![]() ![]() Little Island is now open to the public and can be accessed with free timed tickets. Bridges connect Little Island to the Manhattan mainland Instead of building extra structures in the park and disrupting the view, all of the backstage facilities for the performance venues are built under the pier and accessed via one of the bridges. There's also a central space that can hold 3,500 people and a more intimate 200-person spoken-word stage. The Little Island amphitheatre can seat an audience of 700 Little Island has three performance venues including the amphitheatre, which has wooden benches and a capacity for 700 audience members. Piles of boulders are arranged for people to scramble over as a more adventurous alternative to the paths. ![]() Steps made of black locust, a hardwood native to New York, lead up and down the hilly landscape. The park is planted with 100 types of tree There are lawns for visitors to sunbathe on in the summer. MNLA chose 400 species of plants and 100 types of tree for the project, strategically planting evergreens to stop the wind from the river buffeting people as they stroll through the park. The tops of the piles are made of prefabricated "petals" that form six-metre-wide containers filled with soil. The piles supporting Little Island have been driven deep into the rocky riverbedĪ cast-in-place concrete slab connects all the precast elements. Little Island's precast concrete elements were fabricated upstate using 39 different formwork shapes and then transported to the site via barge. The piles, each of which can support up to 350 tons, have been driven deep into the rock 61 metres beneath the water. "However, we were inspired by these piles and the civil engineering required to build structures that are able to withstand extreme river conditions." The precast concrete planters are formed of modular "petals" "Typically, piers are composed of structural piles that go down into the river bed with slabs that cover them to make a surface," said Heatherwick. The City Council is expected to vote on the plan on July 28.Related story Photos reveal Thomas Heatherwick's Little Island in New York ahead of opening The Rogers Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the new master plan at 3:30 p.m. ROGERS LITTLE THEATRE PORTABLEKey recommendations in the master plan are a major rezoning of downtown properties to encourage more residential living a transformation of alleys into lighted walkways for evening walks and a transformation of the city park into a plaza for community events, featuring a portable stage that can accommodate different size performers from bands to symphonies. Raymond Burns, president of the Rogers-Lowell Chamber of Commerce, also attended the announcement with Hines, and said the theater would remain an integral part of the downtown nightlife as more restaurants are developed.Īs the news conference was winding down, a few blocks away, representatives of Gateway Planning, a Dallas-based city planning group, were unveiling the new master plan for the community as City Hall. Rogers Mayor Greg Hines, who just hours earlier heard the first presentation of the city’s new downtown master plan along with the city council, said the rebranding was a necessary part of doing business and that the theater would remain a key part of downtown Rogers as the provider of public arts. Reed, who was introduced as the voice of theater, also announced that starting with 2015-16 all seating on the main level of the theater would be cabaret style. Support for the venture cam from the Walmart Foundation and civic-minded contributors. In 2008, with generous help from the Wal-Mart Foundation, contributions from civic-minded donors and the effort of tireless volunteers, the city of Rogers purchased the Victory Theater with an agreement that it would serve as the long-term home of the Rogers Little Theater. ROGERS LITTLE THEATRE MOVIEThe theater served as a community gathering place and was renovated several times as a movie and vaudeville theater before closing its doors in the early 1970s, according to the website. The Victory Theater was designed by noted Rogers architect A.O. The new name is in time for the launch of the company’s 30th season which begins July 24 with a production of “Shrek the Musical.” Over the years, some 700 volunteers and 150 performers have been involved with productions of the theater company, Reed noted. ![]() “It’s a name that says it all,” Reed said to thunderous applause from some 70 sponsors and patrons who attended the news conference held inside the historic Victory Theater, the theater company’s home since 2008. The new name, announced Tuesday (June 30) during a news conference, is Arkansas Public Theater at the Victory - a moniker to continue the theater’s upward mobility, said Brad Reed, who made the announcement. Rogers Little Theater, which has developed a reputation as a renowned community theater company, has a new name. ![]()
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