Houston’s New Park: Discovery Green
Writing
Discovery Green, a $122 million, 12-acre (4.9 ha) park with a lake, a restaurant, and a cafe located amid commercial and residential towers in downtown Houston, is the product of efforts by civic leaders who envisioned a new kind of urban park - one that would draw together the city's diverse, cosmopolitan population. The park, which occupies the equivalent of eight city blocks on the east side…