** Newest photos added 8/19/06 **
Well, it looks like they’re going ahead with Phase 2 now…
Thanks to some outspoken skateboarders and local citizens, the builders have been given the go-ahead to add a 16-foot kidney shaped skate bowl.
“The original estimate involved only a plaza, but skateboarders and skaters at a public forum encouraged the city to make the park more challenging with a bowl.”
—Lisa Clayton, City Parks Director
- The kidney-shaped skate bowl will be built by California Skateparks.
- Plans are for the skate park to be completed by August 31st.
A few more pictures…
UPDATE: 8/14/06:
Today they had all of the ambulance drivers and firemen and police officers from the area gather at the Skate Park for on-site training… That’s a good sign.
UPDATE: 8/19/06:
Some photos showing the majority of the Jim Warren Skate Park completed…
RELATED:
It’s still very early (like 5 years away), but they’re already in the planning stages of building a skate park at Liberty Park.
Details of the project and early photos from Phase 1 of the Franklin skateboard park
Construction photos from Phase 1 showing week-by-week progress
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