Parkwood station
Parkwood | |||||||||||
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| LYNX light rail station | |||||||||||
 Parkwood Station towards Uptown | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 327 Parkwood Avenue Charlotte, North Carolina United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°14′10.70″N 80°49′24.78″W / 35.2363056°N 80.8235500°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Charlotte Area Transit System | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Bicycle racks | ||||||||||
| Architect | STV Inc. | ||||||||||
| Architectural style | Postmodern | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Website | Parkwood Station | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | March 16, 2018 | ||||||||||
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Parkwood is a light rail station on the LYNX Blue Line in the Optimist Park neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. It opened on March 16, 2018, as part of the Blue Line extension to the UNC Charlotte campus.[1] The station features a pair of side platforms and is the first station outside of Uptown Charlotte to the north.[2][3]
Public art
[edit]As part of the CATS Art in Transit program, Maria Artemis provided a Tectonic Suite of boulders, granite benches, and laminated windscreen glass. Parkwood Station is a history in geology, featuring the geological division of Charlotte in two different areas and time periods: the Charlotte Belt – the igneous rock beneath the center of the City – and the Carolina Slate Belt that is to the east. Thirty boulders sit intermittently along both edges of the pathway, echoing the boundary between the two geological areas in miniature form. The six passenger shelter windscreens provide the geological maps, timeline, and reference the geological and biological history.[4][5]
Bicycle racks were designed by Darren Goins, using geometric abstract shapes.
References
[edit]- ^ Harrison, Steve; Henderson, Bruce (March 16, 2018). "After a decade of planning, Charlotte's light-rail extension finally opens". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
- ^ "Parkwood Station". CATS. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
- ^ "Parkwood Station - Lynx Blue Line Extension" (PDF). CATS. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
- ^ "BLE Parkwood Station". Charlotte Area Transit System. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ^ "Parkwood Station Windscreens". Charlotte Area Transit System. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
External links
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Media related to Parkwood station at Wikimedia Commons- Parkwood Station from Parkwood Avenue from Google Maps Street View
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