{"id":27394,"date":"2011-12-22T09:54:26","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T17:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=27394"},"modified":"2011-12-22T10:45:01","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T18:45:01","slug":"architects-reimagine-coleman-oval-skate-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=27394","title":{"rendered":"Architects Reimagine Coleman Oval Skate Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/hao_manhattan_skate_park_01-530x295.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/hao_manhattan_skate_park_01-530x295.jpg','popup','width=530,height=294,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/hao_manhattan_skate_park_01-530x295-tm.jpg\" height=\"238\" width=\"430\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Hao Manhattan Skate Park 01-530X295\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Manhattan&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skatewave.com\/AboutSkatewave\/FeaturedSkateparkNY\/Pages\/FeaturedSkateparkNY.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Coleman Oval Skate Park<\/a><\/strong> is going to get a complete overhaul thanks to a design competition that asked firms to re-work the park as part of the New York City Parks &#38; Recreation Department&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nycgovparks.org\/sub_your_park\/support\/pdf\/Adopt_A_Park_Overview.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Adopt-A-Park<\/a><\/strong> program, according to a story on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bustler.net\/index.php\/article\/hao_holm_architecture_office_with_vm_studio_wins_manhattan_skate_park_compe\" target=\"_blank\">Bustler.net<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The winning design was created by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.holmarchitectureoffice.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">HAO \/ Holm Architecture Office<\/a><\/strong> working with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vmdstudio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">VM Studio<\/a><\/strong> and it looks frightening in a way that only modern design corporations can communicate it. Hopefully, only half the stuff will actually make it to construction.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cBy creating a park that emphasizes and underlines local diversity, Coleman Oval Park has the potential to become a one of a kind city park simply by accommodating the potential of the dense urban area it sits within: the secret is in the mix,\u201d said Jens Holm, founder, HAO.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We&#8217;re just hoping skateboarders were included in design competition judging committee. But you never know. Follow the jump for more design comps.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Link: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skatewave.com\/AboutSkatewave\/FeaturedSkateparkNY\/Pages\/FeaturedSkateparkNY.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Bustler.net<\/a><\/strong><strong> via <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ny.curbed.com\/archives\/2011\/12\/22\/damn_skateboarding_kids_to_take_over_coleman_park.php\" target=\"_blank\">Curbed NY<\/a><\/strong><strong>]<\/strong><!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/hao_manhattan_skate_park_03-530x295.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/hao_manhattan_skate_park_03-530x295.jpg','popup','width=530,height=294,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/hao_manhattan_skate_park_03-530x295-tm.jpg\" height=\"238\" width=\"430\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Hao Manhattan Skate Park 03-530X295\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe&#8217;re not really sure what that white humpty hump thing is.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/images_news2_hao_manhattan_skate_park_02.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/images_news2_hao_manhattan_skate_park_02.jpg','popup','width=800,height=444,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/images_news2_hao_manhattan_skate_park_02-tm.jpg\" height=\"238\" width=\"430\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\" Images News2 Hao Manhattan Skate Park 02\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manhattan&#8217;s Coleman Oval Skate Park is going to get a complete overhaul thanks to a design competition that asked firms to re-work the park as part of the New York City Parks &#38; Recreation Department&#8217;s Adopt-A-Park program, according to a story on Bustler.net. The winning design was created by HAO \/ Holm Architecture Office working [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27394"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27394"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27397,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27394\/revisions\/27397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}