Andreasen, a longtime Minneapolis resident, died of complications from cancer May 19 in Minneapolis. He was 84.

Andreasen, who joined the parks system in 1947, designed areas of Minnehaha Park and also the par-3 golf course at Theodore Wirth Park that was dedicated in June 1962.

?EUR??,,????'??Andy worked in an important era,?EUR??,,????'?? said Al Wittman, a retired assistant superintendent for the Park Board. ?EUR??,,????'??The city and parks department [were] undergoing a lot of change. They were on a course to redo the parks system, including urban renewal.?EUR??,,????'??

In 1962, Andreasen tackled the reconfiguration of Minneapolis?EUR??,,????'??? Gateway district ?EUR??,,????'??? the skid row near Hennepin and Washington Avenues that was leveled and rebuilt to include a still-spouting fountain.

He excelled at designing areas with playground equipment and playing fields, Wittman said. ?EUR??,,????'??He was a landscape architect with an engineering bent to it,?EUR??,,????'?? he said.