at least it’s not adjacent to TGH
I recently walked around the park next to the beer can building. Some people call the spot “Kiley Park” after the notable landscape architect who created it, Dan Kiley. The city calls it Nations Bank Park Plaza but it really has no name. Whatever you call the place, it is starting to deteriorate in huge portions. Trees have fallen over, and their roots are pushing the sidewalks around all katy-wumpus. One cannot walk around without watching every step. It no longer looks anything like this photograph. Bums still sleep on benches and in the amphitheater, but they are mostly harmless. It really needs some attention, but I don’t think anyone will be working on it anytime soon. The city has never really embraced this neat little spot. The inaction leads me to believe it will be canned along with the old Museum of Art. I wish the city would maintain it, if only because there is no other place like it. And now that the Vinoly-designed art museum is off the drawing board, now is the time to discuss the park. A few people feel the park is worth saving, including the Cultural Landscape Foundation. But there’s not much of an outcry, so…
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July 24th, 2007 at 11:07 am
[...] you have been reading Sticks of Fire, you know most of the story. It’s true that the City of Tampa neglected the park for years. But then Mayor Pam came along, and it seems that she simply does not like this [...]