Sunday’s the deadline for giving the city of West University some honest feedback on which of 3 proposed park layouts you think would best flatter this residential lot at 6446 Sewanee Ave. — along with any specific details you like about the other 2 options. The home’s former owner, architect James M. Hughes, passed away just over a year ago; Hughes bequeathed the property and some funds to West University for conversion into Jennie Elizabeth Hughes Park (named after his mother, who bought the empty lot back in 1928).
Option A of the choices highlights the corner lot’s time as a residence by adding a rocking-chaired, freestanding front porch as an entryway (though of a totally different design from the existing front porch). That option would also include a partial outline of the house’s foundation:
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Option B scraps the porch, but includes a similar grassy knoll, and a more elaborate version of the water feature in the northwest corner:
Option C reshapes the property into a low slope toward Sewanee and Pittsburgh St. It also incorporates a gazebo, perhaps as a nod to the gazebo attached to the back of the existing home: 
West U residents can send in feedback and comments on the designs by email to myparks [at] westutx.gov.
- Jennie Elizabeth Hughes Park [City of West University]
- Jennie E. Hughes Park Concept Design Options Town Hall Presentation [White Oak Studio/City of West University]
Images: White Oak Studio (renderings and site plans); City of West University (photos of 6446 Sewanee Ave.)
In every option it will be filled with dog turds.
The neighbors are gonna flip out when the picnic tables start being used by food truck customers
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Or drugs. Drugs will very likely be sold at this park.
Wow; why bother to say anything if that’s all you got?
Seems like a pretty cool thing to do to me. Especially given the corner lot.
I’d give the immediate neighbors an extra vote though. It will impact their privacy.
Come on Houston, the bestest design is for a 64-unit mid rise with parking underneath. Get rid of every last green leaf and call it “Parc Suwanee.”
Bam!
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but seriously, that’s a nice pc. of property
A very cool amenity for the neighborhood.
I would make special effort to check in with the immediate neighbors for any concerns.
I would also include a clean up after your dog sign.