They were the city’s first newly developed parks officially defined as ‘urban parks.’ This classification, and the Near Southside district’s ongoing renewal, was driven by a need for more small-scale parks in the city’s dense urban core. Both parks, less than an acre in size, were influenced by public input meetings, and their design elements and materiality reflect the neighborhood’s industrial aesthetic. Calhound Park provides an off-leash dog park with seating, shade pavilions and lawn space, while The Skinny supports a flexible program, featuring an accessible boardwalk with integrated pavilions and seating, multipurpose lawn, environmental graphics, limestone quarry blocks to define spaces and provide extra seating, as well as adjacent alley improvements.
South Main Village Parks
Fort Worth, TX
A pair of intimate linear parks in Fort Worth’s South Main Village, The Skinny and Calhound Park embody the City of Fort Worth’s focused efforts to provide more neighborhood-based parks and plazas in the city’s urban core.
Near Southside, Inc.
- Branded Environments
- Landscape Architecture
