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Hurray! Main Street Garden Park to Officially Open on November 5

Posted on October 2nd, 2009 8:00am by Jeanne Prejean
Filed under Animals, Entertainment, Events, Parks

Thomas Baisley Associates Landscape Architects

With all the hoopla surrounding the Trinity Bridges and the AT&T Performing Arts Center, there is a simply wonderful secret that has been in the works in the middle of downtown Dallas. The unveiling of Main Street Garden Park (rendering), a 1.7-acre park at Commerce, Main, Harwood, and St. Paul will take place for an invitation-only crowd on Thursday, November 5, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Co-chairs Mark Noble, managing partner/director of Colliers International, and Kent Eastman, president of Texas Capital One Bank have arranged for Dallas’ civic royals including Mayor Tom Leppert, UNT Chancellor Lee Jackson, Councilperson Angela Hunt, and DOWNTOWN DALLAS President/CEO John Crawford to officiate. Ribbon-cutting special effects are being masterminded by Excitement Technologies Group.

Whoa!

Did you spot Lee Jackson in that lineup? What’s the chancellor of UNT doing at the ribbon cutting? Well, think. On one side of the park is UNT’s The Universities Center at Dallas (aka the former Titches building). On the other is the future home of the UNT law school (aka the old Dallas City Hall).

Yes, unfortunately, the ribbon cutting is by invitation only, but the fun stuff is open to the public. Like what? How about MSGP’s starting a tradition of holding an annual tree-lighting ceremony on Friday, November 20, to kick off the holiday season. The very next day (Saturday) “Music in the Park” will take place, geared for those who work and live in downtown Dallas. And guess what? Children and pets are as welcome as grownup humans.

And if you like these activities, get used to them, because those wonderful people at DOWNTOWN DALLAS will be organizing more of ‘em.

Design credits go to Thomas Balsley Associates with such goodies as a cafe, performance stage and overlook, dog park, kids’ park, groves of trees, water features, and, thank heaven, shade structures.

Makes you want to sign up for classes at UNT Dallas.

3 Comments to “Hurray! Main Street Garden Park to Officially Open on November 5”

Danielle @ October 2nd, 2009 at 11:35 am

Main Street Garden is welcome addition to Downtown – although you would think the City of Dallas would have used some of that funding to improve the sad condition of the landscaping of the Courthouse directly across the street.

It’s embarassing for a city building and looks like Detroit over there.
s @ October 2nd, 2009 at 1:31 pm

This is just great. I live in downtown. Let’s just hope it doesnt turn into the south and east sides of the downtown library.
SweetCharity Blog | D Magazine » Blog Archive » Main Street Garden Gets Dedicated With Speeches, Lasers, Dogs, Pigeons, and Great Promise @ November 14th, 2009 at 1:15 pm

[...] after the sun had set, the darkness worked in favor of the dedication. Originally scheduled for November 5, the dedication had to be pushed back to last night because of the recent weather roller coaster. [...]

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