Progress on Houston's world-class downtown park
I missed this one a while back: Mayor White's press release on the ongoing development of the new downtown park:
October 12, 2005 -- Today, the Houston Downtown Park Conservancy shared preliminary design ideas for Houston's new downtown park with Mayor Bill White. The preliminary design concepts were prepared using public feedback received earlier this year outlining features that Houstonians felt would enhance our city. In addition to previewing these preliminary ideas with Mayor White, the design team of Hargreaves Associates, PageSoutherlandPage and Lauren Griffith Associates will present the design ideas at two public meetings in October and November. The design process began in July 2005 and will proceed over the next eight months. During this time, the design team will continue to incorporate feedback from downtown constituents and the public.
Nancy Kinder, Chair of the Houston Downtown Park Conservancy, also advised Mayor White that the Conservancy had accomplished its initial goal of raising $40 million for construction and design. The Park Conservancy will carry on its fundraising efforts throughout the project.
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“I am thrilled with the progress that the Houston Downtown Conservancy is making,” states Mayor White. “The design process is well underway and the ideas I saw today were exciting. I'm also very pleased to learn that the Conservancy has already achieved a major fundraising milestone.”
One meeting was held on October 12th, and another one is scheduled for November 2nd.
On the downtown park's website, there is an artist's rendering of what it might look like. It's lovely and very pedestrian-ish. Houston's homeless will be thrilled! And just think of the ticketing opportunities for Operation Jaywalking!
PREVIOUSLY: The Bill White Vermin And Solid Waste Memorial Park (bH)
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 10/23/05 10:56 AM | Print |
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