MOBILE MAP STOPS 25-30

25 – Mill Race Park

Landscape Management recognized this 85-acre riverfront park as one of the top 100 parks in the nation for design, reputation, and accessibility. Designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh, and featuring structures by Stanley Saitowitz, it includes an 84-foot observation tower, a covered bridge, people trails, fishing at two lakes, picnic shelters, playground equipment, basketball courts, and an amphitheater that hosts concerts and performances. Located in an oxbow bend of the Flatrock River in downtown Columbus, this 85-acre site experiences flooding, so all structures and plantings are designed to tolerate the floods.

Audio – Mill Race – Henry Kuehn (3:14)

Take me to the Mill Race covered bridge.

26 – Skopos

A series of “follies” that become micro-destinations are found throughout the park, all designed in collaboration with Stanley Saitowitz.

These structures, highlighted with a signature red painted metal, include a dramatic arc of lights that frame the entrance to the park, an observation tower (that provides a terrific view of downtown Columbus), a boathouse, a river lookout, a fishing pier, the amphitheater stage, an arbor, restrooms, and picnic shelters.

Saitowitz’s creative playfulness is on display with the restrooms with curved roofs signifying an M and W.

Take me to Skopos.

27 – Structural Follies

A series of “follies” that become micro-destinations are found throughout the park, all designed in collaboration with Stanley Saitowitz.

These structures, highlighted with a signature red painted metal, include a dramatic arc of lights that frame the entrance to the park, an observation tower (that provides a terrific view of downtown Columbus), a boathouse, a river lookout, a fishing pier, the amphitheater stage, an arbor, restrooms, and picnic shelters.

Saitowitz’s creative playfulness is on display with restrooms that have curved roofs signifying an M and W.

Take me to the Mill Race covered bridge.

28 – Covered Bridge

The New Brownsville Covered Bridge is the focal point of a beautiful circular pond in the award-winning Mill Race Park, created by the legendary landscape designer Michael Van Valkenburgh. The hundred-foot bridge is the only Long-truss structure in Indiana and it can transport you all the way back to 1840, when it was built to cross the East Fork of the Whitewater River near Brownsville. The bridge is also a stop on The Indiana Covered Bridge Loop as well as a popular spot for Facebook and Instagram selfies!

Take me to the Mill Race covered bridge.

29 – Mill Race Center

The community center, completed February 2011, was designed by William Rawn Associates of Boston. The gently curving brick building is positioned to take advantage of natural lighting and offer views of Mill Race Park. The bricks used are made four inches longer than normal to strengthen the horizontal nature of the building. The architects took great care in selecting a brick and mortar color mix that fit well in its surroundings – the same brick was used at the transit center east of the center.

Take me to Mill Race Center.

30 – Flamenco

Created by artist Ruth Aizuss Migdal in 2010 in Chicago. The abstract, painted steel sculpture was part of the Columbus Sculpture Biennial for two years, until a fundraising campaign by community members raised money to make it a part of the Columbus permanent art collection in 2016.

Take me to Flamenco

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