tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66506721831459283732024-03-24T20:05:45.816-07:00Harrison Street DIYThis blog is for a community built skate spot project in the Columbus Park neighborhood of Kansas City. We are hoping to utilize an unused lot in the corner of our neighborhood that has fostered unwanted behavior for years. We hope to transform this space to help fill a desperate need in the skateboard community for more spaces that allow skateboarding and also make the area a more usable and less dangerous place for everyone in the neighborhood.Harrison Street DIYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445077173017119884noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650672183145928373.post-86581907942665027072015-11-22T07:14:00.000-08:002015-11-29T08:24:13.091-08:00Step by step: How we built our bowl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So far, every build of this project has been an adaptation of the existing landscape. We were inspired by how this pre-existing egg-shaped grass pad was a great shape for a bowl. The existing curb also provided a great structural foundation.</div>
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<b>Step one: digging</b></div>
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We called 1-800-DIG-RITE to make sure it was safe to dig. Digging started with shovels and went that way for about a month until our friend Louis offered to come help out with a Bob Cat. He works for a neighborhood company who's owner really likes what we're doing. He donated the equipment and Louis donated his time. We just provided $20 for gas. The Bob Cat was able to get out most the dirt but not everything, so we still had a ton of digging to do by hand. It would have been better to have just rented a mini excavator in the beginning and knocked it all out in one day, but we didn't have any money yet and were happy to have the help.</div>
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Louis wiggled into the hole we had already made and then dug himself out.</div>
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<b>Step two: forms and rebar</b></div>
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We figured out what radius curves we would need to match the existing shape, then drew them on the plywood, cut them out, and used Tapcon screws to attach the forms to the curb. We also drilled into the curb and hammered in anchors that we could wire rebar to.</div>
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When we made our transition forms, we added 4" of flat onto the bottom of each form. That helps maintain a consistent transition from the flat areas to the transition areas, instead of having a little kink at the bottom.</div>
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^ The hole in the picture above is a 'soak away pit' or 'drain box'. The hole is so that water can collect under the bowl instead of in it. We lined the hole with landscaping fabric so that dirt wouldn't get in, then placed a pipe with holes drilled in it down to the bottom that was tall enough to reach the surface of the bowl. Then we filled in the hole with gravel. If it rains heavily, the water comes up into the bowl, but for light to moderate rain it works pretty well.</div>
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The transition forms went in next. The forms were made 2" thick so they would sit on top of the rebar so we could pull them while working with the concrete. We cut 2' stakes to hold these in place. One at the bottom, one in the middle, and secured the top to the top form.</div>
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For the bottom forms we used 'flexboard' for the curves and that worked really well. We used 2x4's for the straight sections. We used stakes to keep it in place and screwed the bottom of the transition forms to the bottom forms.</div>
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Rebar is tied every foot, vertically and horizontally. We used 3/8th" rebar because it is easier to bend by hand. Holes are drilled 2" down in the bottom form to slip the rebar through. Now we are ready for our first pour!</div>
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<b>Step three: make tools</b></div>
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Because the bowl curves both vertically and horizontally, we needed some curved tools. Since we were doing a 3' radius transition in the shallow end, we made tools that were curved to that same radius curve. We bought bulk resin float material from Kraft Tool in Olathe. We cut the resin material to the right length, cut handles out of 2x4's to fit the curve, and then screwed the resin to the handle after heating it up at the oven at 400 degrees. Pre drill and countersink holes in the resin.</div>
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We also made these magnesium floats into radius trowels. Kyle was able to use a bearing press at his work to bend the trowel into the curve we needed. Another way to do it is to take the handle off, go to an existing concrete ramp with the same curve you want, heat up the trowel with a torch, and hammer the trowel against the ramp.</div>
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<b>Step four: concrete </b>(finally!)</div>
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At this point we were tired of hand mixing everything by hand, but not ready to order a whole truck, so we tried getting these premixed 1-yard carts of concrete that you just tow to your site. It's been a learning process of how to ask these guys to mix the concrete. We've found that if we ask for a mix for curbs it is pretty close to what we want, which is a sort of a thick mud consistency; not watery. The problem with the yard cards is that you have to have someone making multiple trips to get each load instead of it all showing up with one truck.</div>
