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The Honorable Joseph P. Riley Jr.,
Honorary ASLA
The Olmsted
Medal was instituted in 1990 to recognize individuals, organizations,
agencies, or programs outside the profession of landscape architecture
for environmental leadership, vision, and stewardship. The Medal
honors Frederick Law Olmsted, considered the founder of the American
landscape architecture profession and steward of the environment.
In nearly 30 years as Mayor
of the City of Charleston, South Carolina, Joe Riley has earned
national acclaim for revitalizing the city’s downtown area
and restoring the city’s rich design heritage for generations
to come. At the same time, he has carefully planned for future development
to ensure protection of the built and natural environments. Mayor
Riley has worked tirelessly to restore public access to the water’s
edge, linking new projects such as the South Carolina Aquarium,
the Charleston Maritime Center, Waterfront Park, Ashley River Walk,
and the new baseball stadium, to draw the public to the waterfront.
He has also restored existing parks, including the historic 54-acre
Hampton Park and Marion Square Park, and used abandoned railroad
rights-of-way to create the West Ashley Bikeway and the West Ashley
Greenway. But Mayor Riley’s design advocacy reaches far beyond
his own city’s borders. As president of the U.S. Conference
of Mayors, he created the Mayor’s Institute for City Design,
recognizing that a city’s mayor is really its chief arbiter
of design and construction. Today, the Mayor’s Institute provides
basic design education for mayors and shows them how to work with
landscape architects and other designers in order to shape and protect
the public realm.
Read the nomination letter by The
South Carolina Chapter of ASLA, and endorsements by Stuart
O. Dawson, FASLA, Sasaki Associates, Inc., Norman
L. Koonce, FAIA, The American Institute of Architects, Richard
Moe, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Christine
Saum, AIA, National Capital Planning Commission, Michael
Van Valkenburgh, FASLA, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc.
Public Spaces in Charleston, SC |
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Waterfront Park
Charleston, SC
Photo: Sasaki Associates,
Inc
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East Bay Garage
Charleston, SC
Photo: Sasaki Associates,
Inc.
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Family Circle Cup Stadium
Charleston, SC
Photo: City of Charleston
Department of Parks
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White Point Gardens
Charleston, SC
Photo: City of Charleston
Department of Parks
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Marion Square Park
Charleston, SC
Photo: Paula Illingworth
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Waterfront Park
Charleston, SC
Photo: City of Charleston
Department of Parks
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