From Power Plant To Playground: BIG Reimagines Connecticut’s Industrial Past As A Waterfront Park - Yanko Design

From Power Plant To Playground: BIG Reimagines Connecticut’s Industrial Past As A Waterfront Park - Yanko Design

Connecticut’s Manresa Island tells an unexpected story. The abandoned coal-burning power plant that once powered the region now sits empty, its concrete walls weathered by decades of salt air. But Bjarke Ingels Group and SCAPE landscape architects see something different when they look at these industrial bones. Their vision for Manresa Wilds turns 125 acres of forgotten waterfront into the kind of destination that makes you rethink what public …