点评:Charleston Waterfront Park, also named after former Mayor Joseph P. Riley, who began to rejuvenate the site as early as 1975, transferred the underutilized Cooper River riverfront into a long, curving expanse of green that includes a 1,200-foot-long promenade along the water's edge. Designed, developed and completed in 1990 by the noted Japanese architect Sasaki, who also built Chicago's Riverwalk, it received the Landmark Award from the American Society of Landscape Architecture. Located along Concord Street, near the Chicago City Market, overlooking the Cooper River and Charleston Harbor, Waterfront Park is popular with runners, strollers, bikers, bird watchers, sun bathers, picnickers and people watchers who have more than 10 acres to roam on paths or relax on old-fashioned park benches. There also are two large fountains for kids to splash and play and cool off. Open from 6 a.m. to midnight, the centerpiece of the park is the iconic Pineapple Fountain, a reference to the traditional symbol of hospitality in the South. It has become a symbol of the city's recovery from the disaster of Hurricane Hugo, which destroyed Charleston in 1989, giving locals hope for a new life. Curiously, construction of the Pineapple Fountain began just before Hugh struck the city.
翻译:查尔斯顿滨水公园也以前市长约瑟夫·P·莱利的名字命名,莱利早在 1975 年就开始复兴这片区域,将未充分利用的库珀河河岸改造成一片蜿蜒的绿地,其中包括一条 1200 英尺长的水边步道。该公园由著名的日本建筑师佐佐木(他还设计了芝加哥的滨河步道)于 1990 年设计、开发和竣工,并获得了美国景观建筑学会颁发的地标奖。滨水公园位于康科德街,靠近芝加哥城市市场,俯瞰库珀河和查尔斯顿港,深受跑步者、散步者、骑自行车者、观鸟者、日光浴者、野餐者和观察者的欢迎,他们可以在超过 10 英亩的土地上漫步或在老式公园长椅上休息。公园还有两个大型喷泉,供孩子们戏水、玩耍和消暑。公园的中心是标志性的菠萝喷泉,开放时间为早上6点至午夜,象征着南方传统的热情好客。它已成为这座城市从1989年飓风雨果(摧毁查尔斯顿)灾难中复苏的象征,也给当地人带来了新生活的希望。有趣的是,菠萝喷泉的建造时间恰好在飓风雨果袭击查尔斯顿之前。