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54 Landscape Architect and Specifier News (Continued on page 56) Pillars The concrete plaza has a central sloping lawn of manicured common Bermudagrass, flanked by five Austin white limestone veneered masonry pillars adorned with signage acknowledging the five pillars of the Round Rock community: Heritage, Education, Health, Technology and Leisure. Walkway A Pavestone concrete paver walkway is carried into the plaza from the street right- of-way, drawing pedestrian's attention to a water wall at the opposite end of the plaza. The walkway consists of cast stone colored pavers in a herringbone pattern with perimeter buff-colored pavers in a stack bond pattern, consistent with the city's downtown streetscape standards. Pavers are set on a reinforced concrete bed, with joints locked with polymeric sand to facilitate drainage. Main Stage Entering the plaza, the paver walkway drops 18 inches in elevation from the street level across the center of the plaza to the main stage area, which has a triangular custom shade structure (Icon Shelter Systems). The seat walls here are veneered with Austin white limestone and capped with six-inch dry cast limestone manufactured by Cast Limestone Products of Texas. The stage area serves as a pavilion when not used for performances. The landscape Above & Top Right Like the other columns on site, the larger Centennial Plaza entry column is veneered in limestone, with engraved and painted cast stone panels. The 1912 date on the column refers to the year Round Rock incorporated. White settlement occurred as early as 1831. They call it "Brushy" then, but in 1854, post office officials realized there was already a Brushy, Texas, and the name changed to Round Rock after a prominent anvil-shaped rock in Brushy Creek. A digital multiplex system (DMX) controls the LEDs that light the column. Antique street lamps, the standard downtown street fixture, are shielded. Bottom Right The custom shelter (ICON Shelter Systems), a stage area, has an 'Austin White' limestone veneer, and a tongue and groove triangular roof deck. The seatwall is the same limestone and capped with cast stone. Custom aluminum anti-skateboard grind minders are placed within the cap joints for a clean and contemporary look. Centennial Plaza (Continued from page 52)