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Parks for Downtown Dallas posted a photo of 2008 Jackson in the process of being demolished. To my knowledge it's the only structure they were planning to raze for the park; however I'm not sure how they were able to do it so quickly when there's a demo delay overlay here.
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Awesome news. I've been eagerly waiting the start of the Downtown parks project, so this is exciting news.
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There are lots of new imagery in the conceptual renderings they included for the Landmark Committee to review but I was not able to extract them all today. I'll do it later.
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I noticed a sign on a building on Young St at the site that said Demo Delay. I wonder what’s up with that.
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willyk wrote:I noticed a sign on a building on Young St at the site that said Demo Delay. I wonder what’s up with that.
Could it be a utility issue? Or mold and/or asbestos?
Funny how too many demos here happen before we realize them, while others get the hurry-up-and-wait treatment.
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This side if the CBD is going to end being the best part of downtown to live in.
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Very nice, hope they get this underway soon. Nice chunk of green space!
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Construction is estimated to begin in summer 2021.
https://parksfordowntowndallas.org/harwood-park/
This might be old news, but I just noticed they had an estimated start date on their website for this park. For some reason I was under the impression that they wouldn't start on this one until Carpenter Park was completed, but I'm glad to see that's not the case.
https://parksfordowntowndallas.org/harwood-park/
This might be old news, but I just noticed they had an estimated start date on their website for this park. For some reason I was under the impression that they wouldn't start on this one until Carpenter Park was completed, but I'm glad to see that's not the case.
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https://parksfordowntowndallas.org/firs ... wn-dallas/
First Look: New Mammoth-Themed Playground Coming to Harwood Park in Downtown Dallas
August 12, 2021
August 12, 2021, Dallas, TX – Parks for Downtown Dallas unveiled plans for the playground at Harwood Park, a new public park scheduled to break ground fall 2021 in Downtown Dallas. Harwood Park is the final park in the four Priority Parks program, a public-private partnership between Parks for Downtown Dallas and the Dallas Park & Recreation Department.
The Harwood Park Playground features two sculptural play structures that take the form of Columbian Mammoths. Why Mammoths? Austin-based Ten Eyck Landscape Architects Inc., designer and project lead for Harwood Park, envisions this playground as the recreational heart of a park inspired by the site’s storied past.
Christine Ten Eyck, founding principal of the landscape architecture firm, explains that, “The design of Harwood Park tells a story that spans the last 100,000 years: from grazing ground of prehistoric Mammoths to the former tributary of the Trinity River; from a residential neighborhood, to automobile service and then film industry, to its present role as a contemporary mixed-use neighborhood for downtown living.”
The 3.8-acre park site is currently a collection of surface parking lots and vacant buildings located in the Harwood Historic District within the new East Quarter District and north of the Dallas Farmers Market. Harwood Park is bounded by Jackson Street to the north, Pearl Street to the east, Young Street to the south, and Harwood Street to the west.
The Young Street section of the park will offer a variety of play features for all age groups including: various types of swings, an interactive water feature, “prehistoric centipede” inspired benches and a multi-function sport court for pickleball, basketball, volleyball and more.
Click here to learn more about Harwood Park, coming soon to Downtown Dallas in 2023.
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Hey that looks pretty great! Playgrounds often needlessly try to look like abstract modern art sculptures.
This looks like something I would have thought was cool as a kid.
I don't think I knew this park was getting a basketball court, so that's cool to see.
This looks like something I would have thought was cool as a kid.
I don't think I knew this park was getting a basketball court, so that's cool to see.
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I wonder if they will try to incorporate any of the "scene shop row" history of the area... could be a fun way to bring some murals or selfie moments into the space.
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I can't wait to see how this neighborhood turns out. Lots of human scaled and interesting buildings. Glad they finally got to it.
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Can't wait for this to finally break ground. Also, didn't realize it included a basketball court, which makes me so happy to see. Need more of those throughout the core.
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Wow, those Mammoths look awesome. My kids will love playing over there.
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Another write-up on the park:
A rain garden and ‘ghost mammoths’: The last of four downtown Dallas parks will be the most playful - Dallas Morning News
A nice detail:
Also, I strangely adore that they're using the rings from the old Main Street Parking garage to create a decorative shade structure.
Like, what a bizarrely enduring parking garage. The PARK sign repurposed for Main Street Garden and now this. And both details are easily identifiable in Robocop.
A rain garden and ‘ghost mammoths’: The last of four downtown Dallas parks will be the most playful - Dallas Morning News
A nice detail:
The bedraggled one-story brick building at 408 South Harwood Street, built in 1930, will be remodeled and reconfigured to serve as the park services building, which will include offices, restrooms and a community room. Local preservation architect Nancy McCoy, of McCoy Collaborative, will be key in this transformation.
