Parks & Open Space Master Plan Experience

The Birch Racquet & Lawn Club

OVERVIEW
Langan provided master planning, landscape architecture, PD zoning, entitlement presentations, and site/civil engineering for a 30-site previously known as Rocky Top Equestrian Center. Programming and requested zoning for the site included up to 35 tennis courts, clubhouse, dormitories for academy players, family lodging, a golf recreation area, and one single-family residence. The project endured the trials of having existing single-family homeowners that opposed the project. Over the course of eight months, numerous council meetings took place, and the PD was revised a dozen times prior to approval. The facility officially opened in late 2020.

Location
Keller, TX

Client
The Birch Racquet & Lawn Club, LLC

Services
Site/Civil
Landscape Architecture


Cottonwood Creek Trail Extension

OVERVIEW
Cottonwood Creek Trail is uniquely situated along steep slopes, school grounds, and an existing creek bed. As the lead consultant for the City of Plano’s Park Systems, Langan designed this master plan to expand the existing park trail. The scope of work included planning and designing trail routing, FEMA analysis, stormwater retention, and tree conservation. Langan designed the park system master plan of trail extensions, to include a street underpass design. Scope of work includes trail routing, survey and design drawings for a one-mile trail extension.

Location
Plano, TX

Client
City of Plano

Services
Site/Civil
Landscape Architecture


City of Philadelphia Parks & Playgrounds

OVERVIEW
Langan has provided master planning, engineering, stormwater management and landscape design services for the restoration for dozens of public parks and playgrounds throughout the City of Philadelphia. Clients include the Philadelphia Department of Public Property, the Fairmount Park Conservancy, the Friends of Seger Park, and the Philadelphia Department of Parks and Recreation. These projects have provided for a wide range of recreational opportunities, tailored to specific sites and community preferences; and include features such as upgraded playing fields, shaded picnic areas, state-of-the-art spray grounds, age-specific playgrounds, restored historic site elements, sculptural elements, and lush landscapes.
AWARDS
Honor Award by the American Society of Landscape Architects in 2010 for Herron Park
Diamond Award by the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Civil Engineering Companies in 2011 for Herron Park

Location
Philadelphia, PA

Client
Philadelphia Parks and Recreation

Services
Site/Civil
Landscape Architecture
Surveying/Geospatial


Green Street Dog Park

OVERVIEW
Langan provided landscape architecture, surveying, site/civil, and geotechnical engineering services to develop the design, obtain permits, and oversee the construction of a 12,000-SF dog park in the heart of Philadelphia’s Spring Garden neighborhood. The design converted an empty, asphalt lot into a dog park that features large open areas, a bull pen entry, synthetic dog turf that allows season-round use with no mud, seating areas, and a landscaped perimeter. Langan also assisted the Spring Garden Community Development Corporation in obtaining a $300,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to defray construction and design costs for the park. You can see more or the park’s happy users at #greenstreetdogpark on Instagram.

Location
Philadelphia, PA

Client
Spring Garden Community Development Corporation

Services
Landscape Architecture
Site/Civil
Geotechnical
Surveying/Geospatial


Sharpe Reservation

OVERVIEW
The Sharpe Reservation is comprised of a 3,000-acre heavily-wooded property located near Fishkill, New York and owned by The Fresh Air Fund. The site is comprised of five summer camps, staff housing, and shared amenities such as lakes, pools, art centers, and ropes courses. Nearly 18,000 people from community and school groups in the tristate area participate in Sharpe Reservation’s year-round environmental educational programs. Langan worked with Magnusson Architecture & Planning to provide master planning for the Sharpe Reservation that yielded several key recommendations, including enhanced assessments and management recommendations for the site landscape, natural resources, and vehicular and pedestrian circulation.

Location
Fishkill, NY

Client
The Fresh Air Fund

Services
Site/Civil
Landscape Architecture
Traffic & Transportation
Natural Resources & Permitting
Surveying/Geospatial

Architect
Magnusson Architecture & Planning


Ma Riis Park – Phase 2A

OVERVIEW
Ma Riis Park is a municipal park in the Town-Village of Harrison, New York, approximately 1.3 acres in size and surrounded by iconic public buildings. The park supports both active and passive recreation. The town-village sought to redesign the park with new pedestrian walkways, a new children’s playground, a new central gazebo, amphitheater style seating set into the existing hillside, and to refresh the memorial area of the park with new pavers and reset monuments. The redesign would create more open lawn and shift other usable spaces into a more organized configuration. New site furnishings, street trees, and decorative park barrier complete the design. Langan worked with the town-village to create a bid and construction document package for the proposed park improvements including drawings and technical specifications in CSI format.

Location
Harrison, NY

Client
Town-Village of Harrison, NY

Services
Site/Civil
Landscape Architecture
Surveying/Geospatial


Oakland Avenue Park

OVERVIEW
Oakland Avenue Park is the Town Park in Harrison, New York. The passive recreation space includes open green fields, walking paths, and views to the waterway for residents. Langan’s role included providing site/civil engineering and landscape architecture design. We also provided construction administrative services including reviewing and processing of shop drawings and periodic field visits.

Location
Harrison, NY

Client
Town-Village of Harrison, NY

Services
Site/Civil
Landscape Architecture


Selected Projects