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A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING "HYDE PARK" AS THE OFFICIAL NAME
FOR THE PROPOSED TRANSIT ORIENTED CIVIC SQUARE AT THE
INTERSECTION OF NINTH AND THROCKMORTON STREETS
WHEREAS Hyde Park located at the intersection of Ninth and Throckmorton
Streets in Downtown Fort Worth, was named in honor of John Hansford Hyde and
Polly Strother Gray Hyde the parents of Sarah Gray Hyde Jennings who
dedicated the park to the City of Fort Worth m 1873 and
WHEREAS Hyde Park as Fort Worth s oldest park has played a significant civic
role in the history of Downtown, having served as a public square at the end of the
nineteenth century and as the location of two central library buildings throughout
most of the twentieth century and
WHEREAS the existing Hyde Park is a small section of the original park, and this
triangular public space adjacent to the Flatiron and Park Central Hotel buildings is
the location of a marble panther fountain generously dedicated to the City of Fort
Worth by the Cravens family on June 26 2002 and
WHEREAS the City of Fort Worth, the Fort Worth Transportation Authority the
U S General Services Administration and Downtown Fort Worth, Inc are
working together to reestablish the area surrounding the intersection of Ninth and
Throckmorton Streets as an active and multifunctional public space and
WHEREAS this reestablished public space will become a civic square that serves
as a gathering place and, through its function as a bus transfer location and a
shared stop on the east west and north south lines of the proposed light rail
streetcar system will play a vital role in Fort Worth s expanding transit system
and
WHEREAS the historic name `Hyde Park is appropriate not only as a name for
the remaining section of the original park, but also as a general title for the
collection of exis~ng and proposed public spaces that together will constitute the
civic square at Ninth and Throckmorton Streets and
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WHEREAS using `Hyde Park as a general name for the proposed civic square
and transit plaza surrounding Ninth and Throckmorton Streets does not preclude
distinct public spaces within the area, such as Federal Plaza and John Peter Smith
Park, from retaining individual identities in recognition of their unique character
function and history and
WHEREAS this designation is in honor of the original gift of Sarah Gray Hyde
Jennings and the continuing contributions of her family to the community life of
Fort Worth
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
To designate `Hyde Park" as the official name for the proposed transit oriented
civic square surrounding the intersection of Ninth and Throckmorton Streets
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ADOPTED this day of , 2002
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Mayor Kenneth Barr
City Se retary
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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