Phase 3 – Tower Park
With the first and second phases of the HPARC project completed the final phase will be Tower Park which will be located to the east of Civic Park
In the fall of 2018 HPARC began allocating funding to begin the initial rounds of public & design input on the revitalization of central core of Hemisfair which includes the iconic Tower of the Americas. In March of 2019 HPARC held the first public workshop to collect ideas on what us as residents would both like to see in the third phase of the redevelopment, as well as, how it would tie into the first two phases of the overall site.
Images
Below are images I took during the first public workshop for the new park in March of 2019. (Click on images for a closer look)
Construction begins in 2024
In early 2024 Hemisfair began physical construction on new projects within the outline of Phase 3 – Tower Park.
Basketball Court
In the spring of 2024 the first new construction project was started located west of the Tower of the Americas, a full scale & covered basketball court. During the world’s fair the site contained a section of the elevated walkway system which surrounded the Tower of the Americas. As part of the 20th anniversary renovations of the overall site in the late 1980’s this particular location retained the support columns from the walkway system and were converted into a new water feature with a shallow pool.
Images
Below are various images I took before and after the project. (Click on images for a closer look)
