Bearden Park in Third Ward, Uptown Charlotte

[dubone]

Thanks for posting from this angle! It sure is great to see the asphalt and diagonal street gone. I wonder how fast it will be to the point where it will appear substantially done. Obviously the grading is important and will take some time, but doesn't seem to be too complex. I can't wait to see the design start to flesh out with pavers concrete pathways and some plantings.

[grodney]

Moving around some dirt. A couple smallish holes.

Edited April 17, 2012 by grodney

[HopHead]

Wow, good to see the progress. I suspect by the end of the summer we should get a good impression of how this park will look when it's completed.

[grodney]

Still moving dirt around.

[New Name]

I'd say that looks like crushed gravel, sand, packing material for drainage... maybe that means they're getting ready to start adding instead of subtracting.

[ah59396]

My friend's company is doing the electrical work on the site and he said they are only about a week or two away from beginning work on that, so I think your "adding instead of subtracting" statement is correct.

[grodney]

Things I notice:

-The construction fence along MLK has been pushed in a street-width, and a lane-width along Church. Are they widening either street?

-Concrete tubing stuff on the left, and black something-or-other (rebar or conduit?) above that.

-Sewer/plumbing stuff in the far right.

-A picture of the park on the construction fence along Church.

[southslider]

The construction fence along MLK has been pushed in a street-width, and a lane-width along Church. Are they widening either street?

I believe that's just the width of planned street trees and sidewalk. Would be nice to have some recessed parking, but the streets are definitely not being widened for additional travel lanes.

[Munson79]

Does anyone have a link to a rendering of what this park will look like when completed? Sorry for being so lazy as I am sure this info is somewhere in this board, already!

[grodney]

Does anyone have a link to a rendering of what this park will look like when completed? Sorry for being so lazy as I am sure this info is somewhere in this board, already!

http://cltblog.com/15214

[Bikeguy]

^ I thought there was going to be a connecting linear strip of park to South Tryon...

[Skyline49er]

This website might have been posted before, but it gives a good description of the park and a good synopsis of each separate component. After looking through the plans again, I cannot wait to spend a day here and then head to a Knights game.

http://beardenfoundation.org/supportbeardenpark/bearden_park_design.html

[southslider]

^ I thought there was going to be a connecting linear strip of park to South Tryon...

Brevard Court and Latta Pavilion provide a linear connection today. 200 South Tryon could provide a future connection. But neither should be a park, but rather an active pedestrian corridor lined with private investment. The Green just down the block on South Tryon was built by the private sector.

[navigator319]

lots going on here.. I know it looks only like still moving dirt around, but they have moved on. Lots of drainage is in place and complete. Last few days looks like the construction of the water feature is well underway with all the below grade work that goes into that really making solid prgress.

[ah59396]

I agree. It looks like a full-bore construction site now.

[sleightofhand]

I believe that's just the width of planned street trees and sidewalk. Would be nice to have some recessed parking, but the streets are definitely not being widened for additional travel lanes.

I could be wrong but I think they're pushing back those fences to get the sidewalks completed in time for the DNC.

[grodney]

Jul 9 2012:

[TotalLamer]

It's going to be so nice to walk down from Latta Arcade and NOT see it open out onto those hideous surface-level parking lots stretching out to the horizon.

[grodney]

[grodney]

[ah59396]

These photographs are actually quite deceiving. There is a lot more going on at that site than those Eagle Eye shots tend to show.

[Guest]

Grodney we need another update shot! I flew in today for the panthers game and went on a 8 mile walk around town, and this was one of my stops. From the street I could see a lot going on and a new gazebo built on the circle concrete slab in the picture. It's exciting that is is really happening.

[grodney]

Fresh from the darkroom:

(edit: I just noticed in the first one I caught some dirt being moved around at the baseball site! It's like when Greg Brady was taking a picture of his cheerleader girlfriend and accidentally captured the (negated) game-winning touchdown in the background!)

Edited September 24, 2012 by grodney

[Guest]

Just wanted to share this blurb and some photos. This references the structure that you see being built in the pictures above and its function, along with two other structures being built.

Romare Bearden Park

This project consists of three structures to be located in the newly designed Romare Bearden Park. The park, planned by Land Design, is located in Charlotte’s Third Ward district between Church, Mint, Martin Luther King and Third Streets.

• The first structure, near the center of the park, is an 870 s.f. restroom facility with public restrooms, bride changing room, and storage space. The restroom will have a cast-in-place concrete exterior, granite boulder base, wood trellis above the entrance, and an extensive green roof. The facility was designed to look naturally integrated into the gradually sloping landscape.

• The second structure, near Church Street, is a 250 s.f. kiosk for serving of light refreshments and newspapers. The octagonal kiosk will have a steel structure, curved copper roof, cupola, glass displays, and wood detailing to evoke both local and Parisian architecture.

• The third structure, near the corner of Church Street and MLK Avenue, is an 1,100 s.f. open air, curving trellis with center arbor. The trellis and arbor will have a wood post and beam structure with a curved metal roof at the arbor.

Edited September 24, 2012 by Guest

[carolinagarnet]

The bride changing room is brilliant. It's clear they thought about how the park would actually be used.