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April 2014 35 and Tall Stakes, a music, arts, and heritage festival that brings 350,000 visitors downtown. The park includes several interactive water features, a performance stage, a sculpture play area, a pavilion, bench swings, water gardens and Cinergy Trace, a 1,000-foot- long riverfront promenade. Public landings, seasonal docking and wharves serve the public and commercial cruise boat traffic. Park amenities are enhanced by a series of sustainable strategies. A geothermal heating and cooling system supports a new restaurant pavilion, integrated bicycle- commuting center and public restrooms. The bicycle center was included in the design to encourage alternative means of transportation among park visitors. The event lawn has a green roof with trees that cover the top of the garage structure below, and solar panels on the garage, bike center and stage help provide electricity to the park. In the surrounding waterfront district, plans for a six-block, mixed-use development will bring roughly 400 residential units and office and commercial activities to the area. Phase one, which was recently completed, includes the Schmidlapp stage and event lawn, the Walnut Street steps and interactive fountain, the Main Street interactive fountain, the Black Brigade Monument, tree groves, a meditative labyrinth, the Cincinnati Bike and Visitor's Center, and the Moerlein Lager House. Phase two, which is under construction, includes the Women's Committee Garden, an adventure playground, a marina, a boat dock and other features. Grand Staircase Fountain Working with Aquatic Design and Engineering (AD&E;), Hydro Dramatics supplied water feature products, fabrication and programming for the park's new interactive fountains. Crystal provided additional Top The programming that operates the LEDs can run synchronized, preprogrammed light shows with a standard DMX-512A control signal and master switch. Bottom Colorful water curtains fall from glass balconies that abut a plaza filled with interactive water jets. A loggia allows visitors to walk behind the water curtains, with a glass walkway above. The waterfalls and cascades tumble into pools along Mehring Way. 34-37.indd 35 3/25/14 3:31 PM