitless horizon of Lake Michigan, the oblique tilt in the park plane provides an immersion between these two powerful qualities that define the unique identity of Chicago, while also closing a critical missing link for pedestrians to the lake and beyond. Part of a four-acre multi-tower mixed-use development, Cascade Park provides a public amenity for local residents and the larger community, as well as a convenient shortcut for active mobility between world famous Chicago Landmarks: the city and the lake.
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