• Salvaged Materials
  • Recycled Wood
  • Salvaged Granite
  • Recycled Fill Material
• Habitat Creation
• Stormwater Management
• Energy Conservation
• Green Roofs
• Park Operations

Recycled Wood

Park benches, as well as cladding for new park structures, site furnishings, and wooden decking will be constructed from old growth Longleaf Yellow Pine that has been salvaged from the careful deconstruction of the Cold Storage Buildings on the uplands of Pier 1. This wood is naturally rot resistant and extremely beautiful and will add a unique material character to the park.

Where the selection of new wood for the park was necessitated, the choice was guided by a balanced understanding of each material's durability, expense and level of sustainability. An example of this is the use of locally and sustainably harvested and manufactured rot-resistant black locust (robinia pseudoacacia) wood for park bollards and fence posts.