The Point Pleasant Park International Design Competition is an open, two-stage competition for a master plan for Point Pleasant Park. In late September 2003, Hurricane Juan, a category two hurricane, made landfall in Nova Scotia, not far from Point Pleasant Park. The maximum force winds from the eastern eye-wall of the hurricane that swept over the park, and the city, caused millions of dollars of damage, and destroyed more than 75,000 trees in Point Pleasant Park alone.
Point Pleasant Park closed in order for work crews to perform cleanup operations. Nine months later, the Park was reopened to the public. Minus almost 85 per cent of its trees and with its shoreline damaged, much of the park looks and feels desolate; it appears beyond repair and park users feel a tremendous sense of loss. Phase I due 25 July 2005. Point Pleasant Park Website
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