{"id":874,"date":"2024-07-22T21:01:47","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T21:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facilities\/?p=874"},"modified":"2024-07-22T21:07:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T21:07:41","slug":"progress-in-murphy-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facilities\/2024\/07\/22\/progress-in-murphy-square\/","title":{"rendered":"Progress in Murphy Square"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, crews working in Murphy Square began surfacing new paths through the park. Light poles have already been relocated along these pathways.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_875\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-875\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-875\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facilities\/files\/2024\/07\/Murphy-Square-paths-1024x642.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of newly surfaced paths going west and northwest from the east side of Murphy Square\" width=\"840\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facilities\/files\/2024\/07\/Murphy-Square-paths-1024x642.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facilities\/files\/2024\/07\/Murphy-Square-paths-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facilities\/files\/2024\/07\/Murphy-Square-paths-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facilities\/files\/2024\/07\/Murphy-Square-paths-1200x752.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facilities\/files\/2024\/07\/Murphy-Square-paths.jpg 1425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Surfacing on new pathways through Murphy Square is underway.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The new paths align on the east side of the park with the walkway between Kennedy Center and Edor Nelson Field, providing pedestrians coming from Lot L with a route directly across the park and a route to the steps up to the quad.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_877\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-877\" style=\"width: 694px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-877\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facilities\/files\/2024\/07\/Murphy-Square-map-1.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial map of Murphy Square depicting a curved east-west pathway and a curved pathway from the east side to the northwest corner. \" width=\"694\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facilities\/files\/2024\/07\/Murphy-Square-map-1.jpg 694w, https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facilities\/files\/2024\/07\/Murphy-Square-map-1-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New pathways in Murphy Square are designed to matched the desired walking paths between the east and west sides of the park.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Remaining work in the park includes pouring concrete for tables and benches, grading, and reseeding. That work is scheduled to be complete in mid-August. Crews will then relocate the construction fences to protect the newly seeded spaces while allowing for use of the pathways.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information about the project, see the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.minneapolisparks.org\/park-care-improvements\/park-projects\/current_projects\/murphy-square-park-improvements\/\"> Minneapolis Park &amp; Recreation Board website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, crews working in Murphy Square began surfacing new paths through the park. Light poles have already been relocated along these pathways. The new paths align on the east side of the park with the walkway between Kennedy Center and Edor Nelson Field, providing pedestrians coming from Lot L with a route directly across &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facilities\/2024\/07\/22\/progress-in-murphy-square\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Progress in Murphy Square&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":880,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874\/revisions\/880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}