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#1 Fort Worthology

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Posted 28 February 2007 - 01:43 PM

At long, long, long last, the Water Gardens will be reopening this coming Sunday. After extensive renovations, safety modifications, and much-needed lighting improvements, the Gardens are finally coming back. I look forward to having them open once more, and visiting them in my spare time. The Water Gardens have been one of my absolute favorite things in Fort Worth for a long time, and I've missed them terribly.

I read through the contractor's report on what improvements were being done to the Gardens - the list was impressive. The new lighting should actually, you know, light the park instead of the treetops, and the new filtration systems were badly needed (apparently, the city removed all the filters from the pump systems years and years ago).

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Posted 28 February 2007 - 01:57 PM

I have seen vehicles in the gardens while looking at the Omni-cam.It's about time.Will anyone be visiting Sunday?
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Posted 28 February 2007 - 02:34 PM

Finally! the water gardens are an outstanding oasis in dtfw, easily one of my favorite places in the city. i can't wait to go back and check out the changes.

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Posted 28 February 2007 - 02:48 PM

Did any of the safety improvements change anything aesthetically in the gardens??

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Posted 28 February 2007 - 04:34 PM

QUOTE(vjackson @ Feb 28 2007, 02:48 PM) View Post

Did any of the safety improvements change anything aesthetically in the gardens??


I think the most noticeable change will be at the Active Pool (where the drownings occurred). There is now a low wall of matching style around the Active Pool, providing both seating and a barrier to prevent people just wading from the walking path onto the water-covered slopes. The steps to the bottom are still open, of course. There is now a gate there that will be closed after hours, as I understand it. The bottom of the Active Pool has been made shallower, but from what I understand this doesn't make it look noticeably different.

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Posted 28 February 2007 - 04:37 PM

QUOTE(texastrill @ Feb 28 2007, 01:57 PM) View Post

Will anyone be visiting Sunday?


You better believe it!

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Posted 01 March 2007 - 07:21 AM

Update: There will also apparently be some sort of ceremony from 2-4pm.

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Posted 01 March 2007 - 08:06 PM

I was interviewed again today by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. This time on the Water Gardens.

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Posted 04 March 2007 - 07:16 PM

I think its great that they are re opening them,I was afraid for a while that DTFW was going to loose another icon.

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Posted 04 March 2007 - 08:19 PM

My palms red light is blinking in splendor. tongue.gif


WG looks great once agian at nightime. Like the sleek FWWG letterings at the corners. Still need a cascade fountain for the kiddos to cool down at during the hot hot summer days. Just like Millenium Park in Chicago.
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Posted 04 March 2007 - 10:18 PM

It was sooooooo good to get back to the Water Gardens. I have to give some huge props to the team that renovated them - the safety modifications did not detract one bit from the WG's appearance. The "seat wall" around the Active Pool looked like it had been there from day one, and in fact I think it was an improvement - was a great place to sit and watch after you'd made your way down into the pool and back, and it had definitely put a stop to the people letting their kids wade out down the slippery slopes.

The Quiet Pool was clean! No more scum on the bottom! The water wall was back! It was lovely.

The Aerating Pool looked fantastic with the full assortment of sprayers restored.

Loved the new signage. A great addition.

Welcome back, Water Gardens!

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Posted 05 March 2007 - 09:41 AM

Really enjoyed the re-opening ceremony. Was sure a great day for it. And just in time for the nice weather! I do hope people read the signs and exercise caution. Still plenty of hazards for people not paying attention.




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Posted 05 March 2007 - 09:32 PM

They're Baaaack . . . at long last. biggrin.gif

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Posted 06 March 2007 - 09:58 AM

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More photos in my thread on the subject:

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Posted 06 March 2007 - 04:51 PM

I do like the signage.

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Posted 06 March 2007 - 06:14 PM

QUOTE(bburton @ Mar 5 2007, 09:32 PM) View Post

They're Baaaack . . . at long last. biggrin.gif

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Posted 06 March 2007 - 06:25 PM

I think I'll rent Logan's Run this weekend, watch it, & then visit the WG!
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Posted 08 March 2007 - 02:50 PM

We were coming home from a Ranger game and drove through the smoke and stuff wafting over the freeway.

BTW...that was my film debut...lololol, I was an extra in some of the scenes in Dallas.

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Posted 08 March 2007 - 03:31 PM

QUOTE(safly @ Mar 4 2007, 10:19 PM) View Post

My palms red light is blinking in splendor. tongue.gif


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QUOTE(Fire-Eater @ Mar 6 2007, 08:25 PM) View Post

I think I'll rent Logan's Run this weekend, watch it, & then visit the WG!


Always a fun movie.

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BTW...that was my film debut...lololol, I was an extra in some of the scenes in Dallas.


That's cool JulieM; I remember when they were making it. My sis and I drove all the way over to TownEast Mall afterwards just to see it.



