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POLAR POWER

FOREGROUND

DIVIDING HIGHWAY • THE DEBATE IS OVER. TORONTO’S GARDINER EXPRESSWAY STAYS UP. NOW WHAT?

DULUTH DREDGE CITY • DREDGEFEST BRINGS ITS UNIQUE BRAND OF LANDSCAPE RESEARCH TO THE MIDWEST.

RISKY BUSINESS • NEW FLOOD MAPS ARE BEING DRAWN FOR NEW YORK CITY. ARE THEY ACCURATE ENOUGH?

GENE GENIE • FLOOD-RESISTANT RICE PROVOKES VISIONS OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED LANDSCAPES.

THE CASE FOR LIVING COASTLINES • A NEW NOAA STUDY COMPARES BUILT AND NATURAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

VIEW FROM THE TOPO • MORE THAN 180,000 TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS ARE NOW JUST A CLICK AWAY.

A PLAN FOR POLLINATORS • LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS ARE CRUCIAL TO NEW FEDERAL STRATEGIES.

NOT SO CRAZY • NOTES FROM THE WORLD OF LIVING THINGS

A THORNY PROBLEM

NEW CHAIRS, SUBTLE SHIFTS • AT HARVARD, BERRIZBEITIA TO LEAD LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE; DAVIS WILL RUN URBAN PLANNING.

PLANT SHERIFF • WITH NEW PLANT VARIETIES HITTING THE MARKET EACH YEAR, SOMEONE HAS TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE PLAYS BY THE RULES.

BOSTON FROM THE GROUND FLOOR • A COMPETITION LOOKS FOR WAYS TO ACCOMMODATE, NOT FIGHT, RISING WATER.

ESSENTIAL OBJECTS • FUNCTION AND BEAUTY COMBINE FOR PUBLIC SPACES.

FEATURES

THE RETURN OF THE SWAMP • THE COMPENSATORY MITIGATION MANDATE OPENS A DYNAMIC ARENA FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS.

FREEZE, THAW, FLOURISH • THOMAS BALSLEY REVIVES A MORIBUND 1970s PARK IN CLEVELAND.

THE WETTER, THE BETTER • ON THE NEW U.S. COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS GROUNDS, ANDROPOGON AND HOK TURN STORMWATER INTO LIFEBLOOD.

THE BACK

SPACE, GROUNDED

A VISUAL TREASURE TROVE • FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED: PLANS AND VIEWS OF PUBLIC PARKS, THE PAPERS OF FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED, SUPPLEMENTARY SERIES, VOLUME 2

BOOKS OF INTEREST • THE ESSAYS TALK ABOUT WATER THAT IS FRAMED AND APART FROM LAND, AND WATER THAT IS EVERYWHERE.

LEAN INITIATIVE • MIA SCHARPHIE DELIVERS A DOSE OF START-UP ENERGY TO PEOPLE AND PROJECTS.