SPOTLIGHT

Larine Y. Cowan
Make a Difference Award

The Larine Y. Cowan Make a Difference Award was presented to ESLARP Director Laura Lawson and FAA Dean Robert Graves earlier this month during the 24th Annual Celebration of Diversity breakfast on November 11, held at the I Hotel. Presenting the award to ESLARP was Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Robert Easter, and Menah Pratt-Clarke, Interim Assistant Chancellor and Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity and Access.

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Parks and Open Space

Studios and courses in the Departments of Landscape Architecture and Recreation, Sport, Tourism have worked with partners to improve the social, recreational, cultural and environmental capacities of parks, open space, and vacant land in East St. Louis. In 2005, a landscape architecture studio worked with community partners who wanted to reclaim vacant land for neighborhood parks.  Another group of landscape architecture faculty and students developed landscape plans for community services, such as the Eagle’s Nest transitional shelter for homeless veterans.

Examples of Projects Related to Parks and Open Spaces:

•    KaBoom! Build, Virginia Park, June 2009
•    Sunken Garden, May 2009
•    Virginia Park, May 2009
•    Lalumier Community Garden, May 2009
•    Lincoln Park Playground and Pavilion Alternatives 2006
•    Jones Park Master Plan 2006
•    Pullman Porter Community Park design and implementation, 2005-present
•    Master plan and reunion programming for Jones Park, 2005
•    Lincoln Park Analysis, 2005
•    Eagle's Nest Transitional Housing Facility Site Design, 2003
•    Illinois Avenue Playground
•    Virginia Park Enhancement, 2001
•    Gardening Manual, 1994