Kingsbury Commons at Pease Park, Austin, Texas
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Kingsbury Commons at Pease Park in Austin
Sep 7, 2022
Landscape Architect / Prime Consultant: Ten Eyck Landscape Architects
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Photos byCasey Dunn
Kingsbury Commons at Pease Park, Texas
Situated along the banks of Shoal Creek in Downtown Austin, Pease Park is the city?s oldest public park and one of its most loved. In 2014, the City of Austin adopted the Pease Park Vision Plan?developed by prime consultant Wallace, Roberts & Todd and Clayton Korte?to guide future use and care of the 84-acre park.
With a focus on its built elements, historic features, and cultural resources, the plan included an inventory and analysis, and a developed set of conceptual alternatives. The first phase of implementation based on this plan rehabilitated, preserved, and enhanced the park?s southernmost tip, Kingsbury Commons, also affectionately referred to as the park?s ?recreational heart and cultural soul.? This phase was realized as a collaboration between prime consultant Ten Eyck Landscape Architects, Clayton Korte, and Mell Lawrence Architects.
Framed by the historic stone archways at the intersection of Parkway and Kingsbury Street, a new limestone sign invites visitors to the park. Removal of telephone poles, an old splash pad, and a prefab restroom building opened up the lawn for everything from frisbee to yoga to soccer lessons and offer...
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