Abernathy Greenway Park North
The 6.6-acre linear park opened in 2014.
Playable Art structures playground, pavillion, picnic tables, restrooms
Groups are invited to use pavilions, on a first-come, first-served basis. If you bring a picnic lunch to a park, for example, and a pavilion is not being used, you are welcome to use it.
Get to know the Playable Art Pieces:
It's You and Me, Kid - Artist, Frank Swanson, Littleton, CO - Laser cut granite boulder creating a three piece positive and negative space explorative sculpture
Spider Walk - Artist, Phil Proctor, Atlanta, GA - Interactive climbable sculpture in the form of a playful, stylized spider for children to climb, occupy and be enveloped within.
Wonder Wall - Artist, Reham Aarti, Boise, ID - Mosaic of kiln-dried glass on a concrete and steel frame invites children to explore texture, stimulate curiosity and inspire interaction.
The Big Imagine - Artist, Jeff Hackney, Hillsborough, NC - Reinvented functional swings with no upper cross-members to obscure the view of the sky.
Dragonfly, Artists, Alexis Gregg and Tanner Coleman, Tupelo, MS - Industrial brick, concrete, steel, mortar, polished concrete slides, climbing ropes and "dalle de verre" windows.
Twist and Shout, Artist, Beth Nybeck - A nonlinear jungle of stainless steel tubing that loops, whoops, curves and twists. It creates spaces to hang from, climb on, crawl under and walk through.
