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V PRECEDENT STUDIES <br />Precedent Studies <br />APPENDIX <br />PROJECT 05: Place Dauphine, Paris, France <br />Size <br />3 Acres <br />Park Design <br />The park is designed for passive use including dining, walking, picnics. It is <br />triangular in shape and contains cobbled streets with trees and benches. <br />Restaurants and galleries surround the park. The historic space was <br />commissioned by Henri IV to include houses and matching facades built <br />around the perimeter. The layout has remained unchanged for 400 years. <br />Connectivity <br />The park is located along the Seine river edge and is a 3 -minute walk to <br />Square du Vert -Galant Park. <br />120 <br />PROJECT 06: Love Park, Philadelphia, PA <br />Size <br />.5 Acres <br />Park Design <br />The park is designed for dining, walking, festivals, outdoor markets, public <br />art, and retail edges. The park design is influenced by civic engagement <br />and includes curved granite steps designed to support rallies and events. A <br />glass elevator provides access to a parking structure below and rain gardens <br />manage roof runoff. <br />Connectivity <br />Love Park is one of several parks situated along the diagonal axis of Benjamin <br />Franklin Parkway which eventually leads to historic Fairmount Park. <br />DOWNTOWN PARKS SITE ASSESSMENT 6 FEASIBILITY STUDY REPORT <br />CD <br />O <br />0) <br />