Riverbank Park

Riverbank Park Downtown Flint's Riverbank Park is a one of a kind modernist park designed by world renowned landscape architect Lawrence Halprin.

The city park, which has been described by the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office as "one of the most important modernist landscapes in the state" is broken into 8 "blocks" as it stretches from the campus of the University of Michigan - Flint to Grand Traverse Street on both sides of the river. Each block was designed to facilitate a specific use, including a playground, promenade, the fa

mous Grand Fountain, as well as the now defunct "Archimedes Screw." The Amphitheater block is used continuously as a venue for community and private events, including the Flint Jazz Festival, Flint's Juneteenth celebration, and the Flint Gospel Music Festival.

06/09/2022
Happy Casimir Pulaski Day! Riverbank Park’s granite statue commemorating the general caused quite a stir when it was ann...
03/07/2022

Happy Casimir Pulaski Day!

Riverbank Park’s granite statue commemorating the general caused quite a stir when it was announced in 1977. The original monument was redesigned after critics raised concerns over its resemblance to a tombstone. Park promoters feared that unless design standards were set, other civic organizations would follow suit and the park would “feel like a graveyard.”

Hello, park people! Genesee County Parks, along with University of Michigan-Flint and Kettering University, will be host...
11/03/2021

Hello, park people!

Genesee County Parks, along with University of Michigan-Flint and Kettering University, will be hosting a virtual public engagement session tomorrow, Thursday, November 4th 6:00-8:00 pm to provide an update on this project, discuss priorities and talk next steps. This session will be presented on Zoom and simultaneously live-streamed on YouTube.

If you wish to attend via zoom, please Email [email protected] for log in instructions and instructions and links Alternatively, the engagement session will be live-streamed at https://www.youtube.com/user/GeneseeCountyParks.

Stolen without permission from Jake Carah. If he wants it back he can fight us for it.
09/27/2021

Stolen without permission from Jake Carah. If he wants it back he can fight us for it.

The playground block's handrails reveal decades of differing opinions on color schemes. How do we get this pattern onto ...
08/06/2021

The playground block's handrails reveal decades of differing opinions on color schemes. How do we get this pattern onto a pair of socks?

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