Greenacre Park, New York
Introduction
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Images
Greenacre Park (image from newyork.com)
Greenacre Park waterfall (image from sasaki.com)
Greenacre Park waterfall (image from sasaki.com)
Greenacre Park (image from the Project for Public Spaces)
Plan view of Greenacre Park (image from sasaki.com)
Backstory and Context
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The design maximizes use of the small space through a series of terraces, seating walls, trellises, and lush plantings. The canopy of honey locust trees allows sunlight in, but provides a sheltered feeling. An overlook terrace is topped with acrylic domes and provides lighting and radiant heating for the garden below. One wall of the park is a granite relief sculpture and water feature, and the focal point of the park is a 25-foot waterfall, which mutes the noise of traffic.
Sources
GreenAcre Park. The Cultural Landscape Foundation. Accessed Web, 5/6/17. https://tclf.org/landscapes/greenacre-park.
Greenacre Park. Sasaki. Accessed Web, 5/6/17. http://www.sasaki.com/project/111/greenacre-park/.