Freeway Park
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 | Freeway Park |
| Designer | Lawrence Halprin |
| Location | Seattle, Washington, USA |
| Date | 1972 to 1976 |
| Building Type | landscape, urban park |
| Climate | mild temperate |
| Context | urban |
| Architectural Style | Modern |
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| Notes | Built partially over freeway, to utilize and reconnect the landscape. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Freeway_Park.html |
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Commentary
"Designed to draw together city neighborhoods divided by a freeway, this 1,300-foot-long park weaves over a garage, and under a street. Its waterfall masks the din of traffic. Other park delights include trees, flowers, cascading fountains, pools, concrete crags in a 'metaphorical landscape,' and a gorge."
— from Sylvia Hart Wright. Sourcebook of Contemporary North American Architecture: From Postwar to Postmodern. p42.
Details
Located at 6th and Seneca.
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Yukio Futagawa, ed. GA Document Special Issue 1970-1980. Tokyo: A.D.A. Edita Tokyo, 1980. NA680.G322. plan, p80.
Sutherland Lyall. Designing the New Landscape. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1991. SB472.L89 1991. ISBN 0-442-30354-8. LC 90-12017. drawing of section, p33.
Dennis Sharp. Twentieth Century Architecture: a Visual History. New York: Facts on File, 1990. ISBN 0-8160-2438-3. NA680.S517. in-the-midst photo, plan, p335.
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