by Parks for Downtown Dallas | Nov 13, 2018 | Downtown Dallas Parks, Pacific Plaza |
They say good things come in small packages, and parks are no exception. Although we love a sprawling, amenity-rich green space just as much as anyone, sometimes a modestly appointed “pocket park” is all anyone needs to escape the hustle and bustle of urban life....
by Parks for Downtown Dallas | Feb 14, 2018 | Carpenter Park, Downtown Dallas Parks, Harwood Park, Pacific Plaza, West End Plaza |
Every citizen deserves a great park within a 10-minute walk of their home — this is the premise behind the Trust for Public Land’s ParkScore Index. Using this comprehensive tool, every year TPL evaluates park access and park quality in the 100 largest cities in...
by Parks for Downtown Dallas | Jan 18, 2018 | Carpenter Park, Downtown Dallas Parks, Pacific Plaza |
Two of the city’s new Downtown parks — Carpenter Park and Pacific Plaza — will be breaking ground in the coming years, with Pacific Plaza’s ceremony just months away. That means there’s no better occasion to recognize the efforts of a group...
by Parks for Downtown Dallas | Dec 8, 2017 | Downtown Dallas Parks, Pacific Plaza |
2017 may be on its way out, but 2018 is almost here, bringing with it many exciting new developments. From breathtaking public spaces to groundbreaking openings and renovations, 2018 provides proof that, for Dallas, the best is yet to come. Over a decade in the...
by Parks for Downtown Dallas | Sep 14, 2017 | Carpenter Park, Downtown Dallas Parks, Harwood Park, Pacific Plaza, West End Plaza |
Dallas goes to the polls Nov. 7, 2017. On the ballot: The city’s 2017 Capital Bond Program, which funds areas of public life from streets and transportation to libraries, and from flood control and storm drainage to the preservation of the architectural treasures...
by Parks for Downtown Dallas | Sep 10, 2017 | Carpenter Park, Downtown Dallas Parks, Harwood Park, Pacific Plaza, West End Plaza |
Frederick Law Olmsted, the architect of Central Park, once summed up the goal of park design as satisfying people’s needs for “long spaces that you could dream away in.” This founding father of American parks may have been driven by philosophical passions, but...
