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GARDENS | PARKS

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DUPONT UNDERGROUND

GARDENS | PARKS

URBAN DESIGN | PLANNING

DUPONT UNDERGROUND

GARDENS | PARKS

URBAN DESIGN | PLANNING

METRO MEMORIAL PARK A Sacred Grove The project, completed on June 22nd, 2015, was the result of a winning competition entry for a new memorial park to honor the nine citizens who lost their lives during the 2009 Metro train crash. The ancient im

Photo: New Park

Photo: Commemorative Plaque

Site Location Plan: The site for the Legacy Memorial Park occupies a small parcel of the Fort Drive Park System, at the junction of Fort Totten, Lamond Riggs, and Manor Park neighborhoods.

Photos: Existing Park Conditions

Existing Site Plan: A swath of expropriation has left a ragged edge in the urban fabric which the church building and the community gardeners have attempted to repair.

Diagram: Circulation

Site Concept Plan

New Park Plan

Photo: Existing View From Street

Rendered View: Proposed View From Street

Photo: Existing View From Church

Rendered View: Proposed View From Church

Photo: Existing View Towards Church

Rendered View: Proposed View Towards Church

Photo: Existing Park View

Rendered View: Proposed Park View

Rendered View: Proposed Park View

Photo: Dedication Ceremony with Victims' Families and Former Mayor Vincent Gray

Photo: New Park

Photo: New Park

Photo: New Park

Photo: New Park

Memorial Sculpture Location Plan: To honor the victims of the accident, nine singular abstract forms by sculptor Barbara Josephs Liotta, one for each victim, would rise in groupings from landscaped mounds.

Details: Memorial Sculptures

Plan: Park Lighting

Planting Diagram: Canopy

Planting Diagram: Mounds

Planting Diagram:  On Site Bio Retention

Planting Diagram: Entry Berm

Programming Diagram:  Individual Commemoration

Programming Diagram: Commemorative Ceremony

Programming Diagram: Farmer's Market

Programming Diagram: Community Concert

METRO MEMORIAL PARK A Sacred Grove The project, completed on June 22nd, 2015, was the result of a winning competition entry for a new memorial park to honor the nine citizens who lost their lives during the 2009 Metro train crash. The ancient im

Photo: New Park

Photo: Commemorative Plaque

Site Location Plan: The site for the Legacy Memorial Park occupies a small parcel of the Fort Drive Park System, at the junction of Fort Totten, Lamond Riggs, and Manor Park neighborhoods.

Photos: Existing Park Conditions

Existing Site Plan: A swath of expropriation has left a ragged edge in the urban fabric which the church building and the community gardeners have attempted to repair.

Diagram: Circulation

Site Concept Plan

New Park Plan

Photo: Existing View From Street

Rendered View: Proposed View From Street

Photo: Existing View From Church

Rendered View: Proposed View From Church

Photo: Existing View Towards Church

Rendered View: Proposed View Towards Church

Photo: Existing Park View

Rendered View: Proposed Park View

Rendered View: Proposed Park View

Photo: Dedication Ceremony with Victims' Families and Former Mayor Vincent Gray

Photo: New Park

Photo: New Park

Photo: New Park

Photo: New Park

Memorial Sculpture Location Plan: To honor the victims of the accident, nine singular abstract forms by sculptor Barbara Josephs Liotta, one for each victim, would rise in groupings from landscaped mounds.

Details: Memorial Sculptures

Plan: Park Lighting

Planting Diagram: Canopy

Planting Diagram: Mounds

Planting Diagram:  On Site Bio Retention

Planting Diagram: Entry Berm

Programming Diagram:  Individual Commemoration

Programming Diagram: Commemorative Ceremony

Programming Diagram: Farmer's Market

Programming Diagram: Community Concert

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