The Heritage Park Plaza, also known as Heritage Plaza or Heritage Park Overlook or Upper Heritage Park, in Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...

 is a Modernist style park that was designed by Lawrence Halprin

Lawrence Halprin

Lawrence Halprin was an influential American landscape architect, designer and teacher.Beginning his career in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, in 1949, Halprin often collaborated with a local circle of modernist architects on relatively modest projects. These figures included William...

. The listed area is a 1/2 acre portion of the 112 acre (0.45324832 km²) Heritage Park

Heritage Park

Heritage Park may refer to:* Heritage Park Historical Village, Calgary, Alberta, Canada* Heritage Park, Ontario, King, Ontario, Canada* Heritage Park, Queensland, Australia* Camas Heritage Park, Camas, Washington, USA...

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According to the National Park Service:

Heritage Park Plaza is a public park in downtown Fort Worth, Texas designed by the internationally acclaimed architect Lawrence Halprin (1916-2009). The plaza design incorporates a set of interconnecting rooms constructed of concrete and activated throughout by flowing water walls, channels, and pools. Halprin later used this technique for the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, DC. This park represents one of Halprin's most significant projects and embodies his mature theories and philosophy of landscape design.

The property was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 on May 10, 2010. The listing was announced as the featured listing in the National Park Service

National Park Service

The National Park Service is the U.S. federal agency that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations...

's weekly list of May 21, 2010.