Woh Hei Yuen Park in Chinatown

This is the most wonderful little city park.  It is only a half block, but it is such an amazing little retreat. There are benches, green grass and a very small area for children to play.  It even has two pieces of public art done in 2000.  It is called Woh Hei Yuen Park.

The one above is called Tectonic Melange.  A 26-foot circular paving medallion composed of black, yellow and red granite depicts calligraphic Chinese characters based on a poem written by Wang Bo during the Tang Dynasty (650 to 676 B.C.E.) in China. The artist, Leong Lampo, worked with the design team of Herby Lam, Wenyu Xu, and Clayton Shiu.

Born in Guangzhou, China, Leong grew up during the Culture Revolution when educational systems in China had collapsed. Through self-study Leong excelled in the academic world, attended art colleges in China and the United States, such as the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing (Ph.D.-ABD) and the California College of the Arts (MFA). He is currently Chair of the Department of Art at the University of Missouri-Columbia.