Productive Park: A Princeton Architectural Press Publication: Infrastructure as Public Resource

As today's architects, urban planners, and community groups seek to get the most out of the limited public lands at their disposal, they seek precedents on marrying open space with infrastructure.The Productive Parkprovides guidelines and discussion on this important new approach to the uses of civic space. It explores how the need for additions to New York City's water supply infrastructure can be combined with a new system of neighborhood parks, improving the quality of urban life while meeting the requirements of the city's utilitarian functions.The 34 projects in theProductive Parkstudy are presented through illustrations and descriptive text. Elizabeth Meyer, chair of the landscape department of the University of Virginia, provides an analysis of the projects. An essay by William Morrish and Catherine Brown, who have been hailed by Herbert Muschamp in theNew York Timesas "the most valuable thinkers in urbanism today, " provides context for the design study.The Productive Parkconcludes with an extensively illustrated essay by Tom Cirillo, Rosalie Genevro, and Anne Rieselbach that discusses the history of the New York City water supply system, from the building of the Croton Aqueduct in the 1830s up to its reconstruction, scheduled for completion in the year 2000.Architectural League of New York Staff is the author of 'Productive Park: A Princeton Architectural Press Publication: Infrastructure as Public Resource' with ISBN 9781568980324 and ISBN 1568980329.