Tashkent City Park

A park in central Tashkent, laid out in the late 2010s together with the Tashkent City business district. Blocks of old mahallas were demolished to clear the site, and the argument over whether they were worth trading for towers has still not died down in the city. Around an artificial lake with a musical fountain there are an amphitheatre, promenades and lawns, while office and hotel towers with media facades rise around the perimeter. By day it is a flat, well-kept space with young trees that still have a lot of growing to do, but in the evening the lighting turns the lakeside into the main place for a walk in the district: families come here, and a crowd gathers at the fountain. The layout is simple — the lake in the middle, a ring path around it and avenues radiating out to the towers — so there is nowhere to get lost. The park is open right through, it is handy for cutting across, and from Amir Timur Square it is about a fifteen-minute walk. The park is open right through and free of charge: in the evening a crowd gathers at the musical fountain, by day it is quieter. From Amir Timur Square it is a fifteen-minute walk. The young trees still have growing to do, so there is not much shade yet.

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