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PROJECT PARNTER(S)
Designed by Bauhaus Modernist Herbert Bayer, the project was funded by numerous agencies including the City of Kent and King County, WA

LOCATION
the park is located in the Seattle suburb of Kent, WA, near downtown.

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENTS
3Dp, 2P, 2PA

DESCRIPTION
in 1982, Kent Mayor Isabel Hogan saw that the city needed to create a new stormwater dam to protect Kent's downtown from flooding. After a proposal from Bayer, the dam also achieved goals of being an aesthetic amentity and improved fish health in a salmon bearing stream.

PHOTOS AND DRAWINGS


LESSONS LEARNED
when cultural and natural performance overlap, how do you preserve both?

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
The Cultural Landscape Foundation's bio of Herbert Bayer


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