Star Tribune Obituary, September 5, 2009, by Tim Harlow:

Ted J. Wirth followed grandfather's steps

Wirth, a third generation of family park planners, designed Boom Island Park and conducted the conceptual studies for the Cedar Lake Trails.

"Ted J. Wirth, namesake and grandson of legendary Minneapolis Parks Superintendent Theodore Wirth, died Friday after a long illness and complications of Parkinson's disease in Minneapolis, where he had been living for the past five years.

Following in his grandfather's footsteps, Ted J. Wirth made a name for himself as a landscape architect who during his long career designed more than 350 park and recreation areas throughout the United States and as far away as Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. His work on municipal, state and national parks included turning a decaying industrial site on the Mississippi River in north Minneapolis into Boom Island Park, and conducting the conceptual studies for the Cedar Lake Trails that generated more than 60 miles of bicycle trails throughout Minneapolis......"

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