LC YC Chang Park - San Luis Obispo California
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N 35° 16.864 W 120° 39.819
10S E 712483 N 3906716
Twin lions guard the gateway to this park
Waymark Code: WM2QW6
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/09/2007
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Good luck, prosperity, and longevity are the likely fortune for San Luis Obispo’s newest public park – spearheaded by retired Cal Poly Landscape Architecture professor Alice Loh.
The park, formerly an empty lot on the corner of Marsh and Santa Rosa streets in downtown San Luis Obispo, commemorates the contributions of the Chinese laborers who settled along the creek starting in the mid-1870s and also supports the concept of the Downtown Plan, according to Loh.
Another reason for developing a Chinese-themed park in the lot came from one of the most influential architects of the 20th century, Frank Lloyd Wright, who designed the Asian-influenced office building across the creek from the new park.
“Together, Wright’s building and the park form a gateway leading from the railroad depot to downtown San Luis Obispo,” adds Loh.
Following the dedication, Chinese Garden SLO members offered public tours of the park. Highlights include a wood pavilion, called “ting,” and a granite gateway, called “paifang,” which Loh and her husband acquired during personal travels to Hang Zhou, China.