Lawrence Halprin, Heritage Park Designer, Dies
Landscape architect Lawrence Halprin, one of the most creative voices in designing urban public space, passed away on Sunday at his home in California at the age of 93 from complications from a fall.
Halprin was a prolific designer, and created some of the most unique modernist public spaces in the United States. He studied [...]
Trinity Trail Work Near Rogers Road And University
We noticed some questions as an offshoot of our Gallery 1701 post, on the subject of the Trinity Trails. Questions asking what the surveying markers and signs announcing a trail re-route are all about. We’ve learned that the Trinity River Vision Authority will be doing some work to both the trail alignment and [...]
Read more »Heritage Park Now Slightly Less Closed
Heritage Park might still be closed and awaiting restoration, but it’s been opened back up just a little bit while the design process takes place.
The city has rearranged the various fences enclosing the park, and they now allow people to get slightly within the space. It looks like it’s been done to, in essence, [...]
Villa de Leon Progress
Photo uploaded by Brian Luenser on Flickr.
Villa de Leon at Trinity Bluff has really come a long way, and our friend Brian recently headed out and took a couple of photos of the progress. With the scaffolding gone, we can now get a good look at the facade of the building.
Villa de Leon features [...]
Fort Worthology goes to Portland, Part Three: Ira Keller Fountain
It’s time for our next Portland post. Today, we’re going to shift gears just a bit, and take a trip away from the larger-scale posts to examine something very specific – the Ira Keller Fountain. We’ll have another post next week with more about Portland’s parks and plazas in general, along with more [...]
Read more »Designing Heritage Park: Inside the Halprin Archives, Part Three – The Design Comes Together
Continuing our look into the archives of Heritage Park designer Lawrence Halprin courtesy of District 9 City Council member Joel Burns, in Part Three we’ll be looking at sketches from the actual design of Heritage Park itself, and seeing how the park evolved as Halprin went along.
Our first image finds Heritage Park on the west [...]
Designing Heritage Park: Inside the Halprin Archives, Part Two – Oddities Along the River, Leonard's Subway Extension, and More
Continuing our look into the archives of Heritage Park designer Lawrence Halprin courtesy of District 9 City Council member Joel Burns, we’re taking a look today at some…odd selections leading up through the design of the park. Tomorrow, we’ll be looking at some actual sketches of the design of the park.
First, this rather unusual [...]
Designing Heritage Park – Inside the Halprin Archives, Part One – Alternate Sites and Designs
Recently, we noted the city’s planned public meetings on the restoration of Heritage Park. The city is working with Laurie Olin, noted landscape architect who worked with Heritage Park’s original designer, Lawrence Halprin, to come up with an effective and respectful restoration plan for the long-neglected and intimate park on the Trinity Bluff just [...]
Read more »City seeking input on Heritage Park restoration, public meetings May 8th and 9th
The city is at last taking a look at options to save Heritage Park on the Trinity Bluffs in Downtown. What follows is a press release from the city explaining their request for input, and details of the actual meetings. We encourage anybody in the city with an interest in saving Heritage Park [...]
Read more »Fort Worth presents radically improved bicycle plan, aims to triple bicycle travel by 2015
Last night at the Central Library in Downtown Fort Worth, the city showcased a draft of a radically altered and improved bicycle transportation plan called “Bike Fort Worth.” Aiming to replace the rather lacking 1999 bike route plan with a more robust and elaborate system, the city has been working for a year and [...]
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