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In addition, the plaza is a testament to Fort Worth’s long commitment to historic preservation, stemming from its citizens’ dedication to the city’s heritage. Along with the Fort Worth Streams and Valleys Committee, local patron Ruth Carter Stevenson and The Amon G. Carter Foundation were instrumental in ensuring the creation of Heritage Plaza. Other generous benefactors and contributing organizations and agencies that supported the plaza’s design and construction included the Sid W. Richardson Foundation, Texas Electric Service Company, Tarrant County Water Control District No. 1, and Tarrant County Commissioners Court. The ultimate construction of the project was realized as a result of nearly 80% private funding. The project and landscape architect drew such attention that present at the dedication was Texas Governor Bill Clements and Lady Bird Johnson, the former First Lady of the United States who was also Halprin’s client when he served as a consult to her Committee for a More Beautiful Capital.


As noted on the dedication day program, “It is a pilgrimage site, visited by those who pursue understanding of the city’s founding and origins. The opportunity to experience the spirituality of the site in solitude intensifies the power of the environment.”

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List of Marvels

Boston City Hall Plaza
Boston, Massachusetts

Estates Drive Reservoir
Oakland, California

Heritage Plaza
Heritage Park
Fort Worth, Texas

Kaiser Roof Garden
Kaiser Center
Oakland, California

Lake Elizabeth
Allegheny Commons
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Manhattan Square Park
Rochester, New York

Mill Creek Canyon
Earthworks

Kent, Washington

Miller Garden
Columbus, Indiana

El Monte
Hato Rey, Puerto Rico

Pacific Science
Center Courtyard

Seattle, Washington

Parkmerced
San Francisco, California

Peavey Plaza
Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, Minnesota


education partners
Garden DesignGeorge Eastman House
Additional Sponsors

American Society of Landscape Architects’ Indiana, Pennsylvania/Delaware, Minnesota, Northern California, Texas, Upstate New York, and Washington Chapters • Astorino • Charles Butt • Design Within Reach • Topher Delaney • Sandy Donnell & Justin Faggioli • Fathom • Tom Fox • Hillman Foundation • Indianapolis Museum of Art • Lorraine Osmundson • Richard T. Murphy • National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Northeast, Southwest, and Western Offices- with funds from the Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation of New York, Dodge Jones Foundation Intervention Fund, and Eastern Massachusetts Preservation Fund • James Richards • Seibert & Rice • Diana & Bruce Shuman • Ann Stack • SWA Group • TBG Partners • Michal and Jeffrey William Tincup • Unilock Inc. • The Woltz Charitable Trust