Rio Grande Park - Aspen, CO, USA - Municipal Parks and Plazas on Waymarking.com

"Rio Grande Park is the City of Aspen's largest park within city limits. This park contains professional size rugby field, state-of-the-art skate park, Theater Aspen, basketball court, John Denver Sanctuary, also Aspen's Recycle Center. This multi-functional park is used for major special evens, sporting evens, etc. Rio Grande Park is located just south of the downtown core off of Mill Street and Rio Grande Place. You can find picnic tables, benches, water fountains, and other basic park amenities throughout the park.

Park Amenities

Art Feature
Basketball Court
Benches
Drinking Water
Picnic Tables
Restrooms
Trail Access

Special Features
Skateboard Park › 13,000 feet of skate terrain" (from (visit link) )

"Charles Cunniffe Architects -- The Rio Grande Park Restrooms will provide a necessary permanent public restroom facility centrally located within Aspen's Rio Grande Park. The available site required that the building be threaded between a pedestrian pathway and amongst an old stand of Cottonwood trees. The small footprint of the building along with its clean simple gabled form is harmonious in scale to the adjacent buildings and land forms in this area of the park.

The building's design incorporates familiar forms, low maintenance native materials and a color palette intended to blend with the environment. The building's exterior skin is a Gabion wire crib filled with river rock obtained on-site from the ongoing stormwater pond redevelopment, while the simple gable & shed roofs are of rusted steel reminiscent of Aspen's mining heritage. Hot rolled steel plate surrounds case the windows and doors allowing deep recessed openings. In response to the cities "Canary Initiative" against climate change, numerous sustainable design features have been integrated into the building's design, including a greywater garden, composting toilets, daylight & occupancy sensors and a BIPV skylight, which will provide ample day lighting for the majority of the year. Interpretive panels (not yet installed) on the building's exterior will highlight the sustainable attributes and provide educational material about the surrounding area's history and current site redevelopment. " (from (visit link) )

Name: Rio Grande Park Street Location: Mill Street & Rio Grande Place Local Municipality: Aspen State/Province, etc.: Colorado Country: USA Web Site: [Web Link] Memorial/Commemoration: John Denver Sancuary Date Established: Unknown Recreational Facilities: Multi-purpose athletic field that handles soccer, football and dog park; nearby recreational path, John Denver Sanctuary, basketball court Art (murals/sculpture, etc.): Chrome Bison and Lion; Child's Play small beach; inspirational quotes on boulders Ponds/Lakes/Streams/Rivers/Beach: Roaring Fork River nearby Traditional Geocaches: GC7BY8K, GC7E3PM, GC5WXZY, GC5R951, GC3PY51, GC3MDYD Picnic Facilities: Not listed Monuments/Statues: Not listed Fountains: Not listed Special Events: Not listed

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