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We tried to evenly shovel the concrete into our forms, and then used a negative radius form to shape the concrete into the radius we wanted. Once the concrete was shaped to how we wanted we pulled out out temporary transition forms and filled in the holes where they were. The concrete was worked with our resin trowels to continue shaping the concrete until all the lumps were out. Then the magnesium float trowels were used to start sealing the concrete and bringing the cream to the top. Lastly, steel finishing trowels were used to achieve a smooth surface.</div>
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Next, we poured the deep end of the bowl in about the same way as the shallow. The deep end had much more surface area to work, making it much harder for us. We strategically did this after the shallow so we could work on our techniques on an easier section. We had a lot of people come out this day, and we ran into an annoying snag when the concrete truck showed up 3 hours late. We lost a lot of our helpers by the time the truck finally showed up. We were also trying to beat the heat by starting early. It got up to about 100 degrees that day and we were working the concrete until the evening.</div>
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Next was the flat of the bowl, which was not too difficult after what we had already done. We bought a cast iron floor drain from an Ace Hardware. We used a level to make sure the top of the drain was just below the deep end flat, so that the water wouldn't pool anywhere else. Once we had it in the right place we just duct taped it in place and shoveled the concrete around it.</div>
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Because our fellow skateboarders had been so supportive of this project, we were able to purchase pool coping from <a href="http://tedderstone.com/" target="_blank">Tedderstone</a>, who makes coping specifically for skate parks. The cheaper DIY way to do this is build your own pool coping molds or you can free hand all the coping. The Tedderstone coping has a great shape and is very smooth, so we were happy to have it on our bowl. We installed the coping using mortar mix. We mixed the mortar, laid a 'bed' of it down about 2 inches thick, placed the coping down, wiggled it and tapped it with a rubber mallet to set it in place. We took the excess mortar and rubbed it into the cracks in between the coping pieces. We also used a level to make sure the coping was all even.</div>
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The last step for the coping was to scrape out the mortar in the seam in between each coping block, right where it's going to be grinded. We filled in those seams with a concrete bonding epoxy. This epoxy won't chip out, like the mortar will, so the coping stays in good shape.</div>
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The final step we did was to seal the concrete with a Deep Penetrating Sealer made by Evercrete. It was recommended to us by some skate park builders. This helps weather seal the concrete, which makes a big difference in our frigid midwest winters.</div>
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We started digging our hole in late March, and the bowl was finally skateable almost 4 months later in early July. It was a slow process, starting with shovels and volunteers who were just figuring it out as we went. This was a huge learning process project for us, and prepared us to start expanding the park around the bowl. </div>
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We can't say thank you enough to the huge community effort that made this project happen. Countless volunteer hours were logged by what seemed like at least a hundred different people. Local businesses donated gift certificates and venues donated their spaces for fundraisers. People we'd never met before brought us tools, materials, and cash donations. PBR's local marketing guy hooked us up with a $2,000 donation. We were fortunate enough to win our first grant from the <a href="http://www.charlottestreet.org/" target="_blank">Charlotte Street Foundation</a>, which helped us finish off the very last parts of the bowl and also gave us a huge kickstart to keep the project rolling and begin expanding around the bowl. </div>
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Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone that chipped into this wild idea! It wouldn't have been possible without so many of a friends and other great people of Kansas City that we didn't even know were paying attention.</div>
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After the community meeting where we received a verbal go-ahead for this project to continue, we began on a very ambitious project that, without the extreme enthusiasm of a few friends, we probably would never have started. It was decided that we should adapt a well suited egg-shaped cul-de-sac island into a swimming pool style bowl. This project started in mid March and was not completed until mid July. We will do more detailed posts on this process later.</div>
