ImagineLaSalleBriefingBook_FINAL_Singles

Sawyer Point Park is a more
established public space that has
tennis courts, a splash pad, and
mature gardens.
Washington Park
Washington Park boasts both underground parking
and a concessions building, and is integrated well into
the surrounding urban fabric.
Washington Park
Focus group members walk along the
International Friendship Trail, a path
along the riverfront with public art,
mature trees, and celebrations of sister
cities in other countries.
International Friendship Trail
Sawyer Point Park
The splashpad in Washington
Park wowed the focus group
with fountains synchronized
to music.
Takeaways for
LaSalle Park
Incorporate creative play spaces
and attractions (e.g. swings, musical
instruments, carousels, and great,
well-programmed playgrounds).
We need a bigger, better pavilion with
stronger programming.
Celebrate history, culture, geography
with public art and events (the
border, Canada, water, freedom).
Foster partnerships – financial,
organizational, volunteer.
Design interactive water features –
sometimes with light shows.
Plant gardens with native plants –
“planting in the post-wild world”.
Step down to the water, maybe like
Serpentine Wall, or not.
Make permanent space for
concessions, maybe like “the Porch”.
Improve the spatial organization of
the park – make it flow, frame the
“rooms,” eliminate dead space.
Design for the site (topography,
views, water, surrounding city).
Fix the parking; underground?
Create an environmental education
center.
Connect across the water to
Canalside, Outer Harbor.
Signage and orientation maps can be
creative.
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