[urbanscraper]

Many people forget there is a park adjacent to the new center-city park across Davie Street its a small green space called "Festival Park" that has a stage and is used during the summer for watching outdoor movies at night. the Greensboro Cultural Arts Center, Cafe' Europa and the main public library are located next to the park. But there is a proposal to expand Festival Park, bringing the cultural arts center and Cafe' Europa in the park. The Greensboro Cultral Arts Center is home to the Green Hill Center for north Carolina Art. The YWCA located next to the park will be relocated to a proposed mixed use residential development in the northeast section of downtown. The land where the YWCA is now would be converted to being part of Festival park. The expansion and upgrade to Festival Park includes an improved stage area, an expanded patio for Cafe Europa, a large rock fountain waterfall and an amphitheater. The goal is to make Festival Park and the new Center-City Park one big park. The archtects who designed Center-City Park would likely be involved with the adjoining Festival Park so everything will look consistant.

http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a...EC0101/61227030 (http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061228/NEWSREC0101/61227030)

THE FESTIVAL PARK PLAN

http://www.downtownstadium.org/festivalpark2006.jpg

CENTER-CITY PARK

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The building in the background with the green roof is the Greensboro Cultural Arts Center
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Here is the Greensboro Cultural Arts Center. The center is home to The Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, African American Atelier, 25 arts organizations, Cafe' Europa, galleries, a theatre, and dance, printing, and music studios. The green space around the center would be redesigned as an amphitheater and become a part of an expanded Festival/Center-City Park.
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viewed from the center-city park site
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Cultural Center atrium
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The main library would also be a part of the park
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[urbanscraper]

Here is Festival Park

http://www.guilfordnative.org/cfest112005/images/nov0505cf016750.jpg
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[N0rthcar0lina]

Wow that looks really nice. Very modern and clean looking. But as a resident of winston salem(45 minutes from Greens) I think projects like this won't change the fact that people would rather shop at the mall then go downtown, which is a shame. If only New jersey taxes weren't so high.. :)

By the way, excellent pictures