Above are some of the photos from my class's trip to Civic Center Park. We were analyzing the site for a proposal for public art that we are each going to create. Overall I found myself focusing on the peculiarities in the park. The things I found odd about the site seemed to jump out at me screaming for attention, but I'll go into those later in my site analysis.
Civic Center Park is undeniably beautiful. It has been carefully crafted as a crossroads between Art/History and the commercial, the judicial and the legislative. Below are the transcriptions of my notes though some of them are more steam of consciousness than complete thoughts.
Public vs Official
Actual use vs intended use
Stone Axis accentuated by landscaping
Golden Triangle,
- light industry
Colfax - longest running commercial st.
Bends around the park, forces you to at least look at it.
view artwork on the edge of the park.
Old art (memorials) vs New art
How do you compare them, how do they relate to each other
Landscaping - Who designed it? What was their motivation?
Community garden in one corner, interesting idea. Maybe it will expand.
Lighting - Ornate posts, do they work? Are they maintained?
Contradiction of North vs South, commercial/art.
Architecture doesn't differentiate maybe infers their similarities?
Who uses the park? When/why?
What is the upkeep costs? What about design costs?
Civic Center built 1912-1920
-Restored 1989-1992
Entertainment
Amphitheater, Shuffleboard -games
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