2024-12-22T15:08:37-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150011625/sn-hetta-to-make-public-the-second-largest-waterfall-in-the-united-states Joanna Kloppenburg 2017-06-09T12:22:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5b/5b8xw3w2dccfmfhj.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Oregon state, home to some of the nation&rsquo;s most spectacular gorges and naturally occurring waterfalls, will soon uncover what might become its most compelling ecological landmark. Willamette Falls, of Oregon&rsquo;s Willamette River, is the United States&rsquo; second largest waterfall by volume, and has been blocked from public access for well over a century.</p><p>International design firm Sn&oslash;hetta has been selected to redevelop the 22-acre former industrial site located at the entrance of Oregon City into a public riverwalk. Boasting 60 species of fish, a host of unique flora and fauna and historic basalt topography, the site necessitates a sensitive restoration protocol for the firm, who is working with Portland&rsquo;s Mayer / Reed and Vancouver&rsquo;s DIALOG to carry out the project.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/82/82lsvdek86wn9ugm.jpg"></p><p>&ldquo;The riverwalk will serve as a portal to the Northwest&rsquo;s collective history,&rdquo; announced the firm in a press release, &ldquo;reviving a former industrial site through its aggregated layers of natural, ecological, cultural, and geologi...</p>