Railyard is a colourful public park by Chicago-based practice Ross Barney Architects straddling the railway line running through the city of Rogers in Arkansas.
The five-acre park was designed as a series of plazas connected by walkways with sheltered benches, along with a children's playground and a pavilion for live events.
Top: the Butterfield Stage has a zigzag pavilion. Above: water features below the old water tanks
Ross Barney Architects designed the park after collecting 1,000 survey responses from the local community.
Rogers, a city in the Ozark Mountains, was founded in the 1800s as a stop on a railroad line. Formerly called Frisco Park, the public space has been rechristened after the redesign as a nod to the city's history.
The colourful children's playground at Railyard Railyard is now the location of the local farmers market, called the DTR Market, which is held on Frisco Plaza every Saturday morning.
Water stops that were once used to refill the trains' tanks have been turned into a canvas for artists. Water features are set into the ground underneath so that people can play in the fountains during the summer.
Picnic tables on rails can be pushed together
The tanks overlook the Play Yard, a children's play area featuring colourful flooring and lots of tunnels.
Sail-style canopies provide shade for the many wooden benches and picnic tables that look like old railway sleepers. The picnic tables have wheels on rails so that people can push them together to creat...