We're getting a new park in Cleveland. It is being prepared at East 9th and Lakeside across from City Hall and adjacent to the Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building - a General Services Administration Building.
It'll be a Plaza WITH TREES - LOTS OF THEM. The site will be designed by Richard Fleischman Architects [1] with artist Pae White [2].
"Successful plazas have 4 key qualities: They are accessible, people are engaged in activities there, the space is comfortable and has a good image, it is a sociable place: one where people meet each other and take people when they come to visit." AND THEY HAVE TREES - A LOT OF THEM.
And there are a lot of questions to answer: "Can you see the space from a distance?
And they hired artist Pae White [3] to design some art for the space.
Pae White's considerations:
I like the screens OK from these pictures/renderings. But what I really think is cool is the large gathering of TREES. I love a canopy!
I'll be posting more about urban forests in Cleveland cause we've got a bigger urban forest coming. For now around a hundred TREES across from Cleveland City Hall should help the city substantially, particularly when "Forest City" has taken on a different tone. One day perhaps Cleveland can become the Forest City again. Without the slightly bitter taste taste. We'll still have the breeze, and we'll probably still have the A. J. Celebrezze Federal Building. But what a way to celebrate the breeze off the lake - under TREES...
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Links:
[1] http://www.studiorfa.com/
[2] http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A7440554
[3] http://www.suecrockford.com/artists/images.asp?aid=46
[4] http://smtp.realneo.us/system/files/many+trees+celebrezze+plaza.jpg
[5] http://smtp.realneo.us/system/files/current+from+above.jpg
[6] http://smtp.realneo.us/system/files/influential+images+PW+1.jpg
[7] http://smtp.realneo.us/system/files/screen+w+trees+3.jpg
[8] http://smtp.realneo.us/system/files/screen+w+trees+2.jpg
[9] http://smtp.realneo.us/system/files/screen+w+trees.jpg
[10] http://smtp.realneo.us/system/files/leaf+concept.jpg