Most of you who have seen the park, have seen what’s wrong and how unsafe the park is in it’s current condition…
Here’s the whole story of the skatepark:
The city had a townhall meeting, they took note of everything people said they wanted. They put the ideas in an RFP to send out to skatepark companies. 3 skatepark companies responded. Pillar’s had the best design with the largest skateable area and was the most creative with building around the trees to maintain some shade. So Pillar naturally got chosen. (If you’re not familiar with Pillar, Brad, the owner, was the one that worked with Dyrdek and built the DC Skate Plaza.) A local general contractor was hired along with Pillar. Pillar suggested using Artisan Skateparks to pour the transitions, but the general contractor hired a company that was cheaper and less experienced. Pillar supplied the contractors with exact detailed specs and drawings. But by the looks of it, they didn’t read it. The contractors actually said the skateboarders should be able to adapt. Pillar didn’t agree with their logic, and the contractors will be tearing out 75% of the flow bowl, and redoing many of the street obstacles. This will delay the park opening, but we want a park we’ll actually use and that is safe to skate on.Brad from Pillar said,
“I’m here to make sure it’s done right. Anything that is non-skateable will be ripped out.”
