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City Parks in
Lubbock |
| Reportedly, the City of Lubbock operates
about 75 parks. Most border a system of play areas and/or lakes which the city uses for
flood water retention. |
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Clapp Park/Lubbock Garden and Arts
Center, 42nd St. & University Ave., 806 767-3724. Mon-Sat 9AM-5PM
(Varies). The Lubbock Garden is situated in small complex including the Memorial Rose
Garden and St. Paul's on the Plain in Clapp Park. Mini-Lubbock is a playground sculpture
which sits along the south end of the park near 48th St. The sculpture is used to teach
elementary school children about traffic safety.
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- Huneke
Park/Lubbock War Memorial, 84th St. & Nashville Ave., 806 794-9006. The
memorial opened in 2004 after years of lobby by local veterans. The monument consists of
thousands of memorial bricks donated by survivors, veteran's families and friends. The
memorial is popular at night because Huneke Lake has three illuminated fountains colored
red, white and blue.
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- Maxey Park/The Kenetic Wind Sculpture, 24th St.
& Quaker Ave., Maxey Park is a popular park adjacent to Covenant Lakeside Hospital.
There are several public use buildings, a large playground, and a seating area with open
grills for outdoor cooking. The Kinetic Wind Sculpture sits in the northwest
corner of Maxey Lake. Most locals call them the Totem Poles. Bruce Taylor,
designed the sculpture in 1992, and claimed during their induction they are supposed
to be cotton fiber molecules.
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