Dallas’ Klyde Warren Park opens October 27 and 28

Will Uptowners and Downtowners use it regularly?

The green space will add new dimension to the busy downtown area.

DALLAS — Nearly three years ago, crews broke ground on a space we then called Woodall Rodgers Deck Park -- the over-the-highway park designed to connect Uptown and Downtown Dallas. Now sprouting dozens of trees and a new name, Klyde Warren Park, the green space will officially open to the public October 27 and 28.

Opening weekend will be a free, all-ages celebration. It takes place during Art in October, which is the Dallas Arts District's month-long celebration of events and exhibitions.

Sitting atop Woodall Rodgers, executives steering the construction of the 5.2-acre park hope it will become a regularly visited park for Dallas residents and tourists. Nearby, the Perot Museum of Nature & Science opens in January 2013. Another new landmark this year, the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, opened in March.

The park cost $110 million to build and includes an on-site restaurant, children's garden, botanical garden, dog park, and a performance stage with a lawn sprawling from it.

Blogger Patrick Kennedy from Walkable Dallas-Fort Worth said it has a "great design, lousy location," but plenty of Dallas movers and shakers have endorsed its location and design.

FAQ's about Klyde Warren Park

FAQs about Klyde Warren Park

lakewoodhobo, anonymous:

Great news! They were smart to pick October since that is typically the nicest weather of the year for Dallas.

As for the drive-thru banks and the lots adjacent to each (I see three banks, not counting the Fed, on Google Maps facing the park), they better turn residential or you can forget about any steady stream of park patrons. Dallas loves its parks on "special events" only, because god forbid they actually live next to one.

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Travis Bush, verified:

The park could be a thriving and busy place all the time, but it won't be.

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SitizenKane, anonymous:

Sanitized playground suitably branded for faux urban dwellers and their kids; are they gonnna have the token chess board (homage to Washington Sq) and the used book vendor (homage to Paris) ??

Great backdrop for a nude Badu video promo !

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Travis Bush, verified:

I have asked the Deck Park people, people on their board, and several Dallas art journalists, etc about how Dallas artists will be involved in the new park, but no one seems to have an answer. There could be local artists working and selling their art there all the time, which would make it a lively place that reflected just how many talented people we have in the DFW. It is my estimation that things will always be sterile in the Arts District, and local artists will never truly be embraced there. Same as it ever was.

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