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Author: Katie Kingery-Page

Wichita Pop-Up Park moving forward

Posted on by Katie Kingery-Page

From Project Wichita (formerly Wichita DDC):

Published on Sep 9, 2015

“The Hole” on Douglas has been filled, and is in the final stage of transforming into a temporary urban park in the core of our City! In fall 2014, the WDDC received a grant from the Knight Foundation Fund at the Wichita Community Foundation to construct a temporary pop-up park. The park site, formerly known as “The Hole,” will occupy the Douglas Avenue frontage between Market and Main at 121 E. Douglas. The project included filling in “The Hole” with excess fill material (dirt) from the nearby development project on the Arkansas River – River Vista, and the new Child Advocacy Center site.

See a time lapse video of “the Hole” disappearing.

 

It’s September 2014. These are our first words.

Posted on by Katie Kingery-Page

Landscape architects have a long history of working with communities to creatively examine, re-imagine and strengthen places. The Creative Placemaking Net at Kansas State University is group of six landscape architecture students and one faculty member. All are interested in the potential of art and design to influence place. This group is inspired by the idea of Indra’s web, a buddhist metaphor for interconnectedness across scales. We envision ourselves as Indra’s Web (Net), reflecting and amplifying each other’s ideas.