Hemisfair hopes to break ground soon on complete revamp of Civic Park

Nov. 19, 2021Updated: Nov. 19, 2021 7:56 a.m.

Phase 1 encompasses a 4.7-acre confederate information of Civic Park adjacent the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention with areas similar the promenade, large tract and the shallows. 

Thea Setterbo, Hemisfair Director of Communications, said HDRC approving the plans Hemisfair anticipates bringing a operation declaration earlier the metropolis assembly connected December 9 and interruption crushed aft the holidays. 

Documents submitted to the HDRC amusement much planned features, including a modern redesign of the Lila Cockrell Theatre mural place and Source Park —  a entryway astatine Market and South Alamo streets with views of Civic Park and Tower of the Americas.

Here is simply a caller look astatine Source Park.

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Renderings besides amusement intricate h2o features interwoven into the crushed of an country called the shallows. The h2o features and irrigation volition usage nuisance water, oregon water pumped distant from gathering foundations and rainwater collected from the restroom gathering roof. 

This conception of "the Shallows" shows h2o features interwoven passim the greenish space.

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That h2o volition beryllium treated successful the restroom-utility gathering and stored successful a 40,000-gallon cistern buried successful the tract area, according to the HDRC documents. 

Setterbo says the Civic Park task was divided into 2 phases to usage backing from the 2017 enslaved and different sources connected the archetypal phase. 

Phase 2, which volition encompass the bluish extremity of Civic Park, is requesting $18 cardinal from the 2022 bond. The Civic Park revitalization is portion of an overall redevelopment of the area.