Flyover Park seeks to enhance an underused urban space as a thriving community hub under the 4th Avenue Flyover.
The first park of its kind in western Canada, Calgary’s Flyover Park has reclaimed the forgotten space under the 4th avenue overpass between the new Calgary Entertainment District and one of Calgary's oldest neighbourhoods, Bridgeland-Riverside, creating a vibrant community hub where residents, commuters, and visitors can enjoy an active lifestyle and environmental learning year-round. Designed in collaboration with Grade 6 students, University of Calgary Landscape Architecture Students and Stantec the park includes tiered seating, unique play features and artistic features to beautify the space
Flyover Park combines the core elements of collaboration, creativity, innovative urban design and community engagement. It is a vital, vibrant and accessible gathering place that is quickly becoming a welcomed member of Calgary’s impressive roster of parks and public destinations.
In addition to creating a beautiful urban space, the park has environmental benefits. Upgrades to the space and the flyover infrastructure divert run-off from the flyover’s roadway to the park’s rain gardens and bioswale prior to entering the Bow River. This allows the run-off from the flyover to be filtered, reducing the amount of silt, harsh salts, and other substances from reaching the city’s river basin.
Flyover Park was the recipient of the ARPA Parks Excellence Award 2021 - Find out more in the video below
PARK IMAGES
DESIGN ELEMENTS
Specific features of the park include:
● Accessibility features
● Family fun games (shuffleboard, ping pong, ladder toss, tether ball)
● Murals
● Hill slides
● Friendship swing
● Bamboo jungle
● Creative high-impact lighting
FLYOVER PARK - LOCATION
The park is located at 651 McDougall Rd NE, Calgary, AB T2E 4Z7, in the community of Bridgeland-Riverside.
For historical information and community engagement done by The City of Calgary, click HERE
““Every time I go and check my mailbox I am thrilled to see Flyover Park. After 15 years of feeling uncomfortable and often uneasy when we walk through the area under the flyover - I am so excited to see the new park! It feels so vibrant and alive - not the dead dusty deserted space it has been for so long.”
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