Marked as the termination point of long-abandoned rail lines, Main Terrain was a 1.72-acre vacant, dilapidated tract of land before its transformation into a distinctive urban art fitness park – the first of its kind anywhere.

ARTWORK FEATURES:
-Main Terrain’s large-scale public art, reminiscent of the Walnut Street Bridge, spans the entire park and is comprised of nine interactive sculptural elements, the tallest measuring more than 25 feet in height and 9,000 pounds in weight.

-Three of the art elements rotate, allowing parkgoers to turn an actuating wheel and physically move the bridge elements and change their formation.

-Shaped like an oval, the track that encircles the park is conducive to running, contains five concrete fitness nodes and is divided into 50-meter segments by the inclusion of four Haiku poems, which refer to the four seasons and are meant to inspire reflection among park visitors.

-In addition to being an active park, the environmentally-friendly space also functions as a stormwater management site, where, each week, up to 40,000 gallons of accumulated stormwater will be reused to supplement irrigation. Additionally, each year, 1.5 million gallons of water will be saved from entering the city’s sewer system by the on-site detention ponds.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
From a national juried competition, artist Thomas Sayre, was chosen to design the artwork for the park. Based in North Carolina, Sayre is an internationally-recognized artist with work in numerous public and private collections.

“What underlines the entire Main Terrain project is the act of bridging: bridging the physical space across a former polluted rail site; bridging community, the downtown and the burgeoning renovated Main Street; and bridging the activities of urban design, art and exercise.“ – Thomas Sayre