Showing posts with the label Parks

Repurposing Old Industrial Sites As Public Parks

Nov 27, 2019

The public park Landschaftspark in Duisburg-Meiderich, Germany. Image credit: mini_malist/Flickr Landschaftspark, or “landscape park”, of ...

A Nature Park in an Abandoned Railway Yard in Berlin

Dec 13, 2018

For more than a century, the Anhalter Bahnhof was the most important railway station in Berlin. Located at the heart of the German capital, ...

The Sacred Grove of Bomarzo

Oct 24, 2017

Once upon a time there was a young nobleman who, after the death of his beloved wife, became so distraught with grief and anguish that he de...

The Abandoned Giant Busts of Presidents Park

Feb 16, 2016

The iconic heads of four US Presidents sculpted on the granite face of Mount Rushmore, in the Black Hills in South Dakota, has marveled mill...

Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park

Dec 1, 2015

The Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park is located in New York City at the southernmost point of Roosevelt Island, in the East River be...

The Graveyard of Fallen Monuments

Nov 4, 2015

When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, so did thousands of statues all across the Union. Crowds gathered with hammers and cranes and pulle...

Monte Kaolino, An Artificial Sand Hill Popular For Sand Skiing

Oct 21, 2015

Monte Kaolino is a 120-meters tall sand dune located in the outskirts of the city of Hirschau, in southeast Germany. It consists of approxim...

Gas Works Park in Seattle

Aug 31, 2015

Gas Works Park in Seattle, Washington, is an unusual public park located on the site of a former coal gasification plant, on the shores of L...

Mill Ends Park: World’s Smallest Park

May 22, 2015

Mill Ends Park in Portland, the United States, is only two feet in diameter and is really just a flower pot, but don’t say that aloud, espec...

Stadtlounge: An Open Air Public Lounge in St. Gallens

May 8, 2015

Located in the center of St. Gallen’s financial hub of Bleicheli, in Switzerland, is an outdoor space that looks more like the interior of a...

Superkilen, A Public Park in Copenhagen With Artifacts From 60 Countries

Jul 28, 2014

Superkilen is a public park in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. Designed by the arts group Superflex with the collaboration of ...

A Missile Park at White Sands Missile Range Museum

Jun 5, 2014

White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) in southern New Mexico, at nearly 8,300 square km, is one of the largest military installation in the Unite...

Moss Pink (Shibazakura) Blossoms at Hitsujiyama Park, Japan

Mar 2, 2013

Moss pink, or shibazakura, is a flower that grows close to the ground in brilliant colors of magenta, pink, and white. The season for moss p...

Roof Gardens at Namba Parks, Osaka, Japan

Dec 16, 2012

Namba Parks is an office and shopping complex located in Namba-naka Nichome, Osaka, Japan, at the place where Osaka’s baseball stadium used ...

Upside Down Trees at Glacier Gardens in Alaska

Dec 11, 2012

Walk into the 50-acre Glacier Gardens in Alaska and you’ll behold a strange sight. Dozens of hemlock and spruce trees with their tops drive...

High Line - Abandoned Railway Line Becomes Elevated Park in New York

Nov 20, 2012

The High Line is a mile long, garden park in New York City built on an elevated 1.45-mile section of an abandoned railway line called the We...

Gruner See, Styria: A Park That Turns Into a Lake in Summer

Aug 3, 2012

Grüner See, literally “Green Lake”, is a lake in Styria, Austria, near the town of Tragoss, located at the foot of the snow-capped Hochschwa...