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Klyde Warren Park

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Klyde Warren Park is privately managed and programmed by the Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation. The park's amenities and 1,300 annual events and programming are paid for by private donations being raised by the Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation. The Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation continues to raise
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Construction of the park was funded through a public, private partnership including $ 20 million in bond funds from the city of Dallas, $ 20 million in highway funds from the state and federal government through TxDOT, and nearly $ 50 million from private donations. The biggest contributor was
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Designed by landscape architecture firm The Office of James Burnett, the park includes a mix of active and passive spaces like children's parks and reading spaces, fountains, game areas, and dog parks. A 6,000-square-foot (560 m) restaurant and performance stage, designed by
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businessman Kelcy Warren who gave $ 10 million to the project; the gift gave him naming rights which he used to name the park after his then-nine-year-old son. In March 2009, the park was selected to receive $ 16.7 million in funds from the
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by the Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. The design and construction of the park was managed by Bjerke Management Solutions. The head engineer on file is Mir Hadi Ali, P.E. from Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.
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is open to the public, but is operated by the private Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation. Unlike other public parks within the city, Klyde Warren Park has operating hours from 6am to 11pm.
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Utility construction began in January 2009, with a "ground-making" ceremony held in September 2009. The park opened on October 27, 2012.
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The vegetation and setting for Klyde Warren Park create an oasis among the soaring skyscrapers in downtown Dallas, TX
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Klyde Warren Park, with a variety of food trucks that line the adjacent street
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donations to fund operations, programming, and construction of new amenities.
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that were specifically for transportation enhancement construction.
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to other areas and serves as a central public gathering space for
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who donated $ 10 million to the development of the park.
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The park is constructed above a section of below-grade
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View of park and Downtown in 2013
Woodall Rodgers Freeway
Downtown Dallas
Dallas
Texas
Coordinates
32°47′22″N 96°48′06″W / 32.789486°N 96.801589°W / 32.789486; -96.801589
Heritage streetcar
M-Line
http://www.klydewarrenpark.org
park
Downtown Dallas
Texas
Woodall Rodgers Freeway
Kelcy Warren
urban park
Woodall Rodgers Freeway
Arts District
Dallas
Thomas Phifer and Partners
Arts District
Downtown Dallas
Uptown
Woodall Rodgers Freeway
M-Line Trolley
Dallas Museum of Art
Nasher Sculpture Center
AT&T Performing Arts Center
Museum Tower
landscape architecture

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