Bearden Promenade Receives 2024 NCASLA Recognition Award
We’re honored to announce Mecklenburg County Park & Recreation’s Bearden Promenade was the recipient of a 2024 North Carolina Society of Landscape Architects (NCASLA)! The Recognition Award recognizes projects that exhibit a high standard of achievement in landscape architecture.
Located in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina, the Bearden Promenade connects the city’s bustling South Tryon Street to Romare Bearden Park. Located in Charlotte’s Third Ward, Bearden Promenade serves as a signature pedestrian corridor, providing a strong physical and visual connection within the urban core. The park is rich with detailing and custom elements, including prominent entry monument signage, overhead structures to help create a pedestrian feel, seat walls for informal seating, and plantings throughout to provide a semi-continuous tree canopy.
While primarily a public park, the space was also designed and constructed in conjunction with the adjacent office and hotel development. In early visioning, the landscape architecture team facilitated stakeholder workshops to bring together ideas from private and public entities. This coordination continued throughout the project and was instrumental to successful project implementation.
In addition to connecting South Tryon Street to Romare Bearden Park, the project also provides urban open space for the adjacent development. A road diet was implemented to allow space for the park construction. The design addressed numerous technical challenges, including unsuitable soil and substantial utility conflicts. The linear park prioritizes pedestrian safety while enhancing the city’s core, fostering a strong physical and visual connection.
Congratulations to the entire project team on their well-deserved 2024 NCASLA Recognition Award. Learn more about Bearden Promenade and our approach to creating healthy, resilient communities through landscape architecture.
Learn more about Bearden Promenade and our approach to creating healthy, resilient communities through landscape architecture.
