Nashville Metropolitan Boards of Parks + Recreation undertook a planning effort for a new park on a 25-acre riverfront site on the southern edge of downtown Nashville. Wharf Park is the next great pearl in a string of riverfront parks that have become the defining public spaces for Nashville’s thriving downtown and the region. The future Wharf Park is endowed with great views, significant topography and expansive acreage. Agency Landscape + Planning and Hodgson Douglas Landscape Architects (HDLA) created a master plan vision for this extraordinary site that is embraced by the citizens of Nashville and leads seamlessly into implementation. We imagined a realized park that will be a model for the city and the nation.
A highly collaborative and dynamic process involved all City stakeholders and team members so that the project intentions were understood across all disciplines. Together, we delivered a visionary and feasible master plan that seized the extraordinary opportunity of the site to create a vibrant American park like none other. Wharf Park’s strategic location at the intersection of the Cumberland River Greenway/Blueway system and future Greenway/Blueway trailhead connections presents the opportunity to promote and enhance greater connectivity and access for Nashville citizens. At the same time, we leveraged the site’s location to deliver recreational amenities that are lacking to some of the adjacent, underserved neighborhoods.
Our team for the master plan and the future phases of implementation included Moffatt & Nichol (marine engineers), Barge Civil Associates (civil engineers), BDY Environmental, Hastings Architecture, McNeely Brockman Public Relations, Zaragunda (programming), Connico (cost estimating), and Wilmot (sustainability).
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