Also, I strangely adore that they're using the rings from the old Main Street Parking garage to create a decorative shade structure.
Like, what a bizarrely enduring parking garage. The PARK sign repurposed for Main Street Garden and now this. And both details are easily identifiable in Robocop.
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Well how very Dallas our most enduring architecture is a parking garage and we will remember it well! While many other more historical buildings we wipe the books of cause who cares about history really.
Mind you I am also glad to see the rings incorporated its just funny to see us referencing a parking garage so much while other buildings on Main Street get torn down by a developer who ultimately failed at his plans.
Mind you I am also glad to see the rings incorporated its just funny to see us referencing a parking garage so much while other buildings on Main Street get torn down by a developer who ultimately failed at his plans.
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I saw construction barricades a few weeks ago. Have they started work?
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Good photos of the park underway, if you are a construction nerd. Yellow iron. Busted concrete. Piles of dirt and rubble. Wood Street and the surface lots vaporized. I dig it.
https://parksfordowntowndallas.org/harw ... GRNRvRZlIs
Someone with an historical bent tell us what decades of downtown architecture are visible from there— I bet that many decades are represented.
https://parksfordowntowndallas.org/harw ... GRNRvRZlIs
Someone with an historical bent tell us what decades of downtown architecture are visible from there— I bet that many decades are represented.
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Shade structure (I think) and a couple of mammoths taking shape.
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Oh wow. Actual visible evidence of progress. Can't wait to see more! Thanks.
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This cluster of parks on the east side ought to translate into thousands of new dwellings clustered into the neighborhood.
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tamtagon wrote:This cluster of parks on the east side ought to translate into thousands of new dwellings clustered into the neighborhood.
Really should. All of these parks are less than 5-minute walks from each other, if that. Hoping some developer(s) make a big bet on the parks over here and go for a larger scale resi project (with ground-floor retail/restaurant space, of course).
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Park update — https://youtu.be/nJUCd2xxt7g
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Nice, you can see that other building under construction across the street also.
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Turning into a nice park.
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zaphod wrote:Nice, you can see that other building under construction across the street also.
Is that construction project active? It doesn't seem to be.
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I'm curious as well, because, in related Centurion news... they're putting the Statler up for sale.
The non-movement on this Harwood park property, putting the cabana hotel property up for sale, I wonder if they're wanting to stick with suburban projects from now on.
And after watching that drone footage, man, what a waste to have the garage just sitting there. Such a stellar looking park.
The non-movement on this Harwood park property, putting the cabana hotel property up for sale, I wonder if they're wanting to stick with suburban projects from now on.
And after watching that drone footage, man, what a waste to have the garage just sitting there. Such a stellar looking park.
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Harwood Park set to open this fall in Dallas’ newly redeveloped East Quarter
The 4-acre property, which was once mostly surface parking lots, is being transformed to create more green space and serve the area’s growing population with community programs.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/inspire ... t-quarter/
The 4-acre property, which was once mostly surface parking lots, is being transformed to create more green space and serve the area’s growing population with community programs.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/inspire ... t-quarter/
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Says it could open as early as next month. Exciting.
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I believe they’ve been teasing a mid-September opening. Figure we would know 30 days in advance so I’m betting on September 15.
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When is the Condo building next to Dallas Morning News going to restart? Construction has died on the site
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Nice, the old parking garage rings shade structure are installed. Park looks great.
Also, I love the decorative crane. /s
Also, I love the decorative crane. /s
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If that building would ever get going...
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I'm really losing track of how long they have been paying for a tower crane to just be a monument - at least 5 months right although I remember the base of the crane last December. . . Hell, I don't even remember the name of that project. haha. The park is looking good.
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Downtown Dallas has a new park with giant mammoths, gold rings and ‘Chuck Norris’
Harwood Park celebrates the city’s history, both ancient and modern.
That crane! lol
https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta ... ck-norris/
Harwood Park celebrates the city’s history, both ancient and modern.
That crane! lol
https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta ... ck-norris/
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It's painful imagining how much nicer these pictures would look if that building was actually there. I remember it was supposed to have already been open and leasing by now. Surely it's costing them money to rent that crane and have it just sitting there? It's been like half a year since we first spotted that crane.
All that aside, my favorite of the new parks by a country mile. Very cozy looking.
All that aside, my favorite of the new parks by a country mile. Very cozy looking.
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I'll be walking over for that grand opening festival on Sunday for sure. Not sure I can make it Saturday. Looking real good.
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Also, I guess we should count that crane as an existing structure downtown! Add her to the short list of free-standing towers. ; )
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Had to make it down there. Loved the vibe, tons of people there, excited to see it become a new center of gravity for EQ and Farmers Market.
I believe none of the indoor spaces were finished save for the restrooms.
I believe none of the indoor spaces were finished save for the restrooms.
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