The iconic post-modernist brutalist cascading fountains of Peavey Plaza had run dry for nearly a decade. Stakeholder conversations were wrought with disagreement and the future of the plaza had hung in the balance. An extensive collaboration and intense effort beyond the typical was crucial in order to preserve the character and reawaken the design of the downtown Minneapolis ‘living room’. Preserved through a series of ‘light touches’ paired with a bold strategy which raised the sunken basin reactivates and reinvigorates the space. Peavey Plaza stands as the new precedent for rehabilitating historic sites by the Cultural Landscape Foundation.
