Covington Pop Up Performance Park Covington, Kentucky
Services Provided
Urban Design
Design-Build Delivery
People Involved
Jane Jordan
Tori Luckenbach
Document
Pop Up Performance Park acts as an economic catalyst for an emerging music and arts district
In a collaborative effort, Renaissance Covington, The Catalytic Fund, and design partners MKSK and BLDG were selected as the Grand Prize Winners of the ‘Place from Space’ Competition, an Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati sponsored design initiative to turn vacant urban spaces into vibrant community spaces throughout the Cincinnati area.
The Pop Up Performance Park repurposed an underutilized parking lot at the corner of 7th Street and Washington Avenue in Covington, Kentucky, into an iconic gathering space for the surrounding neighborhood. The multi-purpose use of the space could be easily converted from parking lot use into a public event space for outdoor events, concerts, street art and food trucks, gallery openings, and existing programming by Covington Arts.
Existing
Place from Space Design Concept
The launch of the the Pop Up Performance Park took place in August 2014. Implementation was a coordinated effort of partner organizations and stakeholders, local volunteers, and the City of Covington. The design of the Pop Up Performance space was mostly built out of recycled and reclaimed materials.
