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Artist’s Renderings of Proposed Bridge Design - Source: Winnipeg Public Works Web Source: Winnipeg Public Works

APPENDIX A Urban Design Precedents

THEMED BRIDGES AND STRUCTURES

Provencher Bridge, Winnipeg, Manitoba

“The Paired Bridges design includes two separate bridges - one designed primarily for vehicles and commuter cyclists and the other designed exclusively for pedestrians, cyclists, and recreational users. The slender-profile vehicular bridge includes two through lanes in each direction, divided by a centre median. The pedestrian bridge is a modern cable-stayed structure, light and elegant, featuring a large plaza for commercial activities -- a meeting place that will connect Provencher Boulevard to The Forks physically, economically and culturally. The Paired Bridges are expected to strengthen the connection between The Forks and the St. Boniface French Quarter, becoming a symbolic gateway between two of Winnipeg's most historically significant communities and promoting commerce and tourism.”

Humber Bay Bridge, Toronto, Ontario The Humber Bay Pedestrian Bridge was a collaborative design effort involving architects, landscape architects and artists, and integrates concepts of fire, air and water. The shapes in the steel structure are an abstract representation of the Thunderbird, symbolic of the Woodland native peoples who occupied the Humber valley. Consultation on the design of the bridge was undertaken by the artist, Brad Golden of Environmental Artworks Studio with the Woodlands Cultural Centre on the Six Nations reserve at Brantford. The bronze turtles imbedded in the concrete walls, commemorate the Earth, known as the Turtle, and the snapping turtles that lay eggs in the sands of the Humber Bay. Interpretive plaques located under the bridge, trace the prehistory of the river system.

Source: Environmental Artworks Photo Credit: Environmental Artworks

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EDUCATION AND INTERPRETATION SIGNAG

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TRAIL AND URBAN DESIGN PRECEDENTS Calgary Trail

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Don Valley Trail, Toronto The Don Valley Trail is an intensely used urban recreational trail sand alongside the highly urbanized Don River watershed and Donriver restoration programs have been phased in concurrently with trail fosters stewardship and appreciation of sensitive valley landsparkland, downtown and residential corridors. The trail has multipgateway features, and integrated public art interventions.

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INTEGRATED PUBLIC ART “Time: And a Clock”, Toronto Located at the Queen Street bridge in Toronto, “Time: And a Clockby Eldon Garnet, spans the Don river, and stretches along Queen Sand under a railway overpass to Empire Avenue. Constructed of stexplores the rhythms of time and the river, acting also as gatewayBroadview neighbourhood and the Don Valley Trail system.

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The East Bank Esplanade, Portland, Oregon Portland’s River Renaissance project includes the development of a riverside pedestrian and cycling greenway. The project includes a number integrated art pieces, designed by local artists and created as part of the Regional Arts and Culture Council’s Percent for Art program (1% of development costs set aside for public art). Thirteen urban markers run the length of the Esplanade, marking the eastside street grid and providing information about the river and the rich history of the area. "The Alluvial Wall" is constructed of “cold-forged steel plate with bronze castings lodged between its layers”. The sculpture clings to a concrete retaining wall, and “alludes to the interwoven layers of the river’s pre-industrial geology and human artifacts; an amalgam of sedimentation and erosion”. "The Echo Gate" beneath the Morrison Bridge, introduces “an element of human scale within the immensity of the site. The sculpture echoes erased pier buildings and the myths of Shanghai tunnels”.

Source: City of Seattle Web Site

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Vancouver, British Columbia “Welcome to the Land of Light”, by Henry Tsang, is a “contemporary monument to the relationship between those who have lived on the False Creek waterfront and those who will arrive in the future to call this area their home. " Aluminum letters spelling out phrases in Chinook (an early coastal trading language) and English are integrated in the railing of the sea wall.

“Woodland Circles” by Elizabeth Roy. Cement circles with stone and copper elements depicting natural history are installed flush with the ground and scattered throughout the site of an elementary school.

“Converging Lines” by Elizabeth Roy "Electrical poles are a common sight in everyday life, vital to our communication and support systems. Choosing this element to be the consistent visual object preserves the visual rhythm of the neighbourhood...(Artist’s Statement)

Source: All: City of Vancouver Public Art Registry

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