This project investigated planning and design implications of emerging municipal climate adaptation interests by developing alternative strategies for a Hudson waterfront location in City of Hudson, New York and a riverside park and open space location in City of Kingston, NY. The project was developed in the Spring 2016 LA6020 second-year graduate design studio and the Fall 2016 LA4010 fourth-year undergraduate studio at Cornell University Department of Landscape Architecture. Each project accessed a climate-adaptive design framework to identify projected climate change hazards, risks, and potential climate adaptation opportunities for these waterfront locations. Each project team reviewed planning and policy documentation, conducted contextual analysis and site reconnaissance, interviewed stakeholders, and shared their initial design conceptswith stakeholders for comment and revision. Each then developed alternative design concepts that address projected climate change risks in combination with the urban revitalization interests and needs of stakeholder interviewees for their respective waterfronts. These concepts included provision for flood-adapted landscapes and structures, waterfront park and open space, green infrastructure, contributions to urban ecosystems, and other features. Final design boards were shared in an open house style format with stakeholders at the end of the studio. The alternative design concepts developed for these locations can serve as case studies for other Hudson Valley municipalities seeking to confront climate risks to their water systems, built environment, ecosystems and community as their municipality changes and grows.