Gold Medal Park

Gold Medal Park

Gold Medal Park is a convert|7.5|acre|m2|sing=on park next to the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States. Designed by landscape architect, Tom Oslund, the park is owned by the city of Minneapolis and opened in May 2007. It takes its inspiration from the Dakota Indians burial mounds that are found through Minnesota. It consists of a convert|32|ft|m|sing=on-high mound, reached by a spiral walkway rising out of a green lawn with 300 trees. The park, just east of the Guthrie Theater, provides the Mills District neighborhood with some rare green space. [Mack, Linda, [http://www.minnpost.com/lindamack/2007/12/19/401/from_plazas_to_profound_places_architect_leaves_imprint From Plazas to Profound Places, Architect Leaves Imprint] , MNPost, December 19, 2007] [Hammel, Bette, " [http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/070321guthrie.asp Architectural Record] ", March 2007]

The park served as the memorial site for the victims of the I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse.

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