Parks

Iroquois Park Pavillion To Be Rebuilt By Students

Students from Iroquois High School will begin rebuilding the partially collapsed Sunnyhill Pavillion in Iroquois Park this fall. The year-long program will allow students...

Rebuilding Market Street’s Lost Olmsted Park

  Near the end of East Market Street, between Shelby Street and Campbell Street, the roadway becomes noticeably wider; parallel parking is replaced by diagonal...

Highway Transformed: Hudson River Park

Once home to a notorious elevated highway, Manhattan's west side is now dominated by a linear park filled with bikers, joggers, and strollers. The...

Floyds Fork Greenway Plan Wins National Award

The American Society of Landscape Architects has presented the Floyds Fork Greenway Master Plan a 2009 Honor Award. Nearly 600 entries were considered for...

Video: Take A Fly-Over Tour Of Waterfront Parkway

The folks over at 8664.org released another beautiful video rendering of the proposed Waterfront Parkway that could transform Louisville's waterfront from concrete menace into...

New Pedestrian & Bike Infrastructure Part Of Stimulus Spending

Mayor Abramson today announced $14.7 million in stimulus spending that will go towards building new sidewalks, walking paths, and bike lanes. The infrastructure projects...

Stansbury Park Redesign Considers Olmsted Original

The University of Louisville Foundation is working on plans to completely overhaul the triangular, 7-acre Stansbury Park across Third Street from the University of...

Studying Hogan Fountain & Tyler Park

Metro Parks and the Olmsted Conservancy held an information gathering session last night seeking input on Tyler Park and the Hogan Fountain area of...

Stop Lite Spirits In Waterfront Park Demolished

Stop Lite Wine and Spirits moved out of Waterfront Park and into a new store across River Road last November, but this week, crews...