ArchitectureRichmond: Lombardy Park, Meadow Park, Harrison Park
ArchitectureRichmond takes a look at three of the area’s pocket parks: A pocket park can be defined as a small landscaped space that provides a sitting area or recreation for children, usually constructed on a vacant or underutilized lot. Pocket parks, while little and often hidden, can increase surrounding home ownership values, fill in an […]
ArchitectureRichmond takes a look at three of the area’s pocket parks:
A pocket park can be defined as a small landscaped space that provides a sitting area or recreation for children, usually constructed on a vacant or underutilized lot. Pocket parks, while little and often hidden, can increase surrounding home ownership values, fill in an irregular plot of infrastructure convergence, and provide a convenient solution to finding usable open space in a dense urban area. Richmond has more than its fair share of these pocket parks; this article will cover four of them.
Two of the most well known pocket parks, Lombardy Park and Meadow Park share commonalities both in geographic location and the circumstances of their settings: both are triangle shaped and ease the convergence of two popular Fan roads. Meadow Park brings together Stuart and Park Ave, and a few blocks to the east, Lombardy Park splits Hanover and Park. In both these situations a pocket park is perfect infill and gives the surrounding houses a better view than simply a wide street.
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