A groundbreaking ceremony this morning at Austin's Pease Park marks the start of work on Kingsbury Commons, a roughly 10-acre area at the south entrance of the park, which contains 84 total acres of green space following North Lamar Boulevard between West 15th and West 31st Streets.
The Kingsbury improvements -- which include multiple playground areas including a big "treescape" sphere or "play pod" seen in the rendering above, sports facilities, improved trails, and the repurposing of a 1920s . . .