Thanks for the Help

You provide a very informative magazine that has helped our company with some very important business decisions this past year.

Al Bartlett
Green Acres Lawncare &
Property Maintenance
St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada

Congratulations, Fellows

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D. Rodney Tapp:

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Robert Clapper
State Parks Division
Program Specialist
Hartford, Connecticut

Setting the Record Straight

The Pocket Park feature (June 2003 issue) failed to mention the name of the landscape architect or designer. The senior landscape architect/project manager was Sean J. Murphy, formerly of Post Landscape Group and now the owner of Amenity Architects in Atlanta.

Additionally the article has three discrepancies: The article says that PC portals were built into the seat walls. This is not correct. The outdoor PC ports stemmed from an original design idea from Larry Meister (Landscape Architect-Atlanta), which we turned into reality. The concept called for a low bollard-like steel post to be mounted securely in the ground. This post would have internet-secure outlets for PC connectivity and GFI duplex receptacles for power. The posts were painted black and decoratively caped. They were fabricated by Builder?EUR??,,????'?????<

The article says that the water flows under a bridge and then drops into a pool adjacent to the outdoor dining terrace. That was an illusion we created. In reality, the water drops into a concrete vault at the terminus of the upper water feature and is recirculated. The waterfall and pool adjacent to the lower dining terrace are a completely separate system. The mechanical portions of this system were designed by Hobb?EUR??,,????'?????<

Finally, the article repeatedly discusses the separation of active and passive areas and how they are separated by the grade change. In reality, the upper terrace has two relatively small passive areas where employees pass to and from the large parking deck behind the building. However, the large grass area of the upper terrace was designed for outdoor meetings, small group gatherings and the possibility of employees playing Frisbee, hackey sac, or something similar. The rock paved upper terrace was designed with seating areas for quite but active use by employees wishing to escape the noise of the sports court and dining area below. So, while there are some passive uses here, the spaces were still primarily designed for active use on a regular basis.

Sean J. Murphy, ASLA
President
Amenity Architects, LLC

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