I really need a bigger scanner if I'm going to continue doing silly things like designing neighborhood parks! The ivy covered lot under the freeway and BART tracks a block from my house would make an incredible dog park/playground/basketball court/outdoor art gallery/community garden, wouldn't it? Well, it's in the works! Join this google group if you're an interested Oaklander.
Inspiration sprang from the history of the amusement park it once was (Idora Park) and manifested itself in colorful mosaic benches shaped like roller coaster cars, a sidewalk to mimic the train tracks of the miniature railway, and festoons of lanterns and flags uniting the disparate regions of the park.
How fun and satisfying to design and imagine this place planted with Fremontodendron, Ceanothus, Scrub Oaks, Redbuds, Penstemons and Deer Grass along a ribbon of dry creek bed.
Again, apologies for the poor scans, but I just couldn't keep this to myself much longer! By the way, the following images and designs are copyrighted so please don't use them without permission (but you knew that!).
