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Richmond 300 Cap Park Plan

Richmond 300 Plan Update Includes New Cap Park, Form-Based Code

Richmond, Virginia is hoping to make some big changes in time for its tricentennial in 2037, including a new cap park and a new form-based code.

July 7, 2020 - Richmond BizSense

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia's Waterfront Cap Park Enters Final Design Phase

The $225 million Park at Penn's Landing is expected to compete transform the city of Philadelphia's relationship with its waterfront.

October 24, 2019 - WHYY

Seattle Freeway Park

Seattle Plans Remodel of World’s First Freeway Cap Park

The Brutalist design by a famed landscape architect will be preserved, but not without better visibility and improved lighting.

April 19, 2018 - The Architect's Newspaper

Pittsburgh

Cap Park Plans Take Shape in Downtown Pittsburgh

Planning and design work on a proposed three-acre cap park is progressing in Pittsburgh.

December 5, 2017 - Pittsburg Post-Gazette

Dangerous Intersection Gets an Overpass and a Cap Park in Golden, Colorado

The city of Golden, Colorado celebrated the opening of the Linking Lookout earlier in October

October 29, 2017 - The Denver Post

Dallas City Hall Begins to Ponder a New Future for the I-345

A proposal once too controversial to consider is gaining traction at several layers of government.

October 18, 2017 - The Dallas Morning News

Freeway Cap Park

Bellevue, Washington Could Put a 'Lid' on its Freeway

The idea is still very preliminary, but the city of Bellevue, Washington is circulating a plan that could create a freeway cap park spanning the I-405 freeway as a component of a new bike and pedestrian path.

August 24, 2017 - The Registry

Urban Freeway

Funding Pledge Brings Certainty to Planned Cap Park in Philadelphia

In Philadelphia, the William Penn Foundation has committed to help raise the last $10 million of the $225 million budget for a park over the I-95.

June 21, 2017 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Denver Cap Park

I-70 Expansion in Denver Still Facing Scrutiny

A planned expansion of Interstate 70 through Denver might have federal approval, but a growing coalition of local groups and state political leaders are pushing back on the idea.

May 18, 2017 - The Denver Post

$300 Million Cap Park Proposed for Downtown Atlanta

Other cities have taken notice of the smashing success of Klyde Warren Park in Dallas, Texas. Atlanta now wants a downtown cap park of its own.

August 30, 2016 - Atlanta

Klyde Warren Park

Proposal Would Add Another Deck to Dallas' Klyde Warren Park

The Dallas News reviews a proposal that would extend the reach of one of the most successful public spaces in Dallas.

August 20, 2016 - Dallas News

Dallas Highways

Ambivalence Over Dallas 'Deck Park' Proposal

As the Southern Gateway project moves forward in the state approval process, a component proposal for a cap park over Interstate 35E hangs in the balance.

May 27, 2016 - The Dallas Morning News

Seattle C.A.P.

A Closer Look at the Ambitious Plans to Cap I-5 in Downtown Seattle

Patano Studio Architecture is doing double duty as advocate and concept designer for an idea called Seattle C.A.P.

February 6, 2016 - Next City

Seattle, I-5

Seattle Residents Angling For New Cap Park Over I-5

As Seattle’s Convention Center expansion moves forward, community members want the public benefit discussion to focus on a new downtown park over I-5.

December 14, 2015 - Capitol Hill Seattle Blog

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