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Klyde Warren Park Wins National Open Space Award

Yesterday the Urban Land Institute awarded Klyde Warren its 2014 Urban Open Space Award, the “Oscar” of park awards.
By Peter Simek |
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photo by Dillon Diers
photo by Dillon Diers

We like to beat up on Dallas from time to time in this space, complaining about how it doesn’t do this right, or doesn’t do that right. Well one thing it definitely got right is Klyde Warren Park (even though we can still quibble about over programming). The Urban Land Institute has taken notice. Yesterday it awarded Klyde Warren its 2014 Urban Open Space Award, the “Oscar” of park awards. The Klyde beat out parks in other not-as-world-class cities like Columbus, Tulsa, Santa Fe, and Cincinnati.

“Klyde Warren is not only successful in fixing an urban fracture that isolated development and challenged the existing potential for the area; it also demonstrates that a long-term vision and commitment are critical to foster a sense of place and community, with lasting positive rippling effects,” said M. Leanne Lachman, Chair of the ULI Global Awards for Excellence Jury and President of Lachman Associates.

That’s right. And the park is celebrating two years of rippling this week. Here’s the full release.

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