HARWOOD PARK PUBLIC MEETING APRIL 21, 2016
HARWOOD PARK CONTEXT - 2 aerial image of site
HARWOOD PARK PUBLIC MEETING On April 21, 2016, Parks for Downtown Dallas, the City of Dallas Park and Recreation Department, Ten Eyck Landscape Architects and Quimby McCoy Preservation Architects hosted a public meeting to present the Concept Plan for Harwood Park. Seventy people were in attendance. The presentation invited the community to engage the designers and establish a dialogue about what they wanted to see in the park. Image boards and comment cards were provided in order to collect feedback. All comments were tallied and categorized to gather a thorough understanding of what the neighborhood envisions for their park. 3 - HARWOOD PARK
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LIGHT PROJECTION CITY VIEWS EVENTS top four selections shown above SEASONAL ICONIC remarks 5 - - Preserve historic buildings & bathe them in light to get illusion of active zone - Do not put light onto Lone Star Gas, residents are bombarded with noise & light today 71 total comments city views light projection events seasonal light unique historic plantings plazas monumental unexpected structures HARWOOD PARK
HERITAGE PASSIVE INDOOR / OUTDOOR top four selections shown above SPORT COURTS - 6 ADAPTIVE REUSE remarks - Events at the Pearl end please noise! - Reuse historic buildings - Mark buildings with information about their history 99 total comments passive indoor / outdoor heritage art gather projections events exhibitions indoor sports indoor planting recall sports courts
MESH SHADE SALVAGE ARTISTIC SHADE STRUCTURE top four selections shown above PERMEABLE PAVERS MATERIALS remarks 7 - - No encampment fencing/barrier - The homeless problem needs to be solved not rerouted, donate the $ for the fence to that cause - No gravel - Use lighting for securing perimeter; locked doors & lighting to secure buildings - Orient park to face its community the properties & spaces around it. Use more openings to connect with neighboring properties. Think Bryant Park, Piazza Navonna, restaurants & shops surround and look into the parks. Think about the outdoor patio at Lone Star Gas restaurant space & how spaces like that around the property can mutually benefit with the park. - Use transparent screening for Jackson Street wall 83 total comments mesh shade salvage artistic shade structure permeable pavers / concrete furn. screen transparency gravel plaza shade trees and planters stone stone paving stone steps concrete HARWOOD PARK
FESTIVALS EXCERCISE GAME TABLE top four selections shown above LAWN PLAY - 8 PLAY remarks - Building with families in mind = sustainable growth - Your conceptual drawing closes Wood Street and closes parking lots, forcing owners to sell. D2/ DART is fighting land/property owners with both Young and Jackson options. This park, while the greenery is great, it s too close to Main Street Garden & conceptually too large being so close to Farmer s Market. Also we should consider Wood Street for the DART route and make a beautiful station here instead of just a park. - Main Street Garden is overwhelmed we need this park. - The proposed dog park appears too small and would be smelly next to the game area. I think the game area should also be dog park so it would be L-shaped & have two entrances. Also, might be nice to have a small & big dog area & a water play area for dogs. - Where are the baby swings??? 81 total comments festivals exercise game table lawn play pick up games water play nature play court indoor whimsical tumble climb
MOVIES NIGHT HANG OUT top four selections shown above DOGS RELAX remarks 9 - - Pet areas are a plus - Separate pet/no pet lawns this is an issue in Main Street Garden. - The sitting area with water wall needs significant lighting, this is an issue in Main Street Garden - Jogging perimeter - Parking for bicycles & motorcycles - How do you prevent mosquitoes? - Have a dog free area so people can sit on grass, [some] people who don t own dogs don t like hanging out with dogs - smell - unknown behavior - interruption 116 total comments movies & performance night hang out dogs picnic stroll interact me time connect with nature learn lounge celebrate HARWOOD PARK
PERENNIAL GARDENS VERTICAL LAWN top four selections shown above GROVE - 10 NATURE remarks - The more lawn, the better - Look at synthetic turf hard - Native plants - Mature size planting space for trees - Shade trees planted far apart - Use understory plants & trees for diversity - Lots of shade trees 70 total comments vertical lawn grove pollinators evergreen dry garden events display plant massings grasses wet garden perennial gardens
NIGHT LIGHTING VEGETATED MONUMENTAL top four selections shown above SPLASH WATER remarks 11 - - Vegetated is awesome - No formal no monumental wrong type of space (2 agree) - Prefer not to wall off the park - Walls = less security - Needs to be moving water - Pond with mosquito fish 67 total comments monumental splash salvaged reflective cooling interactive formal harvested pond ephemeral night lighting vegetated HARWOOD PARK
image of existing site - 12 NEIGHBORHOOD remarks - Heritage/oasis Garden - Don t close Wood Street - Keep old buildings & repurpose - No fences/walls. Walls reduce security - fewer eyes. - Balcony Club looking for downtown venue, could be like Tavern on Green at Central Park - Need activation - Don t vacate Wood Street, need for urban fabric Wood Street is in the middle, do you really want cars in the park? - Savor at Klyde Warren is great example - Use old building to emulate Savor - Repurpose the Film Exchange buildings - Use Klyde Warren Park as example - Food trucks - Choose different name - Dog park too close to game area - Harwood courtyard blocks view, seems closed in - Move event venue to Pearl end in respect for residences - When keeping building, don t knock down walls. They lose their history - Ensure proper lighting - Mark buildings with information about their history - Develop links/connection to the Farmer s Market park as gateway to market - Put markers or something for Memoriam of torn down buildings - No cars - Keep historic buildings and reuse
REMARKS SYNOPSIS sports courts night lighting vegetated perennial gardens movies and performance night hangout mesh shade salvage festivals exercise dogs game table picnic passive city views light projection stroll artistic shade structure vertical interact me time lawn play 13 - HARWOOD PARK
- 14 indoor / outdoor art lawn heritage pick up games grove events seasonal gather projections events permeable pavers screen transparency gravel plaza shade trees & planters light pollinators water play nature play connect with nature evergreen learn stone stone paving unique reflective monumental cooling historic indoor sports indoor planting recall plantings plazas splash stone steps indoor salvaged exhibitions dry garden events display plant massing grasses monumental unexpected interactive formal harvested pond ephemeral concrete whimsical tumble wet garden structures continuation from above courts
HOW WOULD YOU SPEND YOUR TIME AT THE PARK? WHO WOULD YOU SPEND YOUR TIME IN THE PARK? 15 - images above created using www.wordclouds.com HARWOOD PARK
WHAT AMENITY WOULD YOU ENJOY MOST IN THE PARK? - 16 WHAT TIME WOULD YOU GO TO THE PARK? images above created using www.wordclouds.com