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Pacific Plaza Park in Dallas, Texas
Landscape Project in Texas, United States of America ? design by SWA Group
Nov 27, 2019
Pacific Plaza
Landscape Architects: SWA Group
Location: Dallas, Texas, America

SWA Group has designed Pacific Plaza, a new public park that transforms the experience of the central business district in downtown Dallas. Pacific Plaza is the first of an ambitious four-park initiative spearheaded by Parks for Downtown Dallas in a publicprivate partnership with the City of Dallas. The 3.74-acre greenspace in the middle of downtown transforms a former industrial site into a lively, welcoming urban environment for the 21st century.
Surrounded by high-rise buildings, Pacific Plaza replaces a barren surface-level parking lot that was previously a site of railroad, auto and other industries, creating a much-needed outdoor amenity for downtown?s burgeoning population. The new park incorporates an adjacent stand of 23 mature live oak, introduces flexible space for a varied programming and intergenerational appeal, interprets local history, all woven together in a design of sophisticated and lyrical detail.

?Quality green space is part of the transformation of Dallas,? says Chuck McDaniel, Managing Principal, SWA Dallas. ?The first in a chain of parks throughout downtown Dallas, Pacific Plaza enhances the quality of people?s lives by offering a place of natural re...