“It’s really to me an engineering marvel to see what they were able to do with what they started with,” County Judge Nelson Wolff said of the narrow, undeveloped channel turned into a linear park where artwork reveals its history.
Looking north, the gleaming Frost Tower bookends a view of the meandering creek, which also abuts theThe new creek section features several art installations, including poetry by John Phillip Santos etched into the stone banks of the river, a five-panel mural telling the story of the creek by local artists Kathy and Lionel Sosa and an art and water feature by Adam Frank.
Flood mitigation is one goal of the seven-year-long project, funded by the county, city and some federal funds. By deepening and widening the existing channel and replacing eight street bridges, the project will help to contain a 100-year floodplain within the creek’s banks. At several points along the creek, limestone boulders and grassy areas provides places for visitors to relax in the park.
“Long-term, it will generate economic activity for this part of the city that will pay taxpayers,” he said.
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