The post-industrial waterfronts of New York City continue to undergo a dramatic transformation that is resulting in the creation of extensive new public open spaces. Located in Long Island City Queens, Hunters Point Park is another example of this transformation of abandoned post-industrial waterfront land to public open space use.
Read MoreOlympic Sculpture Park, Seattle
Opened in 2007 the Olympic Sculpture Park consists of a 3.6 hectare outdoor sculpture museum connected to the waterfront. Operated by the Seattle Art Museum, the Park provides free admission to visitors.
Formerly occupied by the oil and gas corporation Unocal until the 1970s the site was a contaminated brownfield until the Seattle Art Museum proposed to transform the area into a new green spaces in Downtown Seattle.
Read MoreBrooklyn Bridge Park
Despite New York’s relentless commercial development, the city administrators still manage to create new public open spaces to meet the community needs. The Hudson River and East River waterfronts have formed the primary focus for much of this new public open space. A recent visit to New York in April provided an opportunity to see how development of a number of new waterfront open spaces progressed since my previous visit a few years ago.
Read MoreBarangaroo Headland Park, Sydney
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Read MoreJoshua Tree National Park, California
Visit in January 2017
Read MoreTongva Park, Los Angeles, Winter colours
Visit in January 2017
Read MoreKingston Foreshore Urban Development, Canberra
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Read MoreSerpentine Pavilion
Hyde Park, London, 2016
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Read MoreBowen Place Underpass, Canberra, ACT
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Read MoreBarangaroo Headland – a new edge to Sydney Harbour
Creation of a new harbor edge is, in my opinion, the most significant outcome of the Barangaroo Headland project. The stepped sandstone blocks, which have been quarried from the site, establish a relationship between water and foreshore that is fundamentally different to the vertical sea walls that typically form the urban edge of Sydney Harbour.
Read MoreThe Calyx, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
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Read Morebarrangal dyara (Skin & Bones)
Exhibition by Jonathan Jones, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney,
The 32nd Kaldor Public Art Project named barrangal dyara (skin and bones) was created by Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi artist Jonathan Jones and presented a vast sculptural installation that stretched across 2 hectares of the Royal Botanic Garden in Oct 2016.
Read MoreWaratahs
The ‘Wild about Waratahs Festival’ is held in early October at the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mt Tomah. The spectacular red flowers of the Waratah (Telopea speciosissima) provided an engaging contrast to a somewhat grey overcast day during a recent visit to the Garden.
Read MoreBlue Mountains Botanic Garden
While sandstone is now the most visible geological formation in the Blue Mountains, much of area was once covered by a huge basalt lava sheet. Although most of sheet has been eroded away, basalt caps remain at Mt Tomah, Mt Wilson, Mt Banks and Mt Irvine.
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Blenheim Palace Landscape
Blenheim Palace is a UNESCO World Heritage site located in Oxfordshire, UK. It is set within 800 hectares of parklands that were designed by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown’ and took 11 years to complete.
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