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Buffalo Bayou Park

The interconnected series of parklands along the Bayou moves east toward the section that passes through EaDo which is seeing more development as of late.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/foo...s-17457977.php

Houston philanthropists Nancy & Rich Kinder give $100 million to expand Buffalo Bayou Park eastward

Diane Cowen,
Staff writer
Sep. 25, 2022

An ambitious plan to expand Buffalo Bayou Park eastward to East End and Fifth Ward neighborhoods will launch officially Monday with the announcement of a $100 million catalyst gift from the Kinder Foundation. Both the City Council and Harris County Commissioners Court are expected to sign off on final documents this week.

In 2019, Buffalo Bayou Partnership presented a 10-year master plan for Buffalo Bayou East that will create walking and biking trails, parks, ball fields, entertainment venues and even affordable housing for those neighborhoods, extending the Buffalo Bayou Park several miles to the east on land they've been quietly accumulating since 2004.

as to what will occur specifically...

In mid-October, Olson and her team expect to break ground on the first element of Buffalo Bayou East, an 80-unit affordable housing project, that hasn’t officially been named but is going by the term “Lockwood South.”

Then, in the first quarter of 2023, work will begin on a pocket park at Japhet Creek on the north side of the Bayou in Fifth Ward. Later, that park will be connected to work done at Tony Marron Park with a new pedestrian bridge that will allow residents on both sides to access amenities on each side.

Now, Tony Marron Park is a nice greenspace with trails and a playground, but the partnership’s master plan shows it becoming the jewel of the East End. It will grow in size and get new entry gardens, sports fields and nature play areas, a picnic lawn and boat launch, barbecue plaza for small and large gatherings, picnic pavilions and support for a food truck court. A new maintenance facility here would support the entire eastern expansion and house equipment already used for regular bayou cleanup. Work at the park is scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2024.

Later, they’ll tackle Turkey Bend, the wharf and industrial site where existing structures would become an entertainment hub similar to Gas Works Park in Seattle or Concrete Plant Park in the Bronx.

Renderings from article

The Kinder Foundation has announced a $100 million catalyst gift to the Buffalo Bayou East parks plan, fast-tracking a massive bayou-front parks plan for the East End and Fifth Ward. This artist rendering shows how they'd transform the nearly depleted Japhet Creek into a park. -Asakura Robinson

The Kinder Foundation has announced a $100 million catalyst gift to the Buffalo Bayou East parks plan, fast-tracking a massive bayou-front parks plan for the East End and Fifth Ward. This artist rendering shows how they'd transform a greatly expanded Tony Marron Park. -MVVA

The Kinder Foundation has announced a $100 million catalyst gift to the Buffalo Bayou East parks plan, fast-tracking a massive bayou-front parks plan for the East End and Fifth Ward. This artist rendering shows how they'd revitalize an industrial site called Turkey Bend. -NADAAA

The Kinder Foundation has announced a $100 million catalyst gift to the Buffalo Bayou East parks plan, fast-tracking a massive bayou-front parks plan for the East End and Fifth Ward. This artist rendering shows how they'd transform a downtown Houston site. -MVVA