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Phoenix Civic Space Park

Urban park in Phoenix, Arizona

Field	Value
name	Civic Space Park
photo	"Her Secret is Patience," by artist Janet Echelman, Phoenix, AZ, 2009.jpg
photo_width	250
type	Public Park
location	424 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
coords
area	2.77 acre
created	April 16, 2009
operator	Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department
status	Open Daily 5am to 11pm
website	[Park Website](http://phoenix.gov/PARKS/civicprk.html)

Phoenix, Arizona 85004

Civic Space Park is an urban park in Downtown Phoenix, Arizona which first opened to the public in April 2009. It is located directly across Central Avenue from the main part of the ASU Downtown Campus. It is also located north of the Central Station Valley Metro Rail and bus transfer stations.

History

The land the park is located on was a combination of old buildings and parking lots before the City of Phoenix began buying the properties. The main building renovated in the project is called the A.E. England Building. Originally opened in the 1920s as a car dealership, it now houses retail space and a community meeting room for special events. In the outdoor spaces, the majority of the park (over 70%) will be shaded, once all the trees have fully matured, through a combination of trees and shade structures. Solar panels covering the tops of the shade canopies produce a combined 75 kilowatts of power. The centerpiece of the park is the US$2.4 million sculpture by Janet Echelman called Her Secret Is Patience. It consists of multicolored fiber nets suspended up to 145 ft in the air. At night ground-mounted colored lighting changes throughout the season and gives a different appearance to the daytime look. It was questionable whether or not the piece would be built as the leaders at the City of Phoenix changed their minds several times whether or not to build the art piece. In 2011 the park won the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence silver medal.

References

"Help Center - the Arizona Republic".
"Her Secret Is Patience {{!}} Janet Echelman".
"Help Center - the Arizona Republic".
"Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence". Bruner Foundation.

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