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82 Landscape Architect and Specifier News Mary Bartelme (Continued from page 80) Right A sunken dog park includes an oversized, continuously filling water bowl. Anti-microbial and short-bladed artificial canine turf was installed for furry activities. Ramps, steps, and seat walls provide pet owners with places to rest and means for the dogs to exercise as well. Bottom The design was developed through an extensive public process with public agencies, community members and stakeholders. Numerous public gatherings are held in the park each year, including an annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony. CREDIT: MATThEW RANEy PhOTOgRAPhy, INC. walls will develop a rich patina, changing to a rusted orange hue. Rustling river birch trees create a calmer entrance to the southeast, near custom egg- shaped benches. The West Loop neighborhood, previously underserved by green space and predominantly occupied by high- rise condominiums and loft spaces, now features a well-loved and well-used green space that doubles as an icon of the revitalized community. Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin lauded the park as part of a "new generation of geometrically-complex, engagingly interactive and highly-stylized urban parks that eschew the cliché of grass and a gazebo." Project Team Architect of Record, Landscape Architecture and Project Management site design group, ltd. Ernest C. Wong, Principal-in-Charge Michelle M. Inouye, Lead Designer hana Ishikawa, Associate Project Manager and Designer Brad McCauley, Project Manager Civil Engineering Terra Engineering, Ltd. Electrical Engineering hinkle Engineering, Inc. Environmental Engineering gSg Consultants, Inc. Fountain Design Fountain Technologies, Ltd. General Contractor The Lombard Company Structural Engineering gagarin Farruggia gibisch Reis, Inc. Materials & Vendors Drainage/Erosion Custom drainage system consisting of underdrain, permeable pavers, CA-7 and geotextile in leach field Fences/Gates/Walls Omega II Furniture Wausau Tile custom pre-cast Hardscape Unilock TX Active, Eco-Priora, Umbriano Kafka granite Midnight Blue stabilize Lighting Bega, traditional concrete base & hadco luminaire Parks/Recreation Equipment Berliner, Kompan & Landscape Structures Plants Midwest growers Playground Surfacing/Turf Forever Lawn K9 artificial turf, Select LX playground turf & Total Surfaces Rubber Surfacing Water Management/Amenities Most Dependable Fountains 74-83.indd 82 2/27/14 9:05 AM