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Posted 08 March 2007 - 04:49 PM

It's actually an artificial blinking. As I am going undercover to find me some "RUNNERS". Give a shout out to "BOX" and Francis for me.

Soon I will find out just how HOT Jessica6 really is. Yippeeee.
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Posted 11 March 2007 - 03:37 PM

I went today to shoot a few pics and was horrified at all the children in the water. I don't care if the floor has been raised in the death pool - you should not be allowed in any of the water. People are idiots!!!!!!!!!!! shakehead.gif

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Posted 11 March 2007 - 05:05 PM

QUOTE(jefffwd @ Mar 11 2007, 04:37 PM) View Post

I went today to shoot a few pics and was horrified at all the children in the water. I don't care if the floor has been raised in the death pool - you should not be allowed in any of the water. People are idiots!!!!!!!!!!! shakehead.gif


It's happening again? I thought that people would know better by now. Not only should they know better from the horrible accident, but I thought the Gardens were to be staffed during the day to prevent this sort of thing.

The last time I went to the Gardens before they closed, there were kids wandering around the slopes of the Active Pool and people washing their clothes in it. I thought it was shameful how bad the city let the Gardens get. I am disappointed that they seem to be willing to allow it to happen again.

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Posted 11 March 2007 - 05:23 PM

To me, that huge expanse of concrete in the middle of the place (in front of "The Mountain") is just screaming for some lush, green grass.

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Posted 11 March 2007 - 06:11 PM

^^^

Or better yet, a summernight symphony series. HINT ! HINT!


And when the city tells you that "staff" will be watching the place. You know better than to think that those "staffers" will be just riding around SoDo in their "staffers" trucks, and will most likely be HS age volunteers in the passenger side. Just waiting to pick up some trash.

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Posted 13 March 2007 - 05:10 PM

QUOTE(jefffwd @ Mar 11 2007, 04:37 PM) View Post

I went today to shoot a few pics and was horrified at all the children in the water. I don't care if the floor has been raised in the death pool - you should not be allowed in any of the water.


I thought the same thing on my first visit back at the Water Gardens... there were two children wading in the active pool.

They turned out to be foreign toursists; I tried to say something to them about the stay-out-of-the-water policy, but ran into a serious language barrier.

There definitely needs to be staff there. Or perhaps a lifeguard, if they aren't going to bother keeping folks out of the water. The quiet pool is pretty tempting for wading, too, I'd imagine.
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Posted 13 March 2007 - 08:11 PM

I never noticed, but are there any MULTI-language signs at the WG? Perhaps that is what's needed.
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Posted 13 March 2007 - 08:26 PM

QUOTE(safly @ Mar 13 2007, 09:11 PM) View Post

I never noticed, but are there any MULTI-language signs at the WG? Perhaps that is what's needed.


Two words: "Piranha Gardens."

Even it's actually stocked with perch, I suspect that would do the trick.


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Posted 13 March 2007 - 08:30 PM

QUOTE(Bernd @ Mar 13 2007, 06:10 PM) View Post

There definitely needs to be staff there. Or perhaps a lifeguard, if they aren't going to bother keeping folks out of the water. The quiet pool is pretty tempting for wading, too, I'd imagine.


You'd imagine? Try going there in the middle of the typical Texas 100 degree summer heat and the temptation will run circles around ya. lol

By the way, was the quiet pool EVER open for wading in at one time? I got to go to the gardens last week and on the north end of the pool, you can see steps going down into it as you would find in a regular pool.






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Posted 15 March 2007 - 01:11 AM

QUOTE(cbellomy @ Mar 13 2007, 09:26 PM) View Post

QUOTE(safly @ Mar 13 2007, 09:11 PM) View Post

I never noticed, but are there any MULTI-language signs at the WG? Perhaps that is what's needed.


Two words: "Piranha Gardens."

Even it's actually stocked with perch, I suspect that would do the trick.


Or some RF controlled mini-JAWS' wading about. That would attract people to the site to say the least.

Still say we need exactly what they did in Chicago at MP. It's Texas and like what was stated earlier, the temptations are there come summer time. Irregardless of what language you speak, CALIENTE is CALIENTE.

Will a Koi pond or turtle pool be in the works in the near future?

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Posted 20 March 2007 - 11:18 AM

QUOTE(hooked @ Mar 11 2007, 06:23 PM) View Post

To me, that huge expanse of concrete in the middle of the place (in front of "The Mountain") is just screaming for some lush, green grass.

I always thought that area was such wasted space and very uninviting. The new signage is great and the gardens and water looked cleaner. I didn't see any kids in the water when I briefly visited this weekend. Are the plans still there to open up the south end of the gardens onto Lancaster when (if) the street is completed?

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Posted 14 April 2007 - 08:49 PM

I was there today and "WOW" - What can I say? It's definitely THE place to visit in downtown Ft Worth. "seat wall" was very well add-on and harmonious with the original surroundings.




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