Downtown Dallas Celebrates Harwood Park With a Mammoth Grand Opening Weekend

Harwood Park was worth the wait for downtown Dallas, as the four-acre park rounds out the four priority park projects set forth by the Downtown Dallas Parks Conservancy. To toast the successful completion of the park located at 408 South Harwood St., the conservancy and Downtown Dallas Inc. have come together to put on a grand opening festival.

Harwood Park officially opens with a dedication at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 23, featuring Dallas Mayor Eric. L. Johnson, DDI President & CEO Jennifer Scripps, and Downtown Dallas Parks Conservancy leaders Robert Decherd and Amy Meadows. 

Harwood Park’s Fun Features

The park is destined to be a focal point for the southeast side of downtown Dallas and it’s not just because of the trendy pickleball courts. The mammoth-themed playground will get plenty of miles, but it begs the question: Why style the kid-friendly feature after a long-extinct mammal?

“The design of Harwood Park tells a story that spans the last 100,000 years: from grazing ground of prehistoric Mammoths to the former tributary of the Trinity River; from a residential neighborhood, to automobile service and then film industry, to its present role as a contemporary mixed-use neighborhood for downtown living,” said Christine Ten Eyck, founding principal of Austin-based Ten Eyck Landscape Architects Inc., designer and project lead for Harwood Park.

Grand Opening Festival

Sponsored by Peridot Residences, the grand opening festival will take place on Sunday, Sept. 24, from noon to 4 p.m. and include live music, a dedicated “VIP on the Green” Lounge, food trucks, a roaming photo booth, pickleball demonstrations, giveaways, swag bags, hayrides, and an artisan market sponsored by the Dallas Farmers Market, among other attractions. If that doesn’t pique your interest, show up for goat yoga (yes, goat yoga!) from 9 to 10 a.m.

To attend, register below!