Park Life | City Movement is an amazing success!

Patterson was completely covered with red burlap on Saturday and Sunday . As the Baltimore Sun stated: “At Patterson Park, the ribbons — burlap stained red by natural dyes — will form just one element of the installation. Snaking more than 5,000 feet northward from the southwest corner of South Patterson Park and Eastern avenues, they delineate an easily traveled path in the direction of the park’s famed pagoda.” That description hits the nail on the head.

It truly was a site to see. With Gensler’s incredible team of 4 working around the clock, Jason, Elaine, Stefan and Brett truly displayed a magical experience on Saturday. With windstorms and rain all morning on Saturday, they dutifully finished out their vision and immediately the sun came out.

The band played, “Here comes the sun” and the sun literally popped out and stayed for 6 hours. It was incredible! We had a wonderful turn out with people of all ages. It was amazing to see the children interact with the space and to spend the day running around the sod land forms and in and out of the stakes.

Most importantly, however, it was amazing to see everyone out amongst the trees.

Tags: Design, Exhaustion, Finish, Installation, Landforms, Park Life | City Movement, sod

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