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Title	Mears Park
Creator.Persons	Ganje, Don
Notes	Built 1993; Project Description: Located in the historic Lowertown warehouse district, this 2-acre park harmoniously blends a naturalistic river, plaza, pavilion, lawns, walkways, shade trees and artist-designed seating to accommodate a variety of recreational uses. The designers were interested in returning the park to its original function as a focal point for civic gathering with pathways leading through the park to a central gathering place. With contemporary demands for barrier-free access and movement, the designers altered grades and improved linkages to the surrounding district. Concerned about noise levels in the park coming from the more active central plaza, a river was constructed which runs diagonally through the park with trees lining its banks to provide an acoustic barrier to the more formal lawn and tree areas. A curving garden walk is also included which features tulip and perennials beds. Artist, Brad Goldberg, designed a circular red sandstone wall 135 feet in diameter that surrounds the central plaza and serves as seating for park users. Project Location: Lowertown, between 5th & 6th St. and Sibley and Wacouta. Size 2 acres
Description	Detail of sculpted rock perimeter benches at north corner of park
Subject.Persons	Ganje, Don Wehrle, Ken Bombrowsky, Peter Brewer, Jim, landscape architect Goldberg, Brad
Subject	Parks Landscape architecture Landscape design Benches
Location	Minnesota -- Saint Paul
Title.Series	Landscape as Art -- Parks and Gardens, Part I
Collection Title	Landscape Architecture
Publisher.Location	Seattle, WA
Publisher	Art on FIle
Copyright Information	http://contentdm.unl.edu/archt_copyright.html
Collection information	Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402) 472-1193
Full resolution	Volume1\LAI-03-10-05.jpg http://0-contentdm.unl.edu.library.unl.edu/fullres/Landscape_architecture/Volume1\LAI-03-10-05.jpg

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