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Top The Butte, the dominant hill for the park, was formed by soil excavated to carve out the grassy amphitheater. The sod for the amphitheater is bluegrass; the seat walls are Loveland buff sandstone. PHOTO: DESIGN CONCEPTS Above, Left The sidewalks and 6-8 ton boulders are sandblasted and etched by Livingstone Custom Engraving. A backless 'Balance' bench (Forms+Surfaces) is in the background. PHOTO: ROBB WILLIAMSON Middle, Left The Colorado marker is red sandstone from Lyons, Colo. (Tribble Stone). Lyons, 20 miles east of Rocky Mountain National Park in north central Colorado, has three red sandstone mountains whose sandstone is much in demand, as it is considered the hardest sandstone in the world and has attractive hues of red. The marker depicts the state bird, the lark bunting, a cute, compact black bird with white highlights about the wings. PHOTO: ROBB WILLIAMSON Middle, Right & Far Right The Colorado topographic climbing wall was fabricated by Integrated Design Studio (IDS) www.idsculpture.com of Gunnison, Colorado from a proprietary thin-shell concrete composite. IDS also produced the concrete embankment slide, surrounded by poured-in-place safety surfacing (Surface America), the Coffee House climbing wall and the Butte Rock geological climber. The site fencing was built by Mefford, Zirbel & Associates. PHOTO: ROBB WILLIAMSON 62 Landscape Architect and Specifier News the part of the contractor to assemble the intricate layout and installation sequence. The park site was sloped, with access to Lone Tree Creek on the western border. To create a playground that felt safe, protected from the wind and multigenerational, we had to develop our own topography. We moved earth to create larger and more interesting geography, befitting the importance of this place. Immediate construction challenges occurred when the contractor hit bedrock, and when massive site flooding inundated the excavations. However, we still delivered the project on time and within the city council's approved budget, thanks to the excellent work of Turner Construction Company of Denver. Design Concepts created documents for Phase II, now underway, which will add a linear arboretum and more parking to accommodate an even larger group of people to Centennial's new social hub.