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Community-led mural completed at Russell Square Park!

Community-led mural completed at Russell Square Park!

We’re excited to see the community-led mural complete at Russell Square Park! The community driven piece by local artist Lauri Keener was recently completed as the final touch on the newly renovated park. Lauri worked closely with an amazing group of leaders from...

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Chelsea named a Volunteer of the Year by ASLA Colorado!

Chelsea named a Volunteer of the Year by ASLA Colorado!

Congratulations to our very own Chelsea Gieryic for being named a Volunteer of the Year by ASLA Colorado! Chelsea is currently serving her second term as the Chapter’s Vice President of Communications. In this role, she organized and facilitated the Chapter’s first...

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Meredith named a Titan in Colorado Titan 100 Award!

Meredith named a Titan in Colorado Titan 100 Award!

This award program recognizes Colorado’s Top 100 CEO’s & C-level executives who are working diligently to shape the future of the Colorado business community. The Titan 100 are seen as the area’s most accomplished business leaders in their industry using criteria that includes demonstrating exceptional leadership, vision, and passion.

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2021 Promotions!

2021 Promotions!

Livable Cities Studio is excited to celebrate the promotions of Yishuen Lo to Associate and Will Viitanen to Senior Associate.Both have used their talents to uplift the firm and our projects through their enthusiasm, ensuring design excellence, pushing innovation, and elevating our studio culture. They are effective not only because of their great work but because they focus on making meaningful contributions in ways that help people and communities grow stronger. Congratulations!

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Can the public realm revitalize Downtown Denver now, and make it even more vibrant in the future?

Can the public realm revitalize Downtown Denver now, and make it even more vibrant in the future?

Can the public realm revitalize Downtown now, and make it even more vibrant in the future? Great cities are places for people and are defined by the diversity and animation of public life in its streets, plazas, and parks. Two recent articles in the @Denver Post and @Denver Business Journal illustrate the resiliency of our Downtown Denver, but also its current challenges. As people return to workplaces and restaurants, our team explores how creative investment in the public realm can accelerate our recovery and make Denver more vibrant, resilient, and equitable for the future.

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The New Public Realm – Part 2

The New Public Realm – Part 2

Rethinking Streets The pandemic has instigated a shift in thinking about public spaces in our cities. Out of necessity for health, safety, and economic recovery, cities around the nation have created ‘open streets’ – meaning streets that are open to people because...

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The Role of Design in Creating Healthy Cities

The Role of Design in Creating Healthy Cities

The pandemic has been a shocking change to our normal way of life. It has overwhelmed our front-line workers, pushed the capacity of our health care system to its limits, and revealed how deep-rooted inequities pose even greater challenges for people of lower income and others who have historically had less power or privilege. Cities everywhere are facing a health…

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LCS Completes High Line Canal Framework Plan

LCS Completes High Line Canal Framework Plan

This weekend the Livable Cities team joined with the High Line Canal Conservancy and our sub-consulting design partners, Agency Landscape + Planning and Sasaki Associates, to celebrate the completion of the High Line Canal Framework Plan. The High Line Canal is a...

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Platte to Park Hill Project Featured in Industry Magazine

Platte to Park Hill Project Featured in Industry Magazine

Our "Platte to Park Hill" program is a combination of four projects which LCS is developing alongside the City of Denver and our collaborative partners Matrix Design Group, Felsburg, Holt and Ullevig and many others, all aimed at setting Denver up for a successful...

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LCS Staff as ASLA CO Emerging Professional Chair

LCS Staff as ASLA CO Emerging Professional Chair

We are excited to announce that our own Conrey Morris, Livable Cities designer of 1 year, has taken a role in ASLA Colorado leadership as Emerging Professionals (EP) Chair. Conrey will serve as the bridge between students, professionals just starting their...

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NOW! Annual Conference – October 3-5, 2018

NOW! Annual Conference – October 3-5, 2018

This October, Meredith Wenskoski, President of Livable Cities Studio, will be traveling to Vail, CO to speak at the NOW! Annual Conference –  Housing Colorado’s signature event that gathers affordable housing professionals from across Colorado and the...

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LCS on CSU Capstone Project Jury

LCS on CSU Capstone Project Jury

Each year, Colorado State University Landscape Architecture seniors embark on a semester long studio focused on their final capstone project, culminating in a series of presentations that are juried by local professionals. LCS’s Principal, Todd Wenksoski,...

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Protect a Tree from Pee – LCS Featured in the News!

Protect a Tree from Pee – LCS Featured in the News!

Livable Cities is working with the Central Platte Valley Metropolitan District to develop a strategy to address Denver’s growing problem with dog pee in parks and streetscapes in developing urban neighborhoods. With a roughly estimated 1,200 dogs about to...

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LCS Staff Presents at Texas ASLA Conference

LCS Staff Presents at Texas ASLA Conference

Yishuen Lo, Landscape Designer and Visual Communications Lead, presented at the 2018 Texas ASLA Conference held in Galveston, TX this past April. As an industry leader in 3D Modeling Orientation and Virtual Reality, Yishuen’s presentation “Virtual Reality...

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