Burnett Park, Fort Worth, Texas


Burnett Park, Fort Worth, Texas


Burnett Park in Fort Worth, Texas is a disciplined landscape design based on twenty four squares. PWP Landscape Architecture designed the park by first grouping the squares in a grid across the interior of the site, leaving a perimeter area for planting and circulation.[1]

Original design and renovation

The park was originally laid out by George E. Kessler. It was designed in 1984 for Anne Burnett,[2] in honor of her monther and her grandfather. The Tandy Foundation sponsored the rehabilitation of this urban park to encourage the continuing revitalization of downtown Fort Worth.

Together with the nearby sculpture garden plaza designed by Isamu Noguchi, Burnett Park now forms an important gateway to the city from the west. The park has been renovated and updated several times over the decades.

2010 redesign

In 2010 Walker, now with PWP Landscape Architecture, was again retained to redesign the park. During this third significant campaign in the park's evolution, pools were removed and play equipment installed while retaining the existing pedestrian circulation pattern.[3] The most recent renovation was made possible with funding from the Burnett Foundation.

Downtown Fort Worth, Inc. (DFWI), which has managed the park since 1985, coordinated the redesign process in cooperation with the City of Fort Worth. Additional funding was provided by Behringer Harvard and the US General Services Administration.[4]

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to George Kessler.
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References

  1. ↑ Foundations of Landscape Architecture
  2. ↑ H. Allen Anderson, "TANDY, ANNE VALLIANT BURNETT," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ftase), accessed November 09, 2014. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
  3. ↑ Barangaroo Point Website
  4. ↑ Downtown Fort Worth Website

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