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There were easily over a hundred people that contributed to the bowl and even more who donated to help fund it. We received funding from Pabst Blue Ribbon, which paid for most of the concrete costs. The cost of the pool coping ($1,700) was paid for through small in person cash donations or online donations to our <a href="https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=ilgQJfPt9WY33RT0pxuxch8Ejwck8Mr6bFpLXiKhc3imjfCAgVLGQNxfIIy&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8d5c97cbf3d75cb63effe5661cdf3adb6d" target="_blank">Paypal</a>.<br />
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This project received a huge boost when we won a $6,000 <a href="http://rocketgrants.org/" target="_blank">Rocket Grant</a>, which is an arts funding program started by the <a href="http://www.charlottestreet.org/" target="_blank">Charlotte Street Foundation</a> and the <a href="http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/" target="_blank">KU Spencer Museum of Art</a>, with funding from the <a href="http://www.warholfoundation.org/" target="_blank">Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts</a>. This award is funding the current round of construction of the park, the expansion of the park around the bowl.<br />
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A young Kansas City skateboarder wanted to donate $100 and his family decided to match him with another $100. Thanks Bowers!<br />
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Artist Paul Fish had a fundraiser raffle at his recent art opening at Escapist Skateboarding where he raised $425.<br />
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Our first community input meeting was held on March 24th. Columbus Park residents, Director of Public Works Sherri McIntyre, and City Council Woman Jan Marcason were in attendance. The discussion revolved around the street closure. The two options put on the table by the city were that either the road would be closed and the project is allowed to continue as-is, or the road is re-opened and the newly built structures would have to be removed, but the project could continue in a blocked off unused road.</div>
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The neighbors in attendance were unanimous that they wanted the skate project to continue, and there were mixed opinions about whether the street should be closed or opened. In the end it was agreed that the road would be reopened, the ramps in the street would be removed, and the Public Works department would repave an area on a closed street to be used for the community built skate park.</div>
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<br />Harrison Street DIYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445077173017119884noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650672183145928373.post-40818412080493300692015-03-18T16:22:00.000-07:002015-03-18T16:22:00.980-07:00Clean up day.Cleaned up a bit in the cul-de-sac.<br />
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This morning our project was featured as the introduction for the show Central Standard on our local NPR station KCUR. The host and guests also discussed our project throughout the show.<br />
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Starting with some dirt piles and rough forms.</div>
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A few volunteers came out on a 20 degree February day to spend 2 hours clearing out the 'sucker' overgrowth on this neighborhood Sycamore. Stumps still need to be cut down and there are a few rather large piles of trimmings that need to be mulched, burned, or hauled off.Harrison Street DIYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445077173017119884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650672183145928373.post-59930916023742958332015-02-25T16:26:00.002-08:002015-03-03T07:42:51.710-08:00New Project. Sycamore Maintenance Day 1.So, as we have mentioned before, there is a lot of overgrowth area in this lot. There's a beautiful Sycamore in the lot that is suffering from root 'suckers' that have been neglected for what looks like years. Some of the suckers are up to 7" in diameter.<br />
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We started to clear out the area yesterday with some hand pruners. We'll come back tomorrow in the 20 degree weather to finish up.<br />
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Harrison Street DIYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445077173017119884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650672183145928373.post-32053605634416418772015-02-18T22:32:00.000-08:002015-02-18T22:57:57.557-08:00Throwback Thursday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Back before anything was close to being built we were just skating in a street in our neighborhood. Sometime 2012-13 winter.</div>
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P.S. I think we'll be staying for a while.Harrison Street DIYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445077173017119884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650672183145928373.post-74316204662978084832015-02-13T13:06:00.001-08:002015-03-13T06:54:48.460-07:00Road is currently closed so the neighborhood can play.<br />
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This morning Public Works came and installed these baracades into the street to prohibit vehicular traffic. We were worried about this project annoying the neighborhood, but on a positive note, our neighborhood is always looking for solutions to reduce through traffic. While these barriers remain up this section of street provides a car-free environment for walker, skaters, cyclists, etc. Bring on the bike lanes!</div>
