As part of a three-year modernization at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, an existing parking garage was transformed into an all-season outdoor plaza.

A transformative $325-million program has converted three long-standing and underutilized downtown Omaha parks into an amenity-rich open space, anchored by the Missouri River.

Spanning seven acres, the comprehensive $70-million renovation has revitalized an iconic public space into a vibrant, accessible, and sustainable urban plaza.

Part of a larger East River Waterfront esplanade, the in-water structure fills in a gap in Manhattan’s Waterfront Greenway, a planned continuous 32.5-mile loop around the island.

The 26-mile Cross Charlotte Trail is a continuous, separated and connected greenway system stretching from the North Carolina-South Carolina state line through uptown Charlotte to Cabarrus County.

Once an asphalt parking lot that covered much of Clearwater’s waterfront, the city envisioned the 19-acre site as an urban bayfront destination that could be a catalyst for downtown economic development.

With an aging existing park with disparate elements that were not being used to their fullest potential, the city of Tempe, Ariz., moved to create a community park with this $11.5-million project, which features revamped recreation and aquatic programs.

Ten acres of previously vacant industrial property has been transformed into open green space, a public plaza and 1,400 linear ft of waterfront promenade as part of this $51.9-million project.

An overgrown, trash-strewn lot between two downtown freeway ramps now serves as a nursery to raise trees suited specifically to San Francisco’s varied microclimates.

This project added a pair of land bridges over a road dividing Houston’s largest park in order to reunite its north and south sides and improve connectivity for both visitors and wildlife.