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Harold Simmons Park
Rendering of just part of Harold Simmons Park. [Image: Trinity Park Conservancy]
Dallas’ Harold Simmons Park Gets $1M Federal Funding for Land Bridge Over Beckley Avenue
by Lance Murray | Apr 24, 2024
The 130-foot-long land bridge over Beckley Avenue will create a major park connector, linking Harold Simmons Park’s West Overlook with the park’s nature preserve. The planned $325 million Trinity River park aims to "bring Dallas together," says Congressman Marc Veasey.
by Lance Murray |
Mar 14, 2024
It's been 146 years since the last total solar eclipse wowed viewers in Dallas. The Trinity Park Conservancy says its April 8 event at the Ron Kirk Bridge and Felix Lozada Gateway will offer "a truly unique" way to experience the next one.
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by David Seeley |
Dec 11, 2023
The Trinity Park Conservancy unveiled plans last week for the $325 million Harold Simmons Park—a 250-acre park along a stretch of the Trinity River close to downtown. Named after the late billionaire businessman whose wife, Annette Simmons, donated $50 million for the park in 2016—it will be located between the Margaret McDermott Bridge and Ronald Kirk Bridge just west of downtown Dallas.
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by David Seeley |
Dec 7, 2023
For decades, Dallas has dreamed of a transformational park along the Trinity River near downtown Dallas. This week, the Trinity Park Conservancy announced that a groundbreaking will finally happen in 2024. The 250-acre Harold Simmons Park will offer community-uniting nature, a stunning playground with towers and tube slides, a prairie walk, a two-acre bike and skate park, overlooks with views of the greenway and the city skyline, and more.
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