#park design

[hclib]

Celebrating 140 Years of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, 1883 – 2023

The original Board of Park Commissioners was appointed by the Minnesota State Legislature in 1883 following a vote of Minneapolis residents. Charles Loring (Loring Park namesake) was the board’s first president and William Berry the board’s first superintendent. During Berry’s tenure, the Board of Park Commissioners acquired much of its current park land, including the Chain of Lakes, Minnehaha Park, and Glenwood Park. Theodore Wirth was named as Berry’s successor in 1906. Wirth was an advocate for the use of parks by all community members, and he was a national leader in the establishment of neighborhood parks and recreation facilities. The city’s largest park, Glenwood Park, (which is 90% of the size of New York City's Central Park!) was renamed Theodore Wirth Park in 1938.

During the twentieth century, the park board continued to expand the Minneapolis Park System, increase recreation services within the parks, and manage existing park lands. Today the park Superintendent and Board commissioners, elected by Minneapolis residents, oversee 185 parks comprising 7,059 acres of parkland and water. The Minneapolis parks have been nationally recognized as a preeminent park system and the city consistently ranks among the top 5 park systems in the United States. More than 98 percent of Minneapolis residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park.

Special Collections houses the official records of the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners (now the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board) from the 1890s to 1960s. We have over 150 boxes of committee materials, correspondence, subject files, petitions, oversize maps, and other administrative records created by the Park Board. View the collection at Minneapolis Central Library.

Find maps and photos of the parks in the Hennepin County Library Digital Collections.

#Minneapolis #Minnesota #Parks #Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board #Board of Park Commissioners #Park Commissioners #Park superindendents #maps #park design

[kallockpaintings]

Public Park-Plaza Design, Pacific Northwest

Four Color Public Park/Plaza with Cat Sculpture, watercolor and pencil on paper, 8 by 11 in. Emilia Kallock, 2023

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#accessible beauty #araucaria #blueprint #emilia kallock #flowering cherry trees #forsythia #garden #ginkgo #nature #northwest art #outdoor sculpture #painting #park design #paths #playground #plaza #public parks #sketches #watercolor #wisteria

[mirtapersonal]

Giant rhubarb (Gunnera manicata) in Blarney Castle gardens, Ireland. This plant is native to Brazil and can grow way larger than pictured here.

#giant rhubarb #gunnera manicata #photo #blarney castle #gardens #park architecture #landscape architecture #park design #park #beautiful plant #botany #ireland

[mossandfog]

Memphis Waterfront Park Features Inclusive Design, and Charming Layout

The city of Memphis has an impressive new waterfront park, sprawling 31 acres along the banks of the Mississippi River. Designed by Monstrum, SCAPE Studio and Studio Gang, the park features four distinct zones, comprising fun activity areas, paths, performance zones, as well as an impressive mass-timber canopy. The length of the park, coupled with the nicely terraced sitting areas create a great…

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#Memphis park #Monstrum #Park Design #Studio Gang #Tom Lee Park

[louiscontinolandscaping]

Landscape Architecture Design | Landscape Architecture Design in US

Louis Contino Landscaping: Elevating outdoor spaces across the US through landscape architecture design, blending beauty, functionality & sustainability.

#Landscape architecture design #Landscape design #Outdoor space design #Site planning #Sustainable landscape design #Urban #landscape design #Garden design #Park design #Campus design #Landscape master planning

[thecollectibles]

Widow by juyeon park

#art #digital art #Illustration #character design #juyeon park

[elizabeths-storytime]

whatcha mean? thats clearly a better place

Also?? learned Dung Beetles do not have little horns, poor little guys

#naruto #naruto fanart #naruto team 8 #hinata hyuga #shino aburame #kiba inuzuka #akamaru is getting all the pets #ive never watched south park in my life but kiba's design reminds me of them

[sunnyirry]

huntlow cheesy k-drama moment

#toh #the owl house #huntlow #willow park #hunter noceda #jock girl and her cringefail nerd bf #toh hunter #toh willow #toh huntlow #my art #fanart #i love all of the time skip designs so much ToT #the finale made me cry so hard #toh season 3 #toh spoilers #watching and dreaming

[livesunique]

Dunsborough Park, Ripley, United Kingdom

#art #design #architecture #history #style #luxury house #luxury homes #castle #luxurylifestyle #gardens #landscaping #bridge #romantic #united kingdom #ripley #dunsboroug park #park

[melonpaya]

I kept seeing posts that Hunter would be bad at cooking but I like to think he makes cute little lunches 

#huntlow #the owl house #toh #hunter toh #willow park #my art #Also cause since like he carves palismen now #i think he’d have fun carving little flowers and other designs on food #I feel like he wouldn’t be bad be he wouldn’t be good at it either #hed just like the decorating part

[astrolavas]

outfits

#anti-climatic for today but i HAD to get these out before their designs become outdated kxjsjks #the owl house #toh art #toh #hunter toh #toh hunter #hunter noceda #willow park #gus porter #augustus porter #willow #hunter #gus #hunter wittebane #emerald trio #my art #fanart

[amtrak-official]

Let's fix this bad Urban design, what should we do to improve it

#parking lot design

[kallockpaintings]

Public Park-Plaza Design, Pacific Northwest

Four Color Public Park/Plaza with Cat Sculpture, watercolor and pencil on paper, 8 by 11 in. Emilia Kallock, 2023

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#accessible beauty #araucaria #blueprint #emilia kallock #flowering cherry trees #forsythia #garden #ginkgo #nature #northwest art #outdoor sculpture #painting #park design #paths #playground #plaza #public parks #sketches #watercolor #wisteria

[vintagehomecollection]

South view of Castillo del Lago, overlooking Griffith Park.

The Los Angeles House: Decoration and Design in America's 20th-Century City, 1995

#vintage #vintage interior #1990s #90s #interior design #home decor #Castilo del Lago #Griffith Park #canyon #John Delario #architect #Madonna #oxblood red #stucco #Los Angeles #California #Art Deco #style #home #architecture

[mirtapersonal]

The amazing fern garden of Blarney Castle. Honestly I thought that those giant ferns had gone extinct with the dinosaurs! It felt a bit like Jurassic park, walking through it

#fern #giant fern #fern garden #goblincore #blarney castle #gardens #landscape architecture #park design #park #beautiful plants #ireland #photo

[anomallite]

Explore the wonders of the Mesozoic with these National Park posters! Now available on my Inprnt Store

#paleontology #paleoart #national park #travel posters #artists on tumblr #art #artwork #dinosaurs #paleoblr #spinosaurus #brachiosaurus #plesiosaur #prehistoric #digital art #procreate #graphic design