Harrison Street DIYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445077173017119884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650672183145928373.post-84901444329265227412015-02-13T08:23:00.001-08:002015-02-13T13:07:08.714-08:00Project write up on Urban Angle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Kansas City urban issue blog <a href="http://urbanangle.net/vigilant-city-protects-crumbling-abandoned-lot-volunteers/">Urban Angle</a> did a write up on our project, the reaction of the city, and the history of this area. Pretty interesting read, especially for the history of this property and neighborhood.Harrison Street DIYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445077173017119884noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650672183145928373.post-57306284431163476752015-02-13T08:20:00.002-08:002015-02-13T08:20:54.115-08:00Currently...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Currently, the city has temporarily blocked off the entire section of road where the project is. They will have a 'community discussion' on Tuesday that we have heard about through the grapevine. We have not been invited to this 'community discussion'. </div>
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<br />Harrison Street DIYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445077173017119884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650672183145928373.post-8284875608733277762015-02-13T08:15:00.002-08:002015-02-13T08:15:47.991-08:00Channel 41 news feature<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
KSHB did a short feature on our project Wednesday night after we found out the city had plans to tear it out. Link below.</div>
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Hopefully the city won't tear down our work tomorrow!Harrison Street DIYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445077173017119884noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650672183145928373.post-20074460701212788222015-02-11T08:37:00.002-08:002015-02-11T08:37:26.432-08:00Currently...KC Public Works came down today. They have a work order to remove the concrete ramps this week. We will keep you posted...Harrison Street DIYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445077173017119884noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650672183145928373.post-38711532215015669712015-02-09T18:44:00.001-08:002015-02-09T19:06:35.459-08:00Build #3. Finishing up.<br />
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To finish off this thing we smoothed down the edges of the parking blocks and curbs and added a couple coats of paint.</div>
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The street is still rough and horrible though.Harrison Street DIYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445077173017119884noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650672183145928373.post-42244102904029877812015-02-09T07:42:00.000-08:002015-02-09T09:11:57.598-08:00Build #3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
We started working up the cul de sac with this small spined curb. This build took 16 bags of concrete and 12 hours of volunteer labor.</div>
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Harrison Street DIYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13445077173017119884noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650672183145928373.post-9858951951245909562015-02-07T00:53:00.001-08:002015-02-11T07:02:50.539-08:00Clean up and prep<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This sidewalk has been completely overgrown and blocked for a while now. This first photo was taken after we had already cut out a lot of small trees that were blocking the way.</div>
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Neighbors keep dropping off wood scraps for us to use behind the barrier. These plywood scraps are going to be great to use for small forms.</div>
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This thing is too fun! This is the first day we tried out the whole barrier. The concrete on the newest section wasn't quite ready so we took it pretty easy. We swept a lot this day, gathered and removed scrap wood that had been accumulating behind the barrier while we were working, shoveling dirt out from behind the barrier, and painting curbs to skate and make the spot more noticeable.</div>
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The first white car in the photo below is a city codes worker pulling up to the spot because there was a complaint against skateboard ramps in the street. We assume it was the Housing Authority that made this complaint. She seemed a bit confused about what to do. She said that what was built wasn't even on the property they had said it was on and that 'there are no ordinances about skateboard ramps in Kansas City', so she said she wasn't going to do anything about it.</div>
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This day we had a work day to clean up the cul de sac extending behind the barrier. This area has already been cleaned up a ton by us. The area directly behind the barrier was completely full of dirt that two volunteers dug out one night in the rain. The road was still way too dirty to skate or build on, so our goal was to continue the cleaning process, sweeping the street and digging out the curbs and sidewalks.</div>
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A photo from further back in the lot looking towards the street. Notice those clean curbs??</div>
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An area even further back into the lot that may some day be cleared out. There are usable walkways in this part of the neighborhood that are just not being maintained at all.</div>
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