Park Narrative
The park intersects Pantano Wash at The Loop ciclovia. The city is proposing adding more ciclovias along Tanque Verde Creek and Sabino Canyon is other great point for bike rides.
These three points have one thing in common: ephemeral but important paths of wather. This water lines are being used for linear parks, wich will have ciclovias along them and will comunicate with one to the other.
Udall Park will be a perfect location to close a new section of the ciclovia because of its geographical location uniting these paths. In addition, I propose using an area of the extension of the park’s master plan for a bike trail that can also serve for water collection along the way.
Designing the bike trail this way will help not only develop recreational uses but also to capture water, helping the park to create more habitats and wetlands.
Two areas can collect water into diferent points of the park before following their journey the the rivers. One, located in the southeast part of the park, drains to Pantano Wash; the other will collect water from the northeast side, and will drain to Pantano Wash.
In the southern section of the park, in addition to the bike trail described in the “City Scale” section, I propose the following new areas: additional parking lots and bathrooms, a skate park, a bike park, and trails using the already existing roads of the area. This will also serve as a way to create a perimeter arround the lower part of the park and use it as a natural recreational area.
In the existing north area of Udall Park, some changes are posposed: the creation of basins to collect water for the benefit of the existing plants (as well as proposed additional drought-tolerant local plants), and the addition of a children’s playground, bigger dog park, small amphiteather, and tennis and volleyball courts.