Phoenix Civic Space Park, Urban park in Downtown Phoenix, United States.
Phoenix Civic Space Park is an urban park in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, opened in April 2009. Its centerpiece is Janet Echelman's sculpture Her Secret Is Patience, a multicolored fiber-net form suspended up to 145 feet (44 m) above the ground. A tall dark green kiosk sign with a grid of lighter green tiles stands in the foreground, and the park's main building is the A.E. England Building.
The land was a mix of old buildings and parking lots that the City of Phoenix bought piece by piece. The A.E. England Building, opened in the 1920s as a car dealership, was renovated and now holds retail space and a community meeting room. The park opened to the public in April 2009 and won the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence silver medal in 2011.
The park's centerpiece is Janet Echelman's 145-foot-tall net sculpture Her Secret Is Patience, made of multicolored fiber nets and lit from the ground at night with colors that change with the season. The A.E. England Building, a 1920s car dealership, now holds retail space and a community meeting room used for special events.
The park sits across Central Avenue from the ASU Downtown Campus and just north of the Central Station light rail and bus transfer hub, so arriving by rail is straightforward. Shade canopies with solar panels and trees cover over 70% of the grounds once mature. The A.E. England Building holds a community meeting room for special events.
The park's shade canopies carry solar panels that together produce 75 kilowatts of power, and over 70% of the grounds will be shaded once the trees mature. The centerpiece, Janet Echelman's Her Secret Is Patience, hangs fiber nets up to 145 feet (44 m) overhead; ground-mounted lights change its color with the season.
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