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Legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk is overseeing the design of a modular pocket park that initially will sit at the corner of Farmer and Monroe, one block northeast of Campus Martius, the Detroit Free Press reports.
It's scheduled to open Aug. 16.
The Wayfinding skate park will be the first of its kind in downtown Detroit and double as a performance space and public art installation featuring the work of contemporary artist Ryan McGinness, Ryan Patrick Hooper reports in the Detroit Free Press.
The project is a partnership between contemporary art gallery Library Street Collective, Dan Gilbert's Bedrock and Cranbrook Art Museum. Bedrock and the Quicken Loans family of companies are funding the project.
Last year, Hawk and his wife purchased a 120-year-old home in the Woodbridge neighborhood of Detroit.
“The real deal is in Detroit,” says Hawk, according to the Freep. “It’s such a DIY philosophy, which is exactly what skating is in tune with. Detroit is just hip without trying.”
