http://www.nokenews.com/2008/03/30/exploring-roanoke-harkrader-park-on-colonial-avenue/ A blog about Roanoke VA with pictures and written experiences of living and working in this city located in Southwest Virginia. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:42:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.nokenews.com/2008/03/30/exploring-roanoke-harkrader-park-on-colonial-avenue/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Sherry Barrett Wed, 07 May 2008 20:55:52 +0000 http://www.nokenews.com/2008/03/30/exploring-roanoke-harkrader-park-on-colonial-avenue/#comment-49 The design intent for Harkrader Park was for the park to be a visual park to be viewed from passers by on Colonial Avenue and from the former WDBJ lobby overlooking the park. I have additional information (not presently at my fingertips)from a research paper completed in 1999-2000 that focused on Harkader Park. The design intent for Harkrader Park was for the park to be a visual park to be viewed from passers by on Colonial Avenue and from the former WDBJ lobby overlooking the park. I have additional information (not presently at my fingertips)from a research paper completed in 1999-2000 that focused on Harkader Park.

]]> http://www.nokenews.com/2008/03/30/exploring-roanoke-harkrader-park-on-colonial-avenue/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Drewsky Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:45:56 +0000 http://www.nokenews.com/2008/03/30/exploring-roanoke-harkrader-park-on-colonial-avenue/#comment-18 Ha ha, nice. This is a srange little park in a strange little place. I always thought of it as, since the creation of 581, a place to sit down and ponder the progression of society. What was old and what is new, this park reminds us of a time that has been, (what radio station did the Towers of Towers Mall give life to), looking at what once was, and then the pavement of the interstate system. The park from what I can remember has been there for many years. Once it saw a mall and an interstate, now it is next to a Starbucks, across the road from a CVS, and yet retains it's simple charm. Imagine what it will be 20 years from now. Ha ha, nice. This is a srange little park in a strange little place. I always thought of it as, since the creation of 581, a place to sit down and ponder the progression of society. What was old and what is new, this park reminds us of a time that has been, (what radio station did the Towers of Towers Mall give life to), looking at what once was, and then the pavement of the interstate system. The park from what I can remember has been there for many years. Once it saw a mall and an interstate, now it is next to a Starbucks, across the road from a CVS, and yet retains it’s simple charm. Imagine what it will be 20 years from now.

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