 Overall
Master Plan
Described as a "grand civic gesture", Jordan Valley Park is
designed to mix open space and buildings, water and meadows, playgrounds
and plazas. The park contrasts public space and solitude, recreation and
revitalization via:
- Subdistricts: Resembling an hourglass,
the two ends of the park are marked by large meadows held together by
a narrow band of activity-filled spaces, leading to a "central
green." Each area is a distinct composition of landscape, buildings
and open spaces.
- Edges: Edges define the park and
its many spaces - not to divide or disconnect, but to provide a transition
from downtown's urban environment to the natural, expressive environment
of the Park.
- Connections: Jordan Valley Park is
about connections - the past with the future, north Springfield with
south, industry with agriculture, people with nature.
- Unifying Elements: Physical and symbolic
references to Jordan Creek and historic Springfield will knit the elements
of the park together. Artwork, gateways, streetscapes and focal points
will lend powerful symbols to the varied landscape.
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Jordan Valley Park is the imagination of more than 300 citizens who created
a collective vision for the heart of Springfield. Their vision took hold
across the community, where voters in every precinct approved a referendum
to help pay for the park.
Across 250 acres of Center City, the possibilities are boundless to adapt
brownfields, reuse vacant buildings and revive the trickle of a creek
for which the park is named.
Within walking distance in downtown Springfield people will find:
- a quarry turned gateway
- a baseball stadium
- an arts center
- a multipurpose arena
- a recreational ice rink
- an exposition center
- plazas and open spaces
The renderings below represent three proposed areas known as the West Meadow, Central Green, and East Meadow, respectively. Click on the images for larger images of each future project.
  
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