A new park on the shores of Commencement Bay allows visitors to explore the history of the expulsion of the Chinese community from Tacoma and to better understand the impact of the 1885 event. J.A. Brennan coordinated with the City of Tacoma and the Tacoma Chinese Reconciliation Foundation to develop a design for the Tacoma Chinese Reconciliation Park. Art and interpretive elements are interwoven in the design to create a physical setting for the telling of the story and the reconciliation process. Design development of the park includes the shoreline, which will consist of restored near-shore aquatic and terrestrial habitat. The addition of an intertidal marsh, a restored cobble beach and shoreline vegetation will integrate the Chinese garden with its unique Pacific Northwest environment and reinforce the concept that classical Chinese garden design is founded on an appreciation of the natural landscape.